AMD or Intel build

[NerdyMatt]

Hi guys

Any comments much appreciated

So the long weekend started and Ill be spending most of it turning my current pc (one in my sig) into a home server.

This means ill need to build another personal comp..yay! and ive been looking at building a amd setup for a while.. only prob is ive got a budget of about 800-900 and i noticed the bulldoser's are just around the corner..

So im tossing up between building a amd or intel rig this weekend(leaning towards amd) or would it be worth waiting for the bulldoser cpu's to come out in a few months?

MAtt

 

[daisymtc]

intel if you want it now.

 

[Spesh]

intel if you want it now.

Yep, but I'd wait for Bulldozer to come out as it's just round the corner.

 

[DaveSi677]

honestly there is a barebone kit on tigerdirect.ca i5 2500k (sandy bridge) for 589$.

here's the link:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicati...etails.asp?EdpNo=176314&csid=ITD&body=REBATES

Honestly it's a great buy... I will be getting one of these with an ATI 5770 to keep the cost down until bulldozer!!!

 

[NerdyMatt]

Cheers for the reply boys.. im gonna head down to the local store and buy this in an hour or so

If anyone could have a look over this much appreciated

I had to get that ram as the other stocks wouldnt be in till Wednesday. It
turned out to be more than i wanted to spend...and im not to sure about the
gfx cards as the 6850 6750 and 6950 are all similiar cost.

Im using ple.com.au as its around the corner

Id be using this comp to play battlefield 3

INTEL CORE i5 2500K 3.3GHz 6MB
$235.00 $235.00 Remove
GIGABYTE GA-H67MA-UD2H B3 DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD
$159.00 $159.00 Remove
GEIL 8GB KIT DDR3 ENHANCE PLUS C9 1750MHz
$109.00 $109.00 Remove
COOLERMASTER HAF RC-922 GAMING CASE
$145.00 $145.00 Remove
CORSAIR 650W HX-650 MODULAR POWER SUPPLY
$155.00 $155.00 Remove
ASUS DVD RW 24x BK/ +/-/DL/SATA
$37.00 $37.00 Remove
XFX HD6870 900M PCIe/1GB/DVI/HDMI/DP
$259.00 $259.00 Remove
Total $1099

MAny thanks for any replys

 

[NerdyMatt]

Woops!, This board supports the ram speed, previous one didnt my bad!

ASUS P8P67 LE B3 DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD
$189.00 $189.00

 

[Quickpaw]

just in case you havent gone out to buy yet, i'd grab the 2gb 6950, you can easily unlock the card to be a 6970

 

[spynoodle]

Looks good! :good: The 2500k is an amazing overclocker.

 

[SimplyCustomTech]

In my opinion I would go with AMD, the performance it puts out has always been excellent in my opinion, I mean intel is great too, but I have just always gone with AMD

 

[spynoodle]

In my opinion I would go with AMD, the performance it puts out has always been excellent in my opinion, I mean intel is great too, but I have just always gone with AMD

AMDs generally do perforum better in the budget sector. The performance of the 2500k, however, is unbeatable by any current AMD CPU.