Amd phenom or intel i7

[levis_26]

Hello,
I am multimedia student wan to assemble pc
for Editing videos N Playing Games
which one is better amd phenom or intel i7 standart ???

 

[Spryguy87]

definitely the i7. I say that and I am, honestly, a bit of an AMD fan. If you can afford it, the i7 is faster in pretty much everything and uses less power to boot. (generalizations, but generally true).

 

[Star72]

+1 to what Spryguy87 said. Do you have a specific budget in mind?

 

[Flying-Q]

I game on a quad core phenom and it does OK with general tasks but given a better budget it would have been an i7 or at the very least and i5 for non-gaming tasks.

 

[redeye]

get a mac(multimedia)... and because you are a student... use a console for gaming.


for editing... it is the program that you are using thats more important, and because you are a student the time to encode is secondary...

and since you are a student, money is tight... so intel is quieter, less power consumption, but more expensive.

i am useing an AMD 8350, only because that is the "eco-system" that i have.


go the cheapest intel you can find... h61,2120,gtx 660....

 

[darth pravus]

An i7 is the best way forwards for both editing and gaming rig.

 

[levis_26]

Best answer selected by levis_26.

 

[darren0000]

true i7 is better but in all honesty mate get the fx 6300 £105 amazon.

the fx6300 is just amazing in terms of performance/price.

just a thought.

 

[darren0000]

or theres a fx8320 on amzon for £80 used, i would personally think about this in real world terms i dont think the i7 justifys the price.

sorry 8120