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AMD Vs Intel – Features, Compatability, Overclockability, Upgrades, Speed, Price – THE BIG QUESTION!!! 10pts1?

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM™ II X4 955 (3.2GHz) BLACK EDITION (Socket AM3)

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz – LIFETIME WARRANTY (2×2GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR III FORMULA: DDR3 – Republic of Gamers, CrossfireX – 2 x PCIe x16 Graphic Card Slots (Dual x16) – 3 PCIe x1, one with Supreme FX sound card (actual card), and ONE PCI slot.
or
ASUS® M4A79-T Deluxe: DDR3 – 4 x PCIe x16 (Dual x16 – Triple x8 – Quad x8) – 2 x PCI – No PCIe x1 slots.

Which motherboard should I chose?

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium 64-bit + Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher (£86)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory – 1st Hard Disk
640GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive
6x BLU-RAY ROM & HD-DVD ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£69)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 4870 PCI EXPRESS

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER BLACK GAMING PC CASE

Power Supply & Case Cooling
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£58)

Processor Cooling
ASUS TRITON 81 PURE COPPER BASE ULTRA COOLER (£49)

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return (£5)

Cost of this system: £965 Inc VAT and Delivery

Or this

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550 (2.83GHz) 1333MHz FSB/12MB Cache

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz – LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2×2GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® STRIKER || FORMULA: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 3 x X16 VGA

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium 64-bit + Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher (£86)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory – 1st Hard Disk

500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive
6x BLU-RAY ROM & HD-DVD ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£69)

Graphics Card
896MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX275 PCI EXPRESS

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Case

COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER BLACK GAMING PC CASE

Power Supply & Case Cooling
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£58)

Processor Cooling
ASUS TRITON 81 PURE COPPER BASE ULTRA COOLER (£49)

Firewire & Video Editing
NONE

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return (£5)

For some strange reason it appears that regardless of RAM, motherboard, graphic cards, or any other combination (been through many) even lower end Core 2 Quads and lower spec Graphic cards, the Intel based systems seem over priced. It either ends up being like 1100, or 1300, then I have to shave things off to lower the price.

The Intel System (bottom) is £990

The AMD System is £960.

I also believe that the AMD has a genuine Quad with 4 single cores unlike the Core which has 2 dual’s stuck together.

I’m having difficulty on choosing boards still, even though the M4A79T has more slots on triple they run at 8x not 16 so it’s not that spectacular; neither do they have any PCIe x1’s.

I apppreciate any help. I cannot exceed £990. Not even by £1.

Currency is in Great British Pounds. An no I am not shopping at Newegg, they don’t ship to the UK, not even Canada for that fact.

THANKS -

FX

Also take note with the M4a79T there is no sound card, which means flat realtek sound, the Crosshair III Formula does save money an includes a "good" sound card, but I’m still willing to choose otherwise!

TY again

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One Response to “AMD Vs Intel – Features, Compatability, Overclockability, Upgrades, Speed, Price – THE BIG QUESTION!!! 10pts1?”

  1. Intel is the chip king for speed, but AMD gives a better PERFORMANCE to CASH RATIO.

    With that said, the Phenom II 955 should be able to outbench the Q9550 ever so slightly. The Phenom though is extremely is to overclock. If you do overclock the CPU with the multiplier don’t forget to overclock the NORTHBRIDGE because it will make a huge difference as it will become your bottleneck if you don’t. I’d bump it about 600MHz, you may have to add a little extra just to CPU-NB voltage. Don’t OC the HT Multiplier as it doesn’t add much performance gains and just adds to instability issues.

    Bother Asus motherboards are great. It really comes down to personal preference. I would just save the money with the Crosshair, so you don’t have to buy a sound card.

    You may be even to run the 955 at 3.6GHz without any voltage jump whatsoever. Also, AMD will be keeping AM3 socket for a while, so it probably has a longer life than the Intel socket. Down the road, you will probably be able to drop an AMD Orochi chip in it, which may be stock around 4.0GHz and will be 32nm.

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    Asus M3A78-T
    Phenom II X4 940BE @3.4GHZ w/ OCZ Vendetta2 Cooler
    Western Digital WD5000AAKS (4) RAID 10 – 1TB Effective
    Patriot Viper 4BG (2×2GB) – PC2-8500@800MHz
    OCZ GameXstream 700W PSU
    Thermaltake Case Armor+ Mx VH8000BWS
    ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP – (Non-Gamer, Good Enuff 4 Me)
    Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
    Acer X223Wbd @1680×1050

    CPU: 17Multi @3400Ghz 1.3750v
    CPU-NB: 11 Multi@2200MHz 1.2750v
    DDR: 800MHz (Downclocked for NB stability) 2.1v
    Rest at Stock

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