Please help AMD or INTEL for gaming

Stevek · 18 Nov 2011 at 17:50

Hello all

Can you help please, I want to build a gaming pc and will only be used for gaming.

which is better amd or intel? i have only looked at the i72600k and the fx8150 and to tell the truth i have no idea what im looking for.

My main games will be mmo's but also games like bf3 and want to play on max setting.

Thanks

Steve

opethdisciple · 18 Nov 2011 at 17:53

The general consensus is to save money and get a 2500k.

Its as fast as the 2600k (also avoids games that have issues with hyperthreading such as BF3) and is faster than the 8150 in games.

Plus its cheaper.

j.col · 18 Nov 2011 at 19:41

opethdisciple said:
The general consensus is to save money and get a 2500k.

Its as fast as the 2600k (also avoids games that have issues with hyperthreading such as BF3) and is faster than the 8150 in games.

Plus its cheaper.

this, very good advice
also go for a good quality psu,

ThePengu1n · 18 Nov 2011 at 19:51

Put a "spec me" thread in general hardware

Stevek · 18 Nov 2011 at 22:48

Thanks for the advice

Mattuk69 · 19 Nov 2011 at 14:49

You could wait for pildriver.

Orcvader · 19 Nov 2011 at 14:49

Mattuk69 said:
You could wait for pildriver.

Ivybridge will be out then

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fungus · 19 Nov 2011 at 19:47

Stevek: I'm in the same boat, been thinking of a new build for a while now and cant decide on CPU.

Was looking at the fx8150 as i figured that 8 cores and a good price were a winner, but all the reviews, benchmarks etc suggest that Intel is the way to go...

ng93 · 19 Nov 2011 at 19:50

fungus said:
Stevek: I'm in the same boat, been thinking of a new build for a while now and cant decide on CPU.

Was looking at the fx8150 as i figured that 8 cores and a good price were a winner, but all the reviews, benchmarks etc suggest that Intel is the way to go...

For the vast majority of uses (including gaming) 2500k > 8150.

fungus · 19 Nov 2011 at 19:55

ng93 said:
For the vast majority of uses (including gaming) 2500k > 8150.

The 2500k is now top of my list, not sure the extra £££ for a 2700k is worth spending seen as i just use my machine for gaming and interweb....

Tibbz2 · 19 Nov 2011 at 19:56

AMD for on a budget, Intel for performance. Simple as that really.

Marine-RX179 · 19 Nov 2011 at 20:10

Tibbz2 said:
AMD for on a budget, Intel for performance. Simple as that really.

That's wrong I'm afraid for current gen- AMD= more expensive, slower, and hotter (when not idle).

ng93 · 19 Nov 2011 at 20:19

fungus said:
The 2500k is now top of my list, not sure the extra £££ for a 2700k is worth spending seen as i just use my machine for gaming and interweb....

Simply put no, it's not. Maybe a tiny bit faster in some games but nowhere near enough to justify the price.

vorticalspace · 19 Nov 2011 at 20:24

Stevek said:
My main games will be mmo's but also games like bf3 and want to play on max setting.

Thanks

Steve

Max settings = top end GPU/s

So, 2500K + best GPU you can afford

mmj_uk · 19 Nov 2011 at 20:24

Intel are better in practically every single way at the moment, the only area AMD are still strong is PCI-E expansion etc.

LGA1155 motherboards are quite limited expansion-wise, you need to get an LGA2011 motherboard for the equivalent expansion room.

A 2500K is perfect for most people, 2600K/2700K if you do a lot of encoding etc.

Stevek · 20 Nov 2011 at 00:27

Thanks all for your advice

gareth170 · 20 Nov 2011 at 10:28

if u want bottlenecking get a 8150...

if u want performance get a 2500k.

gareth170 · 20 Nov 2011 at 10:31

opethdisciple said:
The general consensus is to save money and get a 2500k.

Its as fast as the 2600k (also avoids games that have issues with hyperthreading such as BF3) and is faster than the 8150 in games.

Plus its cheaper.

not everybody has issues with HT in bf3. i don't

arc@css · 20 Nov 2011 at 10:48

Gareth, how have you found going from an AMD 1090T cpu to your 2700K?

gareth170 · 20 Nov 2011 at 11:06

arc@css said:
Gareth, how have you found going from an AMD 1090T cpu to your 2700K?

encoding is a lot faster also i'm getting better fps even at stock than my 1090t @ 4ghz