Should not buy AMD over Intel?

Performance = Intel
Price = AMD

For your requirements, I think a high end AMD Phenon II X4 + lots of memory, will give you a good balance

Thanx, I am familiar with that. But I was hoping for more on new arrival ofSandy Bridge-E.

And also some info on "should I go with 6 core $583 (Core i7-3930K)? Are there apps that will or can use 6cores?"

Thanx sonoran

According to today's article, few applications can really benefit from the additional cores.

Well, from the article published today on this site, SB-E didn't seem worth its price tag versus the i7-2600 - or the AMD X6, which is a lot cheaper.

Thanx,

reading the article now...

I hope that will change, at least for power hungry apps like photo,video,3D graphics.

If you can wait, wait till bulldozer comes out and you get more information.
If you cant, 2500k is the best option right now.

Hi nikorr   . Well it's plain & simple.   Just wait for the reviews to come out on the bulldozer by AMD.   If they turn out to perform well,then go ahead & buy.   If they don't turn out any good & the bulldozer will likely run out of diesel early,then you'll just have to buy good old Intel.  

Yes, I am waiting. I do like that 2600K and I'm not sure if I want to wait any longer  

I know, but AMD looks to be 1 or 2 generations behind of what Intel does. For CPU intensive tasks it does.

The Intel® Core™ i5-2500K is one of the best overall processors that we have put out in both price vs. performance and in overall performance. For new gaming computer today I wouldnt even come close to buying anything else. Matched up with a good P67 or Z68 board and you have a outstanding system before you even overclock it.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

If you can't afford a i5-2500k then buy a AMD Phenom and use the money saved to buy a better graphics card if you are a gamer.

Honestly, and coming from a THuban user, the SB-E's kick amd's butt in rendering and transcoding. I am likely to jump ship myself once someone comes out with a chipset that supports USB3 in addition to the 40 lanes of pcie.

Get a Phenom II x6 1100T for only $180 and overclock it to 4.0 ghz. For the type of programs you're running, the more cores, the better.

The 1055T overclocks to 4ghz also, why do you recommend the top of the line?
The extra $40 could be spent on an aftermarket cooler.

There are only two chip I think are worth it above $80-$120. At least if your buying today.

1) The Amd's X6-1090T. Fast, unlocked muliplier, and AMD flexibility for future drop in replacement. Can be had for $170 US, out the door. Great product and price.

2) From intel, the I5-2500K. At $220, its no more than 15 percent slower than any chip at any price. Also with unlocked multiplier.

I think these are the two best values EVER at those price points.

If not one of those, than just get an Athlon X4 for a hundred bucks or wait for Sandy Bridge E and Bulldozer as their launch will almost certainly bring price drops.

Thanx every one, it looks like gamer is the only one that will really benefit from SB-E due to its PCI support, no USB3 yet and it was actually slower in video tasks than 2600K.

It looks good for 2600K, I guess. When the "Bulldozer" reviews will be out? If they, AMD want to sell next month or so, they better spice up the market with some reviews and more info.


"That places it squarely in the range of Intel’s unlocked Core i7-2600K quad-core, which means that reviewers will no doubt pit the two against one another when testing the new AMD CPU. Will the four additional cores translate to enough extra performance to compete effectively with the top Sandy Bridge to date? We still don’t know core clock speeds, but AMD is apparently working to make sure that applications can start taking advantage of all eight cores.

Is $320 the right price for this forthcoming AMD eight-core CPU?"

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/amd-reveals-pricing...

2600K is the winner.

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