cclonline have one on sale now
http://www.cclonline.com/category/40...acturer-1-AMD/
cclonline have one on sale now
http://www.cclonline.com/category/40...acturer-1-AMD/
Good to see a lack of profiteering from CCL:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/934...e-CPU/CPU0154/
Their FX8320 prices are in line with the AMD RRP.
Its a joke and the worst loosers are AMD. A £130 FX8320 would be a good alternative to a Core i5 ,but at their current prices,they make them less enticing.
It could be,but then you it would be more likely people would buy them if cheaper. Even the FX6300 should be around £95 to £100 AFAIK. Scan has them at £112,which is a lot in a budget build,ie,the difference between a 500GB and 1TB hard drive for example.
It's been shown that the Piledriver chips are better overall than the Bulldozer chips. However, even the most basic Intel core chips can out-perform the FX 4 core chips but the FX series is overall better value and is backwards compatible with AM3 and AM3+ boards.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
I wish I could have found a comparison on Anandtech with the G440 as it's the most basic Intel CPU in their current line up of desktop CPUs (otherwise I would have looked for an Atom), instead here's a comparison of the FX4300 CPU Vs the G620 Pentium, I think you'll find that the not quite most basic Intel CPU only outperformed the FX4300 in two or three of the tests. The i3 was a more competitive processor though, but this is not the most basic processor in the Intel range, here's the results for that comparison.
Comparing against the most basic Intel CPUs, they don't even come close in remotely relevant tests. Comparing against a CPU in a similar price range, i3, the FX wins at pretty much everything except some single-threaded benchmarks and games.
Shamefully retracted.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
tbf, he said the most basic intel core chip, so you should probably be looking at something like the i3 2100. And then maybe compare it to an FX4300 (since the anandtech bench doesn't have the FX4170 in ). Like this: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/700?vs=289
Spoilers - the FX4300 wins a lot more tests than the i3 2100
Of course, the 4300 is a newer CPU than the 2100, so we could be even fairer and compare it to the i3 3220 (although this really doesn't qualify as the most basic core chip, IMNSHO. as the sandy bridge i3s are still widely available), which possibly gives Intel a slight edge. Then again, you can't currently buy either of those chips from Scan, so why not get an A10-5700, which *is* in stock, is cheaper than either of those, performs almost as well in most situations, and has the equivalent of a £50 discrete graphics card on the same silicon. I know where my money would be going.
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