Which is best performance, pentium e6300 or athlon 2 250

I'm trying to decide between a AMD athlon 2 250 3.0ghz and a Intel pentium dual core e6300 2.8ghz.
I would like to get one that is fast at encoding, rendering 3d modeling, and fast at playing games.
The reason why is that both are just under $90.
I've looked at their performance but its close to same. so... which is best for me? :??:

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There both perform the same for 80-90$.
If you cold extend your budget a few more $$ i would recommend a Phenom 2 x3, which is a lot faster then the e6300/x2 250.

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invisik wrote :

There both perform the same for 80-90$.
If you cold extend your budget a few more $$ i would recommend a Phenom 2 x3, which is a lot faster then the e6300/x2 250.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103648

WOW! that's a big price drop! Last time I looked it was $129.
thanks i will add this to my list of pc components, $99 would be my limit for a cpu.

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invisik wrote :

There both perform the same for 80-90$.
If you cold extend your budget a few more $$ i would recommend a Phenom 2 x3, which is a lot faster then the e6300/x2 250.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103648

ermm sorry to say, but phenom 2 x3 was a big dissapointment in terms of quality. im here, looking at my atomicMPC mag right now, and in every benchmark, the Pentium Duel core E5200, which is slower the the E6300, beat the Phenom 2 X3 in every benchmark. its just a much more reliable CPU. not to menching it absolutly SMASHES any AMD at overcklocking, expecially the X3, which was very 'slow' when it come to oc'ing. for example, If you reduce the PDC E6300 down to one core, and the X3 down to one, have them at the same stock, the PDC E6300 Would kill it. the third core cont make up the lack in qualty in the other 2 cores

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ermm sorry to say, but phenom 2 x3 was a big dissapointment in terms of quality. im here, looking at my atomicMPC mag right now, and in every benchmark, the Pentium Duel core E5200, which is slower the the E6300, beat the Phenom 2 X3 in every benchmark. its just a much more reliable CPU. not to menching it absolutly SMASHES any AMD at overcklocking, expecially the X3, which was very 'slow' when it come to oc'ing. for example, If you reduce the PDC E6300 down to one core, and the X3 down to one, have them at the same stock, the PDC E6300 Would kill it. the third core cont make up the lack in qualty in the other 2 cores

would a e5200 overclock with stock heatsink and fan?
how far do you think it would overclock maybe 2.8ghz perhaps?

Reply to jdh440

an e5200 could easily do 3.0 ghz or more on the stock cooler (i do 3.3 just cause i don't need more for now), as long as you have a decent airflow in your case (nothing special). with a better heatsink fan like the arctic freezer 7 pro, you can even reach the famous 4.0ghz mark (as long as your mobo doesn't have really a low fsb wall).

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IainPC wrote :

ermm sorry to say, but phenom 2 x3 was a big dissapointment in terms of quality. im here, looking at my atomicMPC mag right now, and in every benchmark, the Pentium Duel core E5200, which is slower the the E6300, beat the Phenom 2 X3 in every benchmark. its just a much more reliable CPU. not to menching it absolutly SMASHES any AMD at overcklocking, expecially the X3, which was very 'slow' when it come to oc'ing. for example, If you reduce the PDC E6300 down to one core, and the X3 down to one, have them at the same stock, the PDC E6300 Would kill it. the third core cont make up the lack in qualty in the other 2 cores

Sure you don't mean Phenom I?

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Stock cooling and a non-ideal MB for OC duty, and I run my PheII 710 x3 at 3.35ghz/1.375v, with no heat issues or drama. I am looking forward to a SB750 mobo and aftermarker cooling to see what I can get out of this CPU.

I couldn't find the article you are referencing, either through atomicMPC.com's search feature, or google, at all. In fact, when googling "phenom II x3 e5200 atomic MPC" (no quotations) the first hit was this thread, and your post. Please provide a link to support your somewhat absurd claims.

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