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Jamescorsa97

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19th Oct 06 at 11:38

Atm I am in 2 minds!!!

I can either change Mobo and get a Intel dual core E6600

My current mobo is also compatable with AMD X2

What would you do?

Bart

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19th Oct 06 at 11:57

im also in the same situation.
The X2 chips are soo cheap at the moment is ridiclous!

but if your after the best of the best at the moment, the intel dual cores are the way forward.. but you will pay more for them.
Overclockers are selling the X2 4400 for about £170 if i remember. thats very cheap.

Jamescorsa97

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19th Oct 06 at 12:00

Yeah considering the 4400+ has the 1mb and 1mb cache compared to the 512.

WHAT TO DOOOO

drunkenfool

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19th Oct 06 at 12:03

Ive always gone AMD and never had a problem so I'm a bit biased, but they always seem to be the best value for money.

Marc

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19th Oct 06 at 12:08

I was under the impression that AMD was the better of the two.

PhilC

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19th Oct 06 at 12:19

AMD!! No contest!

topshot_2k

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19th Oct 06 at 12:20

AMD always. get the 4400+ with 1mb cache, it flys!!!

Jamescorsa97

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19th Oct 06 at 12:47

yeh well it will have 2mb cache with it being dual core but the Intel has 4mb.

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19th Oct 06 at 13:23

new dual core is meant to be the bollocks. never experienced em myself though

Dan B

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19th Oct 06 at 14:33

The new dual-core AM2 is supposed to be pretty good, and AMD's have always had a good reputation for overclocking. However, Intel have played a trump card with the Conroe/Core2Duo ships, as they are absolutely rock-solid for overclocking.

Someone on another forums, who has the E6700 chip, managed to overclock his cores from 2.67GHz to 4GHz, keeping it stable, using water-cooling.

So, my allegiance seems to be moving back towards Intel again...

John

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19th Oct 06 at 14:37

I'll buy depending on whether the performance diffrence is worth the extra you pay for the intel.

If the % increase in performance doesn't tally with the increase in price i'll stick with amd.

Corsa Sport Gav

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19th Oct 06 at 17:19

AMD all the way!

Jules

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19th Oct 06 at 19:09

AMD

--Dave--

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19th Oct 06 at 20:43

quote:
Originally posted by John
I'll buy depending on whether the performance diffrence is worth the extra you pay for the intel.

If the % increase in performance doesn't tally with the increase in price i'll stick with amd.

i heard a figure of 25% for the most expensive chips in terms of difference in performance between the two (Intel being more powerful) That's quite a lot...

gooner_47

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19th Oct 06 at 21:52

Core. 2. DUO!!! Look on overclockers, look on any review sites. The Intel's are wayyyyy in front right now

drax

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19th Oct 06 at 23:52

The new intels are far more advanced than and AMD

John

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20th Oct 06 at 05:27

quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--

quote:
Originally posted by John
I'll buy depending on whether the performance diffrence is worth the extra you pay for the intel.

If the % increase in performance doesn't tally with the increase in price i'll stick with amd.

i heard a figure of 25% for the most expensive chips in terms of difference in performance between the two (Intel being more powerful) That's quite a lot...

Depends if it costs 25% or more less, for me anyway.

I'm all about value for money, if something is worth paying the extra for i'd pay the extra.

Jamescorsa97

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20th Oct 06 at 07:56

So far I'm swaying towards the Intel but buying a new Mobo would mean purchasing new RAM, probably going for something like http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113951/rb/22545703240

and DDR 667 RAM.

I just don't want to spend all this money knowing the AMD would have been a sufficient upgrade.

Dan B

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20th Oct 06 at 08:21

If I was upgrading, I'd have to buy a new motherboard anyway (current one doesn't support PCi-E), so I'm free to choose between the two...

Am veering more towards Intel, having heard a few decent reviews of the Core2Duo chips and their clockability.

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20th Oct 06 at 09:15

value for money, as Drunkenfool said, AMD every time.

topshot_2k

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20th Oct 06 at 09:40

yup AMD, plus when the AM3 and Quad core hits end of 2007 i shall be upgrading to them. Not a fan of Intel.

Dom

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20th Oct 06 at 22:15

Flatmate has just got an intel 805, 60 quid chip thats 2.66GHz stock...but is running it at 3.6GHz (aftermarket fan) and its keeping up with cpus that are about five times the price! Maybe AMDs aren't so value for money as people first thought

[Edited on 20-10-2006 by Dom]

Russ

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21st Oct 06 at 09:50

amd are very good cpu's. but the new core duo amd cant touch. intel has the better high end cpu's atm.

i'd wait till quad core in the new year though personally

Jamescorsa97

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21st Oct 06 at 19:39

I'll wait for that then rather than spending 400 quid now.

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