i3/phenom x4/Llano

[munz]

working on build for my cousin

no games, genereal web surfing, word/excel,fast as possible
must have SSD, OS, monitor (21"-24 "), 1TB hard drive, be very snappy/fast no real budget but cheaper the better

im basically trying to weigh up i3 + h67
vs AMD llano vs phenom x4

rest of build looks like this

#OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99

OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £75.98

Cooler Master GX 550W '80 Plus' Power Supply £49.99

Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £37.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £22.99

Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter £16.99
Total £447.91

i got free delivery

now i3+ h67

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99

Asus P8H67-M PRO Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £84.98

= £174.97

amd llano =£188.98

phenom x4 + 880 am3 = £143.96

If he wants to game he can add gpu further down line but not likrly tbh he plays xbox a lot like.. a lot a lot

Went with 550w psu incase he wants to add a gpu later

 

[honosuseri]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/362?vs=289

There you go fella. You can use that link to compare cpus. What you need to be aware of is that the 955BE can be overclocked easily to 970 spec or higher. Hence me comparing the 980 to the i3 2100.

I would also suggest changing the spinpoint f1 to the f3 as it's faster. Or you could do a bundle deal with the OS and a HDD.

Good luck with the build buddy

*edit* if you opt for an amd phenom build make sure you get an am3+ mobo (will cover BD CPUs then). Also might be worth considering an i5 cpu with a cheaper mobo to even out the cost

 

[munz]

yeah SSD should make it feel "snappy" i guess

changed to f3 hd

is that good choice of SSD or should i go for something else only need 60gb tbh.

theres one for think 95.99 ocz 3 maybe i should switch over to that.