quick Q... which one?

[BoB3rt]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-200-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-171-IN


as u can see there ruff same price, AMD has the higher clock speed, but which one or is it all prefference?

 

[jak731]

a C2D is faster clock for clock and the e2180 can reach speeds of over 3GHz when overclocked especially when coupled with a p35 based MB.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

If you're not overclocking the AMD will probably be faster. If you are, the Intel will stomp all over it.

 

[BoB3rt]

cheers !!!

 

[jak731]

origanally posted by

If you're not overclocking the MAD will probably be faster. If you are, the Intel will stomp all over it.

MAD, billytheimpaler, is that a new company in the cpu market?

 

[BoB3rt]

haha 'MAD ' al have to look into that one...

anyways... just a throught, if i wanted to OC the C2D ad most proberly need to buy a better heatsink, and am on a tight budget (not my PC) so myt be better with the AMD aka MAD? =)

 

[manveruppd]

As others said, if you're overclocking definitely go Intel, if you're not the AMD might have a very slight price/performance edge. If you check the E2180 threads you'll see that people are getting decent overclocks even with the stock cooler. The MADp) is also a decent clocker although it won't go anywhere near as high as the E2180 will with a good heatsink.
Both platforms have a decent upgrade path althout the Intel's is better given the performance of the current AMD quad-cores.