E7200 or Amd 5400 black edition

[blessthefall]

Should I get a e7200 with a 60 dollar motherboard or a Amd 5400+BE with an 80 motherboard. With the AMD i would overclock it and the Intel will probably stay at stock or small overclock. or is there another possibility for the same price?

 

[BaronMatrix]

Should I get a e7200 with a 60 dollar motherboard or a Amd 5400+BE with an 80 motherboard. With the AMD i would overclock it and the Intel will probably stay at stock or small overclock. or is there another possibility for the same price?

Unless you have a preference fo rone vendor or another and to keept eh flames down, I'd say toss a coin. Either way you'll get a capable system.

 

[Wisecracker]

I voted for the x2 5400+ because you can get a really nice mobo like one of these ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022+1070930149&StoreType=7&CompareItemList=N82E16813138106%2cN82E16813128327%2cN82E16813131234%2cN82E16813130166%2cN82E16813138102&page=2&bop=And

 

[zenmaster]

An OC'd 5400+ would likely beat an Non-OC'd E7200.

But why you would not want to OC a Chip that can hit 4.0Ghz Fairly easily from 2.5Ghz boggles my mind..............

 

[rodney_ws]

An OC'd 5400+ would likely beat an Non-OC'd E7200.

But why you would not want to OC a Chip that can hit 4.0Ghz Fairly easily from 2.5Ghz boggles my mind..............

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[rawsteel]

of course get the AMD.

Easy overclock. You will probably reach 3.1-3.3 GHz if using aftermarket cooling. Get the 780G motherboard so you can get the SB700 southbridge so later if you decide to swap to phenom to be able to overclock more.

Intel CPU with $60 motherboard will be just extremely inappropriate.

 

[invisik]

e7200 in my opinion would be better. lower temps and much more headroom for overclock. Both cpus are good at there respected prices.
Good luck.
=]

 

[eklipz330]

he won;t be able to OC the e7200 with a cheap motherboard, it won't let him

maybe if you can get a p43? i wouldn;t know if that is a good OC'ing motherboard

 

[cjl]

Get the Intel and a cheap P35 board. You should easily get it up to 3.2GHz even on a cheap board, and likely significantly higher.

 

[blessthefall]

the reason why i wont be able to OC the e7200 is because i don't have the money to get a expensive motherboard and a high end aftermarket heat sink.however in the future i might get a better aftermarket heat sink and then try OCing it .

 

[falcodakrzz]

Go for the e7200. No need for more performance at the moment, in the future get the new heatsink and overclock, it's a fair bit better than the 5400.

 

[E3210]

Overclock it too 3 ghz with stock heatsink. Just don't bump the v core.

AMD is woefully deficent at overclocking compared to any of intels chips, at any price level.

A biostar t force for 79.99 is both reliable and a good overclocker. P43 chipset with DDR2 1066 and PCI E 2.0 support. The ASRock twin board at the same price looks good but only has a few reviews and those are some what mixed.

 

[jamesl]

if you buy the 5400+ BE you HAVE to buy an aftermarket heat sink/cooler

so add at least $30 to the cost of the 5400+

but with the e7200 you can overclock with the stock cooler and reach the same speeds that you would with the amd with the aftermarket solution

so if you get the e7200 you're already saving $30 by not getting the heatsink/cooler
you can use that $30 to buy a better motherboard
then 2 or 3 months from now when you have extra cash you can buy a cooler and really crank up the e7200 way past anything the 5400+ could reach

you should get 3.4 on the e7200 pretty easily with just the stock cooler

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=558023

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=570897&highlight=e7200

 

[Onus]

What is the purpose of this build? The GPU may end up making a bigger final difference in performance, in which case get whichever is cheaper. If there will be little to no gaming, the AMD on a 780G board is awfully tempting for cheap, but if you will get a discrete GPU anyway, may as well go for the Intel on a P43 or P35.

 

[mgl888]

DEFINITELY E7200!

it's MUCH better for OC! I can run my E7200 at 3.3ghz at stock voltage (55 degrees full load with stock cooler) . and I've only got a $95 gigabyte p35 mobo

the E7200 has a FSB of 1066 (266mhz) with a 9.5x multiplier, but almost all intel motherboards today that supports 45nm processors supports fsb 1333 (333mhz), which means by simply setting the fsb to 333mhz in the bios, you achieve a clock speed of 3.16ghz!

the amd is unlocked but it has a higher TDP and it's much more difficult to achieve high overclocks.

I'm currently running my e7200 at 3.6ghz with a thermaltake hyper tx 2, and the temperatures do not exceed 63 degrees under full load even on a really hot day!

Have i mentioned the bigger cache on the e7200?

 

[pcgamer12]

If it were me, I'd pick an E7200 over AMD 5400 Black Edition.

 

[cjl]

The stock cooler with the intel should easily be adequate for 3-3.2GHz.

 

[alvine]

intel+45nm=4ghz oc amd+oc=3.2-3.3ghz max

intel=more cashe and runs cooler
amd=less pricey, can upgrade to am3 cpus when they come out since they will be backwards compatible as long you take am2+ mobo not the am2

 

[jaragon13]

What's the point of this topic? It's pretty obvious,E7200.

....Overclock the E7200 to say,3.2ghz and you'll be fine in any gaming.

Or,if you're like me,don't overclock at all,just to save your warranty.

How much in total do you have to spend on this build?

 

[50bmg]

+1 E7200

I am hitting 3.8G with a cheap Golden Orb 2 HS&F. If you had a good cooler, you could easily hit 4.0. Mine at 3.8 is a work horse.

I am scoring 16800 on 3dmark06. I get a consistant 120FPS on COD4 @1680x1050, 4xAA, 8xAF, max settings. TF2, CSS and other games are 200FPS+.

My cpu temps never exceeds 55c.

 

[dobby]

the reason why i wont be able to OC the e7200 is because i don't have the money to get a expensive motherboard and a high end aftermarket heat sink.however in the future i might get a better aftermarket heat sink and then try OCing it .

the 7200 will go far on the stock cooler and a p45(or35). and if you need aadditonal cooling the coolermaster hyper TX is dirt cheap.

 

[blessthefall]

Alright Im going to get a e7200

 

[zenmaster]

What is the purpose of this build? The GPU may end up making a bigger final difference in performance, in which case get whichever is cheaper. If there will be little to no gaming, the AMD on a 780G board is awfully tempting for cheap, but if you will get a discrete GPU anyway, may as well go for the Intel on a P43 or P35.

Depending on the usage (No-gaming, Etc..) the 780G board could be nice. Especially if you toss in the
"AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 2.3Ghz 45W Dual Core Socket AM2 OEM Processor for $50 - $10 Code: AMD81210"
From New Egg.

Nice Cheap Quiet HDMI build.

 

[cory1234]

Alright Im going to get a e7200

Yea, definitely the e7200. I'm about to make a $500 computer with the e7200, with a $20 cooler 4.0ghz is possible. 3.0 to 3.2 on stock vcore.

 

[themyrmidon]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but get the AMD. Only because the motherboard is that much better, the E7200 is no doubt the better processor.