Constant hate towards AMD

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paulcheung

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jon76 said:
to get one of the better Intel cpu's you are talking nearly £800, is that really worth an extra £600? for that price they can shove that.

if I had an abundance of money I would rather have the intel i7 but for the average person who doesn't have unlimited money it's just not worth paying the extrortionate prices they charge

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-393-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1672
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That is a top of the line I7 which Intel use to rip off the idiots. You can easily get I7 2600k for less than 225 pounds in the USA. I don't know how much I7 2600k sell in the uk, The I5 2500k is less than 150 pounds in newegg.com in the usa. So try serch and see if there is a reasonable dealer in uk.
Cheers.
 
SuperDuperMe

SuperDuperMe

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bigfellla said:
Yep. But that is the end of the line. Its basically a re-release of 1356 socket, with some improvements.

That is why I constantly bang on about the 1155 socket. You can get a cheap platform now based on the i5 2500k for about $300 and in a year upgrade to i7, and then to ivybridge. Thats the best option on the market for gaming right now.
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No way i assumed it was a new platform for uber nerd. Damn that was a bad move by intel. Then again i bet they sold a tonne.
 
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paulcheung

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jon76 said:
before you pointed it out I didn't notice the phenom 2 dissappearing from stores but I seem to be having problems finding it myself now, if money was no object I would go for this intel i7 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-393-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1672

but I know I will never be able to afford this, I spent 400 building the computer in my signature from scratch all but the hard drive which I used from my previous computer and I thought I did pretty well, the intel cpu there alone is nearly double the cost of my build
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You can buy this one, even through it is much much more expensive compare to USA.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN
 
Okedokey

Okedokey

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mikeb2817 said:
No way i assumed it was a new platform for uber nerd. Damn that was a bad move by intel. Then again i bet they sold a tonne.
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No they simply have different end users in mind. The 2011/1356 platforms are for massively multi-threaded applications where 6 or 8 cores can effective be used. Double that with HT. So if you are running a home server then that would be your choice. It has some other benefits such as PCIe 3.0 and more lanes which may be an advantage if you need that.

The 1155 socket is the consumer product for everything else. That is why they have said it will support ivy bridge which again, will provide support for PCIe 3.0, have 3d transistors and a shrink, and will have more pcie lanes than SB. Thats why I have chosen to go with 3 cards on this platform. An upgrade is simply a fantastic opportunity with the 1155 platform.
 
jon76

jon76

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paulcheung said:
That is a top of the line I7 which Intel use to rip off the idiots. You can easily get I7 2600k for less than 225 pounds in the USA. I don't know how much I7 2600k sell in the uk, The I5 2500k is less than 150 pounds in newegg.com in the usa. So try serch and see if there is a reasonable dealer in uk.
Cheers.
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it's about the same price here, to be fair I was probably a bit hasty damning the intel cpu's without first properly researching them first, I have had nothing but amd since the p166 and p433 and clearly still have a lot to learn about intel cpu's so probably owe bigfella an apology as I blindly defended amd without properly looking at the options first. To be fair i'm here not just for the tech support which I have recieved lots of so far but to learn more about computers, as everything I have learnt so far is from friend and learning as I build them myself
 
jon76

jon76

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mikeb2817 said:
Of course id go for a sandy bridge e, but i wouldnt need it even if i did. However in a more likely scenario i wouldnt win the lottery. If i had 2 grand to spend on a pc. Id still go for the i5 2500k just because anything higher is practically wasted on gaming. The rest could go on gpu's etc. Or a building sized kebab. Id still have an amazing pc regardless of what i could have had.
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i'm with you on that you can spend a good chunk of that on a good graphics card which I have been stingy on with my build and spent £50, I felt that was a bit steep as it was shop bought, but I got the motherboard, cpu, psu and ram on next day delivery as there was no other choice but the case I got from e buyer on free super saver and waited 7 days for it to arrive, it's fair to say by this time I was annoyed with waiting when it came to me the onboard graphics might not work on the t.v I have it connected to as my previous computer didn't
 
SuperDuperMe

SuperDuperMe

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Do what you must and all that. That said you probably could have picked up a gtx 260 for 50 quid. Iv seend 6770's go for that here on gumtree in manchester.
 
jon76

jon76

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mikeb2817 said:
Do what you must and all that. That said you probably could have picked up a gtx 260 for 50 quid. Iv seend 6770's go for that here on gumtree in manchester.
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I know, I wa kicking yself when I was looking online at what I could have had, if I had only been more patient
 
Okedokey

Okedokey

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Spesh said:
This seemed to get ignored......
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Correct. And since somehow overnight you have aquired my computer I don't see much point.

Secondly synthetic benchmarks mean very little.

Thirdly, you are hijacking this thread.
 
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Spesh

Spesh

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bigfellla said:
Correct. And since somehow overnight you have aquired my computer I don't see much point.

Secondly synthetic benchmarks mean very little.

Thirdly, you are hijacking this thread.
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Lol, we always had very similar components. I just find it very interesting that you got a third 580 exactly when I did (and this had no impact on your temps).

Heaven is well known for giving very accurate results regarding how GPU's deal with heavy tesselation, as would be the result of real world gaming.

I just want to see what the constistencies are among the same or similar hardware, as I have found on other forums there have been discrepancies when testing the same components.

Seeing as it would only take 5 minutes, there isn't really any reason to not run a quick loop and post your score.
 
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cobrahead

cobrahead

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for me AMD on Gaming is good but Intel is Good also, everyone pick their own choice but for me amd processor is a good one
 
jonnyp11

jonnyp11

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Spesh said:
I think if he did actually have three 580's then he would run the benchmark. It speaks volumes to me.
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Heeeelllllllzzzzzz yeah i would!!!!!! Then i'd jump in my lambo in go 200 down the highway, of course this won't happen but still, i can dream.

Also, noticed you downclocked to 955mhz, did 1ghz get too hot or unstable?
 
Spesh

Spesh

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jonnyp11 said:
Heeeelllllllzzzzzz yeah i would!!!!!! Then i'd jump in my lambo in go 200 down the highway, of course this won't happen but still, i can dream.

Also, noticed you downclocked to 955mhz, did 1ghz get too hot or unstable?
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1Ghz was fine on two cards and I can run some benchmarks with three cards @ 1Ghz too. However, for stability through all my games when using a three card setup, I needed to downclock to 955.

Looks like I might have to rewrite the BIOS again to allow for even higher voltages, seeing as my temps on the GPU's at max load are only in the mid 40's.
 
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Perkomate

Perkomate

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Spesh said:
1Ghz was fine on two cards and I can run some benchmarks with three cards @ 1Ghz too. However, for stability through all my games when using a three card setup, I needed to downclock to 955.

Looks like I might have to rewrite the BIOS again to allow for even higher voltages, seeing as my temps on the GPU's at max load are only in the mid 40's.
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get more monitors!
MOAR MONITORS!
 
Spesh

Spesh

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Perkomate said:
get more monitors!
MOAR MONITORS!
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When SLI is capable of handling 7680x1600, I most likely will get another couple. Although I always feel that surround/eyefinity is a bit of a novelty. I actually prefer gaming on a single, larger monitor.
 
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