intel or amd

[burrellhead]

i am going to build a pc soon so i was just wondering what is better amd or intel

as i am not that knolageable.

thanks burrellhead

[Will404]

whats your budget:
top end, £250 up intel core i7
middle range, £100-£200 AMD Phenom II
bottom range, <&#163;100 Intel core2

edit: prices are for the CPU only

[burrellhead]

well 90~130

so im guessing amd is better.

but then why do people buy intel for &#163;150? or prices like that

thanks burrellhead

[Will404]

intel fans, nd intel were best before phenomII came out

Anyway what is the budget for the whole system??

[burrellhead]

for the whole system i am wanting to spend &#163;800~&#163;900

thanks burrellhead

[Will404]

For &#163;113.70 you can get a Phenom II X3 (three core) black edition 720, which runs at 2.8GHz, and is mena be very easy to overclock.
If you are not so into overclocking, then Phenom II X3 710, which runs at 2.6GHz, but is not quite as overclocking friendly (locked multiplier) for &#163;99.81.
Or for &#163;140.97 you can get a Phenom II X4 (four core) 810, which runs at 2.6GHz.

They are all the newer AM3 socket type

For mobo this is menna be a good overclocker:http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=998660 with the new SB710 southbridge, however it is only an AM2 board (still compatable with the CPU's selected, but missing some of the AM3 features).

For AM3 I would be looking at http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/DFI-L...-SATA-RAID-ATX for &#163;140, which has duel channel DDR3 memory, fullspeed 3-way crossfireX and loads of connectivity. Also DFI are a good make.

For &#163;110 there is http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...A-RAID-ATX-VGA from Asus with duel channel DDR3 memory, full speed crossfireX, but a little less connectivity.

GPU I would look at this http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-X...-DL-DVI-I-HDTV as it is an excellent price ATM, dropped form ~&#163;190 to ~&#163;160 this week, and would be good for up to 24" monitor gameing.

Alternativly you could get a 4770 in crossfire:http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/512MB...5-21149-00-20R

[burrellhead]

it will be used for downloading, a bit of gaming, searching the web and listning to music

thanks burrellhead

[Will404]

Do you want the budget to include screen, keyboard, speackers, mouse...

[burrellhead]

yes include everything keyboard mouse speakers moniter os

thanks burrellhead

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This is what I would get:

Build

Phenom II X4 940 ~ &#163;146

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

HD4870X2 2gb ~ &#163;238

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

625w Enermax modular ~ &#163;95

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

8gb DDR2 ~ &#163;82

http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-24-329-0

1tb Samsung hard disk ~ &#163;66

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-S...ache-89-ms-NCQ

Biostar 790GX motherboard ~ &#163;90

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1013251

DVD rewriter ~ &#163;20

Antec 300 ~&#163;47

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854

The total comes to around &#163;790.

Edit!!

I just realised you need all the other bits too!!


Edited Build



You can drop the HD4870X2 down to a HD4890 which is available for around &#163;163:

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

I would drop the PSU for the 525w version for around &#163;76:

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

There are few 24" monitors here for around &#163;150:

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&...12&subcat=2097

This should still give you a decent amount of cash for peripherals.

[burrellhead]

i have chose my case.. well i have one i would like

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

heard good reviews

but i think i will get an amd Phenom

thanks burrellhead

[Will404]

Cool, that case looks allright, and I would go with the system that cat said above... above budget again tho, when you add os, keyboard , mouse and speackers.

Remember that you get free delivory with scan for having more than 20 posts tho

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Edited Build 2

Phenom II X4 940 ~ &#163;146

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

HD4890 ~ &#163;163

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

Enermax 525w ~ &#163;75

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

4gb DDR2 ~ &#163;41

http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-24-329-0

1tb Samsung hard disk ~ &#163;66

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-S...ache-89-ms-NCQ

Biostar 790GX motherboard ~ &#163;90

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1013251

DVD rewriter ~ &#163;20

Case ~&#163;80

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

The build comes to around &#163;681.

There are few 24" monitors here for around &#163;150:

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&...12&subcat=2097

This should still give you a decent amount of cash for peripherals(around &#163;70).

I would use Windows 7 RC1 for the immediate future and also make use of the free postage from Scan mentioned earlier.

If you have the dosh the HD4870X2 and 625w Enermax PSU will probably mean that probably all current games will run at high settings at the native resolution of a standard 24" monitor:

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?...50aHVzaWFzdA==

[burrellhead]

thanks for this guys much appreciated

burrellhead