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i might be building a computer for a client
right now he has an aging amd opteron 148
it must have integrated graphics which narrows it down to 3 series: SB pentium, SB/IB i3, and Llano. i would include trinity if it were out yet
i have a few gripes with Llano, first of which is the very narrow range of mobos that are not so feature rich for the micro ATX form factor in the particular range i am looking at ($50-$75). second, graphics performance is not an issue nor is a sell point for me which is were llano excels above intel. third, there is less future expansion for the FM1 boards, the best processor that can be bought is an A8-3870K, sure the price is good, but if more power was needed, there is no telling whether or not AMD will make another FM1 socket processor (havent researched it but they might). trinity is not out yet but it will use an FM2 socket and they are not on the market or i would definitely give it a fair chance
with intel socket 1155 you can go from celeron all the way up to i7 and most socket 1155 mobos are gen3 and have an excellent selection of ports and features for less than $75. in addition there is a much larger selection to choose from in the itx and m-atx form factors (i am going with m-atx). i used to give quite a bit of advice in the mobo section on toms, it was my specialty, processors however are not.
the only reason i would choose llano over IB/SB is if it can perform well in single core and multi-core applications better than the likes of pentium/i3. from what i have seen pentium performs on par with llano for gaming in tier 5(toms hierarchy charts) and i3 is tier 2. obviuosly this doesnt compare with real world non gaming performance for regular tasks, but it gives an idea of where things stand
all this being said, my contenders are G620, G850, A8-3870K, G2120, i3-2100 and i3-3220
which would offer the best performance and which is the most future proof or which would you recommend.
this computer needs to last (hopefully) for a good 8-10 years
it will be accompanied by a 120gb sandisk extreme ssd and 4 or 8gb of ram
right now he has an aging amd opteron 148
it must have integrated graphics which narrows it down to 3 series: SB pentium, SB/IB i3, and Llano. i would include trinity if it were out yet
i have a few gripes with Llano, first of which is the very narrow range of mobos that are not so feature rich for the micro ATX form factor in the particular range i am looking at ($50-$75). second, graphics performance is not an issue nor is a sell point for me which is were llano excels above intel. third, there is less future expansion for the FM1 boards, the best processor that can be bought is an A8-3870K, sure the price is good, but if more power was needed, there is no telling whether or not AMD will make another FM1 socket processor (havent researched it but they might). trinity is not out yet but it will use an FM2 socket and they are not on the market or i would definitely give it a fair chance
with intel socket 1155 you can go from celeron all the way up to i7 and most socket 1155 mobos are gen3 and have an excellent selection of ports and features for less than $75. in addition there is a much larger selection to choose from in the itx and m-atx form factors (i am going with m-atx). i used to give quite a bit of advice in the mobo section on toms, it was my specialty, processors however are not.
the only reason i would choose llano over IB/SB is if it can perform well in single core and multi-core applications better than the likes of pentium/i3. from what i have seen pentium performs on par with llano for gaming in tier 5(toms hierarchy charts) and i3 is tier 2. obviuosly this doesnt compare with real world non gaming performance for regular tasks, but it gives an idea of where things stand
all this being said, my contenders are G620, G850, A8-3870K, G2120, i3-2100 and i3-3220
which would offer the best performance and which is the most future proof or which would you recommend.
this computer needs to last (hopefully) for a good 8-10 years
it will be accompanied by a 120gb sandisk extreme ssd and 4 or 8gb of ram