Alecks Gates wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Philip Webb <[email protected]> wrote: >> 120720 Dale wrote to me as OP: >>> If you need help with this, i'd be glad to help you pick parts >>> for your build. The biggest thing is to make sure things work together. >> Thanks for the offer & the other advice from everyone so far. >> I built machines successfully in 2000 2003 2007 >> & am still using the last 2 , tho' the 2007 mobo failed (ASUS) >> & its replacement is showing minor bugs (glad I got in-store warranty). >> Therefore, I'm not looking for basic advice how to put a box together. >> >> I'm also willing to pay for a fast upto-date CPU, >> but not of course whatever came out just last week, >> which will soon drop in price & will still need some bugs sorting out. >> I don't have to choose between a good CPU & a good SSD >> & expect to get a competitive price from Canada Computers, as before. >> >> Any further thoughts re Intel vs AMD wb very welcome. >> >> -- >> ========================,,============================================ >> SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb >> ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto >> TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca >> >> > You'd definitely get more bang for your buck out of AMD, especially > with Gentoo. It might even be worth waiting for AMD's piledriver-core > CPUs depending on how much of an improvement they actually give, > though I'm not sure when those are supposed to be out. And paying for > a top-of-the-line AMD CPU is still much cheaper than Intel. > > This is a very broad generalization of course, but a lot of it comes > down to multi-threaded (lean towards AMD) vs single-threaded (lean > towards Intel). Honestly I don't think you'd notice the difference > anyway on a general desktop. I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of > their APUs if you don't need intense graphics, as they seem to be able > to handle most things well and even some light gaming. > >
I did some checking when I built my rig. If I recall correctly, just a comparable Intel CPU would have cost as much as my AMD CPU *and* the mobo. After you put down some bucks for the CPU, you still have to buy a mobo which seem pricey to me as well. Between those two parts, you can spend a lot of money for Intel based stuff. Seriously, for desktop use and budget, go with AMD. Spend the money you save on your SSD or a really nice video card. After all, the video card is what you really see anyway. I'm not saying Intel is bad but AMD is a great CPU and much cheaper. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
