AMD or INTEL

Intel all the way, AMD yes they are cheap but they overclock badly, and there are more LGA 775s and 1366s than AMD motherboards :D stupid pins on the cpu :P
 
Turbo10 said:
Intel all the way, AMD yes they are cheap but they overclock badly, and there are more LGA 775s and 1366s than AMD motherboards :D stupid pins on the CPU :P
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The Intel i5 and i7 are better processors than the Phenom II processors. But Phenom II Quad-Core Processors are good and powerful chips and do overclock well.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Performance.

Hyperthreading and Triple Channel memory. Neither are available on AMD systems.
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+1

Don't forget if you have a Microcenter within driving distance - you can save a ton on the CPU's. The Core i5, and i7 CPU's. They are selling the i7 920's for 199 - and the other core i5, i7's are at similar discounts.
 
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Comparing the i5 with Phenom II 965... the i5 does perform a bit (I wouldn't say noticeably) better than the Phenom. The phenom does cost 15$ more (but I imagine that would balance out in motherboard cost). Plus the i5 build is going to support triple-channel Ram and such that the AMD wouldn't. So yes, it is a better processor in both speed and value. Not sure how they'd compare overclocking though.

Also, ITT: Fanboys
 
Damorian said:
Plus the i5 build is going to support triple-channel Ram and such that the AMD wouldn't.
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No, i5 and i7 8xx don't support Triple channel Ram.

It is only LGA 1366 processors that support Triple channel. Socket 1156 only use dual channel.
 
Really? My bad. Duly noted though. I just made the assumption since it came out after i7 :rolleyes: I apologize if I misled anyone.
 
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