AMD or intel

[bowieboots]

Upgrading my current system. Keeping my Ferrari case, pioneer DVD burner and my floppy + card reader.

Old system is geforce 6600
Abit KV7-V
Athalon
1 gig ram
Maxtor 120 gig hard drive.

Was looking at a

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 processor
AS rock ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0
GeForce 8500GT 512MB Graphics Card
2 gig ram
500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 16MB

My friend said I should look at an AMD2 64 bit Dual core.

Bit confused - will the intel boards be upgradable in the future?
Friend says AMD upgradable because of the AMD2 slot, but I have just seen a AM2+ board so is this the way AMD are going.

Also lost on the graphics card, I play EQ2 but I guess that's the most graphics intensive game at the moment but may get Never winter nights 2 + a couple of others.

Don't envisage upgrading to vista in the foreseeable future, so don't need DX 10.

Is there another budget card in the geforce 7 series or even an ATI card?

[Micky007]

i personally dont like AMD. Everyone think AMD is the best but id say Intel are. So id stick to an Intel CPU.

[Lynx]

Personally, i am a fan of amd, but intel will upgrade much more and are better performance, dont think about amd atm, phenom isnt going to be upto much and c2d is amazing still.

[PeterStoba]

Intel Dual core are faster than an AMD dual core

[Micky007]

yep

[cleggypdc]

Intel is way up in front of AMD now, stick with Intel.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 processor (Good)

AS rock ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0 (i'd recommend getting a board based on the nforce 650 chipset, when they are back in stock)
27306

GeForce 8500GT 512MB Graphics Card (yep, should do fine)

2 gig ram (you need to be specific, try this RAM 24327, should be back in stock soon)

500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 16MB (these are ok :))

Also your going to need a nice PSU for this setup
27930

[misty]

I've always wondered about peoples views on this subject.

I have to go with Mickey on this one and say Intel because I too have never liked AMD processors. Like a few people have mentioned in other threads the new Intel stuff is coming out after Christmas (correct me if I'm wrong) so i'd wait for that

[Lynx]

Nice setup, i have a 650i based mobo, and it runs very well. I have the pc6400 ocz ram, running 4-3-3-3-12 timings atm, am gonna pump up the clock and get 3ghz out of my processor.

[mac124]

Upgrading my current system. Keeping my Ferrari case, pioneer DVD burner and my floppy + card reader.

Old system is geforce 6600
Abit KV7-V
Athalon
1 gig ram
Maxtor 120 gig hard drive.

Was looking at a

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 processor
AS rock ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0
GeForce 8500GT 512MB Graphics Card
2 gig ram
500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 16MB

My friend said I should look at an AMD2 64 bit Dual core.

Bit confused - will the intel boards be upgradable in the future?
Friend says AMD upgradable because of the AMD2 slot, but I have just seen a AM2+ board so is this the way AMD are going.

Also lost on the graphics card, I play EQ2 but I guess that's the most graphics intensive game at the moment but may get Never winter nights 2 + a couple of others.

Don't envisage upgrading to vista in the foreseeable future, so don't need DX 10.

Is there another budget card in the geforce 7 series or even an ATI card?


If your not wanting DX10, and an 8500 would be useless for DX10 anyway, get an Ati 1950pro.

[coiler]

If your not wanting DX10, and an 8500 would be useless for DX10 anyway, get an Ati 1950pro.

Very true

[bowieboots]

Been looking on Ebay for second hand Gforce 7800. Think I may have overstreched my budget looking at your suggestions. What about if I get a lesser chip ie a Core 2 Duo 4300.
And on videocard there's a Jetway GeForce 7600 GT 256MB DDR3 PCI-E, which looks good value

[Micky007]

becarefull with eBay when looking for second hand computer components. People dont tend to say if theres anythign wrong with the item ie my mate bought a graphics card the description said the graphics card works, when he got it yes it worked but the fan cooler didnt, just be carefull.

[mac124]

Yeah you might want to check the prices too, some of the stuff on there can be within a few ££ of buying new stuff, which of course comes with guarentees etc.

[Micky007]

yea i was just looking at Drive Bays on eBay and there about £7 cheaper than a brand new one which comes with warrenty etc..

[coiler]

Bowieboots how much are these Gforce 7800's on the bay?

[Micky007]

dont know why dont you search and check lol

[bowieboots]

Bowieboots how much are these Gforce 7800's on the bay?

Start at around £45.00

[monkey56657]

In the past I've been an AMD fan but I think for performance right now it has to be intel...

[misty]

with PC components I always buy new. warranty and all.

[Micky007]

well you get warranty with any new product anyway

[Matthew092009]

I always have use AMD for my personal computers. Some builds for other people I use Intel but mostly use the AMD range. In my opinion you get more bang for your buck, or did anyway. With all this new Intel stuff up in coming I can see a change being made I.E Me changing to Intel in order to get the best for my money. Intel have far superior CPU;s out at present. The Intel Extreme Chip QX6700 is dear but is far superior to AMD's quad core CPU's. I would gladly have an Intel chip in my PC now.

[coiler]

The Q6600 is cheap and still superior to AMD's top chip :)