ok my mates after a pc i always use intel....but for the top intel which is the i7 they are still out of his range.....so he is looking at the phenom hex core 1090t ...any one know how these compare to the i7 or am i stuck in my ways following intel thanks.
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i 7 or hex core phenom
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AMD's strongest Hexcore vs Intel's 2600k. Have a look yourself.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=287
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=287
if you had investigated 'sandybridge' on google you would already have your answers.
Also the link provided by the generous Predicament shows a standard speed, all the 'k' chips will run 4.4ghz all day long and only make the difference even bigger.
If you really want to compare, change the amd out for the intel hex core xtreme cpu and see how inpressive those sandybridge cpu's are
Also the link provided by the generous Predicament shows a standard speed, all the 'k' chips will run 4.4ghz all day long and only make the difference even bigger.
If you really want to compare, change the amd out for the intel hex core xtreme cpu and see how inpressive those sandybridge cpu's are
Soldato
but money wise, is the SB not considerably more expensive?
Soldato
Yeah, around £20 for the CPU (cheapest hex-core vs i5 2500K, the i7 is not required to be honest for 99% of uses), RAM is obviously the same, but the big killer is the motherboard. Cheapest P67 SB motherboard is £99, while the cheapest AMD 8xx motherboard is £50 - and that will allow fair overclocking too.
However, the i5 is quite a lot better. It depends whether £70 extra is justifiable (also, it depends what AMD motherboard you'd actually pick, as I doubt you'll get the cheapest board available for overclocking), or whether the £70 could be put towards something more relevant to your uses (if you're gaming, it's pretty much the difference between a 6870 and a 6970 for instance, or a GTX560Ti and a GTX570 - in which case, the GPU wins out).
£70 difference is nothing given the difference between the two options and it is bang up to date and new right now. Remember you are paying more granted, but you are getting a lot more for your money. Depends what you want really, best performing for £70 extra or best value in the AMD.
Given we have no information on budget from the op it's hard to advise further.
Given we have no information on budget from the op it's hard to advise further.
remember though, the i5/i7 sandybridge route is considerably faster
, for the money.
Soldato
remember though, the i5/i7 sandybridge route is considerably faster
im not disputing the i5/i7 are the better performers, but price wise (i7 anyway) i dont notice a huge difference from my old i7 920 and my current phenom 555 in gaming. yes video editing is slower and rar extracting, but as i dont do a lot of either that doesnt bother me.
it really depends on what the pc is used for and budget i guess. for me i went AM3 as it was cheap and with bulldozer due out in Q2 and the issues with the SB mobos it seemed like the way to go. even if BD sux, which i doubt it will, it will atleast force intel to lower their SB prices if they want to compete.
i also came to the conclusion, as im not rich, that with the AM3, i can buy an AM3+ mobo when it comes out and use my existing hardware on that and then get a BD at a later date when prices are better.
Most application which are optimised for multi-thread (specifically, more than 4 cores) will run noticeably faster on an i7 970/980/990. Apllications that only require 4 or fewer threads (most games, most non-professional apps) will run faster on Sandy Bridge due to the significantly higher base and Turbo clock rates.
Sandy Bridge certainly has less computational power than Intel's Hex cores, but until the majority of software can utilise all 6 cores, SB may appear faster.
If you are building a new system then SB is the sensible option due to price, but if you already own a socket 1366 motherboard, an i7 970 is also worth thinking about.
Sandy Bridge certainly has less computational power than Intel's Hex cores, but until the majority of software can utilise all 6 cores, SB may appear faster.
If you are building a new system then SB is the sensible option due to price, but if you already own a socket 1366 motherboard, an i7 970 is also worth thinking about.
Soldato
you say that, and i must admit i havent looked at the SB mobos for proper specs, but i got my 890FX deluxe3 for under £100, that has 6xUSB3 ports and SATAIII sockets along with a lot of other features. what would you have to spend to get similar for SB? i know if you go cheapest vs cheapest then AMD is, as you said, not a huge difference, but feature for feature (bearing in mind the faults with the SB mobos) does the price gap increase?