How good are AMD3 CPU's compaired to i5 and i7?

[sastusbulbas]

Hi guys,

Some time back before my other hobby grabbed my attention I had thought of building a PC based on an E8400 with a Biostar board and 4gb of PC8500.

I am now wondering if AMD is worth looking at?

Something suitable for gaming, music playback and movie playback with all other PC functions would be my goal, not too noisy or hot I guess?

I was wondering how good the Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G board is? It seems to offer a lot of functionality, so could be used as a main pc or media PC with a TV or projector I guess?

Coupled with an AMD 965? or 955 quad core and Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9D Twin3X?

I have a SilverStone Lascala LC17S Silver Desktop/HTPC case, and a Sapphire HD4780 1gb toxic card I can use.

Cheers

 

[Hades]

They are very good indeed. While not quite as good as an i7 or i5, the price difference allows you to build a faster system overall for the same money (ie cheaper CPU which means you can put more money towards the graphics card).

If money is no object then get an i7. If you're on a budget then get either an i5 or AM3 depeding which system you can build for your budget. For gaming the graphics card is more significant than the CPU (in general).

 

[D13]

the best way is to sit down and just take a look at the benchmarks
here is an excellent list of i5/i7 lynnfield reviews I have been trawling through.

http://www.elitebastards.com/index....press-chipset-reviews&catid=1:latest&Itemid=9

just go through them and look for performance in areas that interest you e.g gamin

Overall you will find that at least in gaming the performance is similiar but in cpu dependant games such as left 4 dead etc... the intel cpus really pull ahead

On another note though, bear in mind that amd are less prone to forcing you to upgrade your mobo when they release a new series of cpu