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seanb
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 Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:44 am Post subject: AMD 6 core or Intel 6 core? |
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I'm building a machine and trying to decide if I should get Intel or AMD. Will I future proof myself getting either?
I'm not a gamer - I do video editing and conversion, web development, software compiling and data trasfer from one drive to another and also file compression in 3-4 GB chunks. What would be ideal for me?
The i7 980 is 1000$ and the 1100T AMD 6 core is $250 at most. Crazy!! Well if anyone else does what I do it would be great to see the results. |
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Marcin
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:59 am Post subject: |
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If you really need 6 cores then I would go with AMD if 4 cores are enough then I would buy Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge with Socket 1155 motherboard. You can find benchmark results online - from those which I have seen Intel is 50-100% better in most aplications which you have mentioned (at stock clock speed). AMD have much better OC then new Sandy Bridge Intels so final result can be different depends how it will be used. Price is also advantage of AMD.
When you choose CPU remember that performance in synthetic tests depends also from chipset.
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viili
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:02 am Post subject: |
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| Marcin wrote: | | AMD have much better OC then new Sandy Bridge Intels |
Normal Intel CPUs have limited overclockability, yes, but how about K-series? They seem to do well. |
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chimera996
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:19 am Post subject: Re: AMD 6 core or Intel 6 core? |
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| seanb wrote: | I'm building a machine and trying to decide if I should get Intel or AMD. Will I future proof myself getting either?
I'm not a gamer - I do video editing and conversion, web development, software compiling and data trasfer from one drive to another and also file compression in 3-4 GB chunks. What would be ideal for me?
The i7 980 is 1000$ and the 1100T AMD 6 core is $250 at most. Crazy!! Well if anyone else does what I do it would be great to see the results. |
That AMD or ANY (-Opteron 6176) for that matter isn't even close to the 6 core Intels.
Too bad you don't live next to a Microcenter, they have some Sandy Bridge Intel chips that put a hurting on anything AMD offers at the moment.
Also if you are willing to spend a little more dough you can buy a 6 core Intel for about $500, the i7-970. It's currently ranked 5th in passmark scoring: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
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Marcin
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| viili wrote: | | Normal Intel CPUs have limited overclockability, yes, but how about K-series? They seem to do well. |
Core i3 2100 is very hard to get OC 10% (from online tests result). 2600K is different history and yes they going high  Someones said :
| Quote: | | The days of buying cheap CPUs (like Pentium Dual-Cores) and overclocking them to the limit seem to be a thing of the past as far as Intel is concerned, though. |
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viili
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| Marcin wrote: | | viili wrote: | | Normal Intel CPUs have limited overclockability, yes, but how about K-series? They seem to do well. |
Core i3 2100 is very hard to get OC 10% (from online tests result). 2600K is different history and yes they going high Someones said :
| Quote: | | The days of buying cheap CPUs (like Pentium Dual-Cores) and overclocking them to the limit seem to be a thing of the past as far as Intel is concerned, though. |
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Going a bit off topic, but I feel good about my "old" i3-530 now
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1386679
I think this is exactly the reason Intel put the brakes on overclocking though  |
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