AMD Athlon X2 4200+ or Intel C2D e6300?

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PabloTeK

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Hiya,

Ok, I'm a PC enthusiast from that little Island, the UK, and I have been contemplating building a PC so I don't have to put up with a 2.6 Celeron...

The problem is, I've found both of these CPU's and I can't decide which, although I'm from the AMD camp, I'm not sure on the Intel processor.

I need a PC that is capable of doing demaning tasks such as Office, Firefox and Photoshop all open in one big muddle, however, I don't need to overclock simply because it needs to last to at least University.

Now, I've generally found the AMD's to be better; we have 2 laptops in this house, a HP Pavilion with a Turiion 1.8 fitted, and a VAIO with a P4 2.8 fitted, and the Turion trounces the P4 in every aspect, including the heat given out...

Now I don't understand a lot of these rendering tests, so I need it in words I am likely to understand.

Paul Parkin,
 
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For a work horse cpu and being an AMD fan you may want to look into an Opteron model. Stability and multitasking is usually seen under heavy work loads with a server type cpu. The alternative for that would be the newer AM2 model boards with DDR2 ram and an Opteron 1216.
 
The Core 2 would be your best choice, particularly for multitasking which has always been AMDs weakest point.
 
Ok, I'm not likely to be getting the top-end games, simply because shoot-em-ups don't appeal unless they are on a console to me, and I generally run at any one time:

Win Media Player 11
Outloook 2003
Access 2003
Paintshop Pro 8 - Can't use Photoshop because it kills the PC
Firefox
PTC ProDesktop

So, while the speed is one thing, which is better to run all of these before it starts to splutter? (My experience with 3 AMD's & 3 Intels would say that the AMD will last)

Thanks for the help so far...

EDIT - ceewe1 got there first, not used to this speed of posting...
 
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if the particular combination of programs you usually run at any one time has proven to run better on an amd than an intel after having three of each, then i say go for the amd.

how do we know the particular combination of programs just happens to run more efficient on an amd, rather than an intel, unless we try it. no benchmarks can measure the cpu performance through several programs made by several different companies. you know, real user performance.
 
I can say that AMD has worked here quite well for multitasking. And that has been with single not dual cored anything. Presently I have a burn in progress, have two IE windows open, AdAware is running a scan, and Ewido is also running one while checking the mail.
 
GCR - How is your overclocking knowledge? As you may know, the Core 2 Duo's have amazing overclocking potential, so I would recommend you at least overclock it to 2.8 Ghz (depending upon which motherboard and RAM you get).

:)
 
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GCR said:
Ok, I'm not likely to be getting the top-end games, simply because shoot-em-ups don't appeal unless they are on a console to me, and I generally run at any one time:

Win Media Player 11
Outloook 2003
Access 2003
Paintshop Pro 8 - Can't use Photoshop because it kills the PC
Firefox
PTC ProDesktop

So, while the speed is one thing, which is better to run all of these before it starts to splutter? (My experience with 3 AMD's & 3 Intels would say that the AMD will last)

Thanks for the help so far...

EDIT - ceewe1 got there first, not used to this speed of posting...
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Lets put it this way, on my laptop with a core duo 1.6 i run adaware, photoshop, excel, wmp and also have norton antivirus enabled, granted i have 1gb of memory but i dont notice a slow down in performance at all, these cpus really are beasts.
 
GCR said:
I need a PC that is capable of doing demaning tasks such as Office, Firefox and Photoshop all open in one big muddle, however, I don't need to overclock simply because it needs to last to at least University.

Paul Parkin,
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Rambo said:
GCR - How is your overclocking knowledge? As you may know, the Core 2 Duo's have amazing overclocking potential, so I would recommend you at least overclock it to 2.8 Ghz (depending upon which motherboard and RAM you get).

:)
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GCR isn't interested in how any cpu OCs. He's looking to make the correct decision on which make and model will be the best for multitasking. OCing stresses hardwares while the hardwares there will be run strictly stock. The idea here is to choose a model that will last while under heavier loads.
 
DKdeadly said:
amd suks dick

Fuk all of your AMD Fans
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HAHAHAHA


You know what is funny tho, when AMD was an overall better performer people were fanboys of them, but now intel is in the lead, now more and more fanboys over here...its gettin kinda crowded over here :P :goes to get hotdog: damnit i just lost my seat
 
GCR said:
Ok, I'm not likely to be getting the top-end games, simply because shoot-em-ups don't appeal unless they are on a console to me, and I generally run at any one time:

Win Media Player 11
Outloook 2003
Access 2003
Paintshop Pro 8 - Can't use Photoshop because it kills the PC
Firefox
PTC ProDesktop

So, while the speed is one thing, which is better to run all of these before it starts to splutter? (My experience with 3 AMD's & 3 Intels would say that the AMD will last)

Thanks for the help so far...

EDIT - ceewe1 got there first, not used to this speed of posting...
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With that the conroe will own even more. It could do all that + a couple of applications more.
 
While everyone is seems to be looking at speed only the best type of cpu will probably turn out the server type not gamer's choice. Server type cpus are made for heavy work loads and stability not how far they can be cranked up speed wise.
 
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