Intel gaming rig vs. AMD gaming rig

PCnerd21 · Jul 20, 2014

So here is my gaming rig for intel I'm going to college as well and my budget is 1500 or a little over. http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

And here is my AMD build http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

DroneDroneDrone · Jul 20, 2014

Links are blank. Don't copy the link in the URL. You should find something called permalink above your build. Copy paste that link.

ingtar33 · Jul 20, 2014

at any price over $800 it becomes less and less attractive to go AMD... by the time you're spending more then $1200, i simply can't advise anyone to go AMD...

Akhil Potukuchi · Jul 20, 2014

PCnerd21 :

PAste the permalink and not the url in the address bar.

patrichpachich · Aug 8, 2014

i cant see the rig
i agree with ingtar AMD had no procs that will equivalent in intel's i7k

Tyler_maguire · Aug 8, 2014

Stuff that get an amd 8 core and have more money for graphics and still save money I have the amd 6100 fx and it beats he he'll out of all my friends 15s and even some i7s can't imagine how amazing the 8 core must be. Plus don't be a sheep and go with Intel be differnt!

Bluemoon_9 · Aug 8, 2014

Tyler_maguire :

Did you run a test that gives some numbers that proves it or some tangible data to back up your opinion?

Akhil Potukuchi · Aug 8, 2014

Tyler_maguire :

Your friends must have been having 1st gen low power i7s. Because none of the FX chips even come close to beating i7's.

ingtar33 · Aug 8, 2014

Akhil Potukuchi :

incorrect. if you don't overclock that I7, then any overclocked 8core amd will clean it's clock... and it won't even be a contest with a non-overclocked i5. a lightly overclocked 6 core fx should be about on par with a stock i5... a heavily overclocked 6core fx will probably best an i5 in a number of thing. Though i do doubt a bulldozer 6100 is clocked high enough to be "obviously" faster then an i5...

As to the fellow saying "get an amd, be different" i HAVE an amd... fx8320... it clocks like a monster, i hold it at 5.0ghz in the winter here in phoenix... the summers are too hot, so i back it down to 4.8ghz... it will clean the clock of any but an overclocked i7... and i'm also said "at any price over $800 it becomes less and less attractive to go AMD... by the time you're spending more then $1200, i simply can't advise anyone to go AMD..."

i said it because it's true. While my fx8320 does some insanely heavily lifting in most games you're still better off going intel... as even overclocked to 4.8ghz the single core performance on this chip trails a stock haswell by a little less then 20%... sure it will beat down a STOCK i7 haswell without breaking a sweat in heavily multithreaded tasks but in single threaded tasks? or even in 4 or 5... threaded tasks, that i7 will crush this fx8320.

Akhil Potukuchi · Aug 8, 2014

ingtar33 :

Akhil Potukuchi :

incorrect. if you don't overclock that I7, then any overclocked 8core amd will clean it's clock... and it won't even be a contest with a non-overclocked i5. a lightly overclocked 6 core fx should be about on par with a stock i5... a heavily overclocked 6core fx will probably best an i5 in a number of thing. Though i do doubt a bulldozer 6100 is clocked high enough to be "obviously" faster then an i5...

As to the fellow saying "get an amd, be different" i HAVE an amd... fx8320... it clocks like a monster, i hold it at 5.0ghz in the winter here in phoenix... the summers are too hot, so i back it down to 4.8ghz... it will clean the clock of any but an overclocked i7... and i'm also said "at any price over $800 it becomes less and less attractive to go AMD... by the time you're spending more then $1200, i simply can't advise anyone to go AMD..."

i said it because it's true. While my fx8320 does some insanely heavily lifting in most games you're still better off going intel... as even overclocked to 4.8ghz the single core performance on this chip trails a stock haswell by a little less then 20%... sure it will beat down a STOCK i7 haswell without breaking a sweat in heavily multithreaded tasks but in single threaded tasks? or even in 4 or 5... threaded tasks, that i7 will crush this fx8320.

But what happens when we overclock both the chips huh?? Why would I even take an i5 4690k if I do not want to overclock? Huh? Intel chip overclocked gaming performance>>>>>AMD chip overclocked gaming performance. What I am trying to say is that for budget builds AMD is the way to go, but if you have all the money, Intel should be much better.

Tyler_maguire · Aug 8, 2014

Akhil Potukuchi :

ingtar33 :

But what happens when we overclock both the chips huh?? Why would I even take an i5 4690k if I do not want to overclock? Huh? Intel chip overclocked gaming performance>>>>>AMD chip overclocked gaming performance. What I am trying to say is that for budget builds AMD is the way to go, but if you have all the money, Intel should be much better.

Oh somebody's getting touched because he wasted his money on an intel lol the worlds most powerful computer uses many amd chips, why didn't they use intel mhhhh

DroneDroneDrone · Aug 8, 2014

"The worlds most powerful computer" use Intel Xeon

Bluemoon_9 · Aug 8, 2014

Do we smell a troll somewhere? I guess somebody need to provide data to prove his/her opinion. I can shout illuminati owns America, but I doubt who will believe me if I do not provide proof.

I really hope Tomshardware doesn't turn into COD multiplayer. Too many foul mouthed teenagers with least bit of idea what they are talking about,

DroneDroneDrone · Aug 8, 2014

This is on the "worlds most powerful computer part" http://www.top500.org/system/177999

patrichpachich · Aug 8, 2014

Akhil Potukuchi · Aug 9, 2014

DroneDroneDrone :

+1

Akhil Potukuchi · Aug 9, 2014

Tyler_maguire :

Akhil Potukuchi :

Oh somebody's getting touched because he wasted his money on an intel lol the worlds most powerful computer uses many amd chips, why didn't they use intel mhhhh

Look at this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html Why isn't any AMD chip even in the top tier of the chart???
Look at this: http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2013/10/bf4/charts/bf4_cpu_geforce.png
The FX 8350 overclocked to 5 ghz cannot even beat a sandy bridge i5 overclocked to 4.5. And the FX 8350 does not even beat the 4670k at stock. I myself am buying an AMD build this week. The intel build I use is an old q6600 which does not even touch all these powerful chips. The world's most powerful chip in the world has an intel xeon. Anyways it does not matter if the world's is intel's or AMD's, since we are talking about consumer CPU's and not highest of the high-end servers.

patrichpachich · Aug 9, 2014

Intel is better than AMD

End of discussion

*flies away

ingtar33 · Aug 9, 2014

Akhil Potukuchi :

I don't want to quote myself again... but "sure it will beat down a STOCK i7 haswell without breaking a sweat in heavily multithreaded tasks but in single threaded tasks? or even in 4 or 5... threaded tasks, that i7 will crush this fx8320." And I wasn't even talking about overclocking that i7.

That said the difference isn't apparent... I own this fx8 core, its in my home computer and i've pimped it this ride as much as it can. Every day at work i use top of the line intel haswell cpus... I can tell it's a better chip then a stock haswell i5 or lower. It's actually apparent on an end user level. But once you go to an i7 that advantage vanishes... That said we're talking about a $340 cpu vs a cpu i bought for $130.

Now i use VMs... i heavily multitask... basically i use as many cores as i can... so i'm not a "standard user"... for me the fx8 core is an amazing value. One that will max out any title in 1080p and 60hz just fine. And if that's all the monitor you have then get the amd. But if you have a real serious monitor... and plan on some SLi/xfire then get an intel. It seriously will be a better choice for a gamer

BTW: you seem to have missed how i actually suggested the OP get an intel.

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