Which is better?

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 20:55

Option 1

AMD Athlon™64 X2 5200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology on a
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce 590 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 MBoard w/ Dual 16x PCI-Express Motherboard?

Option 2

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 CPU @ 2.66GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T on a
Intel D975XBX2 I975X Express CrossFire Chipset LGA775 FSB1066 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394, &7.1Audio Motherboard?

Both with a 8800 GTX Graphics Card.

TK1

Jokester · 29 Dec 2006 at 21:00

Option 2, especially when you start clocking it.

Jokester

Edit: Saying that, if you start clocking, there's no point getting a 6700.

TK1 · 29 Dec 2006 at 21:03

Is the difference hugh between these? i have always had AMD CPU's and never an Intel i was always told that AMD is much better for games. I wont be overclocking.

FreeStream · 29 Dec 2006 at 21:03

Jokester said:
Option 2, especially when you start clocking it.

Jokester

Edit: Saying that, if you start clocking, there's no point getting a 6700.

Aye E6600 with some PC6400/PC8500

Alexrose1uk · 30 Dec 2006 at 00:33

TK1 said:
Is the difference hugh between these? i have always had AMD CPU's and never an Intel i was always told that AMD is much better for games. I wont be overclocking.

With the new C2Duos, Intel finally broke the cycle thats existed the last few years, for the £, the C2D are faster than AMD, not astronomically so as some will have you believed, but it IS faster.