Intel worth the extra money vs AMD?

steveb531

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I have my eye on 2 systems. An AMD and an Intel. With the AMD system obviously being the cheapest, is the intel alternative worth the extra expense?

AMD RICHLAND QUAD CORE 6600K FM2
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Intel I5 4th Gen 4670 Quad Core 3.4Ghz

Im only really interest in the CPU performance as i'll be upgrading the GPU anyway and the rest of the specs are more or less identical.
I'll mainly be using the system for games like Runescape HD and Skyrim, preferably on high details.

Edit: I also have interest in dual monitors and would like the system to be able to handle the suggested games and multiple applications and still run smoothly.

Cheers
 

marshal11

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The 6600k won't be able to play Skyrim on any setting really. Skyrim is extremely CPU intensive and REALLY prefers Intel CPUs. In skyrim, cheap, low end i3's were outperforming top of the line 8350s, which are about twice as fast as a 6600k.
 

con635

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If your adding a gpu and the price isnt too much more the i5 wins hands down, on the other hand Runescape will run on a laptop cpu and Skyrim will run fine on any modern amd quad core or even a Pentium so dont stray too far out of budget if thats all you play.