AMD or Intel?

TheLaughingMan · Feb 28, 2010

If the rig just folds, skimp on the RAM, get a 2 GB set, the 750, decent OCing mid-range mobo for about $120, and a 400W PSU.

RAM: $50 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066)
CPU: $200
Mobo: $120
PSU: $44 (This one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817702019)
Total: $414

You still got $86 bucks for the mobo or more RAM since Paulieg said get 6GB. The point is, for just those parts, you have a lot of options.

[Ion] · Feb 28, 2010

An i7 860 would be well worth the extra $80, the HT makes a big difference for WCG

PaulieG · Feb 28, 2010

[Ion] said:
An i7 860 would be well worth the extra $80, the HT makes a big difference for WCG

It's a serious myth that 1156 is cheaper than 1366, especially since if you buy a 920 used or from MC, you can get it for around $200. The board I suggested is only $160 too.

TheLaughingMan · Feb 28, 2010

[Ion] said:
An i7 860 would be well worth the extra $80, the HT makes a big difference for WCG

Quick question before I unsubscribe, I thought the 750 had the HT as well? Does it not?

[Ion] · Feb 28, 2010

TheLaughingMan said:
Quick question before I unsubscribe, I thought the 750 had the HT as well? Does it not?

No. The i7 860 and i5 750 are identical, except the i7 has HT

TheLaughingMan · Feb 28, 2010

[Ion] said:
No. The i7 860 and i5 750 are identical, except the i7 has HT

Thanks, forgot the 750 was an i5.

And while the processors are the same price i7 860 and i7 920, the board prices are different. Decent 1156 boards can be had for about $100 to $120 last I looked, but the 1366's start at $160, $190 for a decent one.

blkhogan · Feb 28, 2010

So lets say I could get a 920 for around $200 to 225 should I snag it?

Delta6326 · Feb 28, 2010

i would say yes

TheLaughingMan · Feb 28, 2010

Yes and as Paulieg said earlier, if you are near a MicroCenter you can walk into, that is their standard price for that item.

blkhogan · Feb 28, 2010

About 2 hours from Fry's. I will actualy be real close to it tomorrow, going to Portland OR. :confused:

edit: ouch. Frys wants $288 for their 920's. Trying to haggle for a used one right now, hes bending slowly.

Delta6326 · Feb 28, 2010

i would do this WCG thing but last time i tried i left my computer on for about 2 hours and i had 0 numbers so i just don't know how to set it up

blkhogan · Feb 28, 2010

Delta6326 said:
i would do this WCG thing but last time i tried i left my computer on for about 2 hours and i had 0 numbers so i just don't know how to set it up

Come on... you know you want to, we will help ya.

Delta6326 · Feb 28, 2010

i wouldn't be able to keep it on 24/7 maybe like 5-8 hours a day. and it would be my main rig

blkhogan · Feb 28, 2010

Delta6326 said:
i wouldn't be able to keep it on 24/7 maybe like 5-8 hours a day. and it would be my main rig

Any contribution is welcomed. :toast:

But I do warn you... It can become an addiction. A good addiction.

PaulieG · Feb 28, 2010

blkhogan said:
About 2 hours from Fry's. I will actualy be real close to it tomorrow, going to Portland OR.

edit: ouch. Frys wants $288 for their 920's. Trying to haggle for a used one right now, hes bending slowly.

Binge can pick you up a new one at MC for $235 shipped. Send him a PM and tell him I sent ya.

[Ion] · Feb 28, 2010

blkhogan said:
Any contribution is welcomed.

Damn right!
For a while, all I had was a Pentium M laptop that did ~150 points each day. Your Q6600 @3ghz, even just 6 hours/day, would do 3x that.

Check out my WCG Essentials thread (see sig) for all the info you should need to get WCG up and running

blkhogan · Feb 28, 2010

You've got some very highly ranked "crunchers" here at TPU, world ranked, they can figure just about every problem you can bring them concerning WCG.

[Ion] · Feb 28, 2010

blkhogan said:
You've got some very highly ranked "crunchers" here at TPU, world ranked, they can figure just about every problem you can bring them concerning WCG.

We do our best :toast:

TIGR · Feb 28, 2010

Even as far as cost per performance goes, since the release of the newer i3 and i5 processors, the difference is small enough that it really depends on what you can find a better deal on, platform-wide (so including motherboard and CPU, as well as your preferred memory that is compatible).

Delta6326 · Feb 28, 2010

OMG WCG is such a slow website for me right now

[Ion] · Feb 28, 2010

Something is wrong with the WCG website now, I'd try again tomorrow morning

blkhogan · Feb 28, 2010

I was acting up today for me also, more than the normal update slow down.

Hayder_Master · Feb 28, 2010

for me i wold to core i7 860, it's like core i7 930 but the p55 platforms are the best efficient mobo's

System Name	ODIN
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Cooling	Dark Rock 4
Memory	G Skill RipjawsV F4 3600 Mhz C16
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC LHR
Storage	Crucial 2 TB M.2 SSD :: WD Blue M.2 1TB SSD :: 1 TB WD Black VelociRaptor
Display(s)	Dell S2716DG 27" 144 Hz G-SYNC
Case	Fractal Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio
Power Supply	Antec HCP 850 80+ Gold
Mouse	Corsair M65
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Lux
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	I don't benchmark.

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

System Name	ODIN
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Cooling	Dark Rock 4
Memory	G Skill RipjawsV F4 3600 Mhz C16
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC LHR
Storage	Crucial 2 TB M.2 SSD :: WD Blue M.2 1TB SSD :: 1 TB WD Black VelociRaptor
Display(s)	Dell S2716DG 27" 144 Hz G-SYNC
Case	Fractal Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio
Power Supply	Antec HCP 850 80+ Gold
Mouse	Corsair M65
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Lux
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	I don't benchmark.

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

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System Name	Hogan's Crap
Processor	Intel i3-2120 Crap!
Motherboard	Dell POS Crap!
Cooling	Stock Crap!
Memory	4 GB Kingston DDR3 10600 Crap!
Video Card(s)	Stock Crap!
Storage	500 GB 5400 rpm Crap!
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	THE CUBE 2.0
Processor	Intel i5 13600k
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z690 EDGE DDR4
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14PE BK 2x T30-120 Fan mod mount
Memory	G.Skill TridentZ 3200 MT/s C15 32GB 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aorus 1080 Ti 11GB OC: Core 2GHz, Mem 5.7GHz
Storage	WD SN770 250GB / 3x WD SN850X 2TB / Toshiba X300 4TB / 2x RAID1 Toshiba P300 3TB
Display(s)	Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G95SC 240Hz 5120 x 1440
Case	"THE CUBE" Custom built, pure Red Alder wood
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT 880
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000X
Mouse	Logitech G700
Keyboard	Logitech G910
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	TaichiTig
Processor	i7 6800K
Motherboard	ASRock X99 Taichi
Memory	32GB DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070
Storage	SSD + Misc. HDDs in DrivePool
Display(s)	BenQ PD3200U, Samsung C32HG70
Case	Antec Twelve Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Behringer UMC404HD, LSR308, Shure SRH840, AKG K612, Etymotic HF5
Power Supply	Corsair 750TX
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Deck Legend Ice Tactile
Software	Win10

System Name	MASTER
Processor	Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
Storage	2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s)	Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case	CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s)	Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply	Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software	Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	3d mark 2011: testing