AMD or INTEL

[intelnvidia]

I have an amd athlon ii x4 630 amd3 and a intel i7 860 lga 1156
I need a motherboard for which ever one I keep.
I want to know if I should go amd so I can get a 990fx mobo so I can use my front usb 3.0 and be future proof and upgrade whenever I need to or should I get a p55 mobo and not be able to use the front usb 3.0 and not have an upgrade path in the future or should I sell both cpus and get a sandy bridge or a amd fx or wait for an ivy bridge cpu
My spec so far:
Cooler master Storm Trooper
Xfx 650w xxx edition
6gb of poopy ddr3 ram
Asus gtx 460 1gb directcu oced
western digital 1tb green cavier

 

[cyansnow]

Keep your intel.

 

[jaguarskx]

Your i7-860 outperforms your Athlon II.

The difference in performance between a 1st gen and 2nd gen Core i7 is about 10% - 12%. That's really too small to justify upgrading to Sandy Bridge. If you really need to use USB 3.0, then buy a USB 3.0 adapter card and stick it in your PC.

I wouldn't bother with upgrading until Intel's Haswell CPU comes out next year.

 

[13thmonkey]

I wouldn't bother with upgrading until Intel's Haswell CPU comes out next year.

You are getting closer to convincing me, just by saying it often enough

 

[vance r]

I just bought the same board and have been running it non stop with a game that calls for an i7 or better cpu and im playing on an FX-4100 cpu,i have been surfing and running other programs and never seen the usage over 62%, my older athlon 3800 would hit 90 to 100% usage just in the game alone.

Roswell challenger 3.0 case(3 case fans)
750 sli power supplu
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
AMD FX-4100(starter)
8 gigs of corsair vengeance ram
2 evga 9600 1 g in sli(2 yrs old)
WD 500 gig hd sata
asus dvd rw

 

[jaguarskx]

You are getting closer to convincing me, just by saying it often enough

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[13thmonkey]

Haswell
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Haswell

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might have to recase my machine

 

[ismaeljrp]

I would say sell it all, and get yourself LGA 2011 get up , especially with the new core i7 3820. But then again, you can go with a cheap LGA1155 and then upgrade to Ivy Bridge with the same mobo.

 

[o_tipper_x]

You probably know what you want to do already. This seems like your trying to start another AMD bashing session. lol

 

[rds1220]

Just keep the I7. Yea it's not an I7 extreme and its an older socket but it's still an I7 and it will out perform the Athelon II. Do you have to get something now or can you wait?

 

[noob2222]

I would say sell it all, and get yourself LGA 2011 get up , especially with the new core i7 3820. But then again, you can go with a cheap LGA1155 and then upgrade to Ivy Bridge with the same mobo.

Why would you even consider it, its comparative to AMD's bulldozer .. Intel never goes down in performance right? guess again.

http://www.techspot.com/review/492-intel-core-i7-3820/page7.html

slower than a 3.3 ghz I5

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

While it might be a little hard to get a good board for the Intel® Core™ i7-860 that is the past that I would follow for now. The Intel Core i7-860 is a solid processor that should get you time to before you need to upgrade in the future.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[13thmonkey]

to the OP, the i7 if you can find a board

 

[andy_93]

Ok,just reading throught this post and iam now more confused than ever,i want to upgrade my pc and was looking at a core i5 2550 but then i heard about IB and now there is Haswell,when is it ever going to be a good time to upgrade. If i buy a i5 its going to be out of date by April,if i wait for IB then that will be out of date within a year,just dont know what to do lol.

 

[noob2222]

check the review I posted, there isn't any reason to go for a new motherboard +cpu over the 860, its considerably faster than the 750 and even that is within 1-2 fps of the newest and greatest

http://www.techspot.com/review/492-intel-core-i7-3820/page7.html

just pick up a cheap h55 and wait 2-3 years.

As for usb 3.0, do you have any 3.0 devices?

 

[rds1220]

Andy, there is no future proofing when it comes to computers. Going into it you have to understand that whatever processor you get in one year to 18 months it will be out classed by something bigger and better. It's just the way it is for CPU's and video cards. I would say get an I3 or I5 now (depending on what you want to do and budget) and save up and wait for Haswell in 2013.

 

[andy_93]

Tbh,i am not to bothered about USB 3.0,more PCI 3.0. Core i3,5,7 are not PCI 3.0 but IB is,what i might do is go with the Core i5 2550 and miss out IB and if (with a bios update) the Z68 MB is compatible with Haswell get that when it comes out next year. I only game and surf the net tbh but its been many years since i have had a pc build with any intel parts in it. I was going to stick with AMD cpu`s but from what i read the bulldozer is a bit of a fail so i am going to try Intel again.

 

[internetswag]

Comparing AMD to Intel is like comparing cod liver oil to pizza.

 

[intelnvidia]

I'm not trying to get an ugly mobo I want a red and black one and I really want the front usb3.0 header and if I keepy the athlon I can get a future upgrade path and yes I am an amd fanboy but I want the best way to do this, only reason I like amd better the intel is cuz of all the d*** moves intels done

 

[Rockdpm]

I'm not trying to get an ugly mobo I want a red and black one and I really want the front usb3.0 header and if I keepy the athlon I can get a future upgrade path and yes I am an amd fanboy but I want the best way to do this, only reason I like amd better the intel is cuz of all the d*** moves intels done

Then you want a republic of gamers board, which ever chipset you get. your gonna want Republic!

 

[intelnvidia]

Then you want a republic of gamers board, which ever chipset you get. your gonna want Republic!

yeA but the thing is they dont sell the maximus 3 anymore but if I go amd route I can get the asus crosshair 5 or asrock fata1ity 990fx

 

[RetiredChief]

intelnvidia - Stick with your AMD build
From the sounds of your post you sound set in stone on the amd and just tring to get a flame war going.

I'll stick with my Intel. When I buy, I buy the best I can afford - future proofing is a kids game as it does not really exist, Just about any system is out dated badly in two years - And it's not even really the cpu, it's the MB features.

As to intel coming out with new cpus, I say keep them coming. I always update my MB when buying a cpu anyway. Too bad AMD is cutting back on consummer Desktop system support.

 

[intelnvidia]

Tbh,i am not to bothered about USB 3.0,more PCI 3.0. Core i3,5,7 are not PCI 3.0 but IB is,what i might do is go with the Core i5 2550 and miss out IB and if (with a bios update) the Z68 MB is compatible with Haswell get that when it comes out next year. I only game and surf the net tbh but its been many years since i have had a pc build with any intel parts in it. I was going to stick with AMD cpu`s but from what i read the bulldozer is a bit of a fail so i am going to try Intel again.

from what I heard was that the bulldozer architecture is ment for window 7 but idk they would have a cpu that's not optimized for win 7

 

[intelnvidia]

intelnvidia - Stick with your AMD build
From the sounds of your post you sound set in stone on the amd and just tring to get a flame war going.

I'll stick with my Intel. When I buy, I buy the best I can afford - future proofing is a kids game as it does not really exist, Just about any system is out dated badly in two years - And it's not even really the cpu, it's the MB features.

As to intel coming out with new cpus, I say keep them coming. I always update my MB when buying a cpu anyway. Too bad AMD is cutting back on consummer Desktop system support.

I'm not trying to start anything and if I get lga 1155 or lga 2011 woulit support the heiwser or watever its called

 

[amuffin]

before you need to upgrade in the future.

HASWELL