Phenom II or Intel i7?

[phanbuey]

For a good mobo, no they are not.

I have i5 the ASUS p55 WS w/nf200 chip to spread for full x16 2.0 slots, and it was $50 more than a comparable 965 C3 build and still $100 cheaper than the cheapest i7 build...

Just built an i5 for a friend with a $109 Gigabyte p55 board that hit 4.2 with ease, had to back down to 4.0 since it was aircooled and we live in FL.

I would have to say that prices aren't that terrible for i5...

 

[Super XP]

Well that's just my point, how good is the $109 Gigabyte P55 board? Does it lack features or something because the mid/high end boards costs more between $250 to $500+ here.

Well you go for the best price/performance whether it's AMD or Intel. So long as you can game.

Read this Quote:

In most scenarios Core i5 and Phenom II X4 achieved the same performance level and in most cases when one particular CPU was faster than the other the performance difference was practically negligible.

The performance of Core i5-750, Phenom II X4 955 and Phenom II X4 965 was within the same level, showing us that at least for this game picking the right video card is more critical than picking the right CPU.

One very important discovery made during this review is that if you have a high-end video card, the CPU has almost no influence in the system gaming performance. So if you are building a high-end gaming machine, maybe it is better to pick a cheaper processor and invest the price difference on a faster video card.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/819/12

 

[Fourstaff]

Actually, a 720BE is already good enough to play all new games with minimum problems. Sure, you might lose a frame or two over the i7, but its not significant enough to buy an i7 and lose out on a better graphics card. Personally, I can live on 2 cores (a 555BE or i3 530 is good enough) but then again, I don't demand eyecandy, and I am patient (I don't mind video encoding taking an hour or even a day longer). However, I noticed that many people demand only the best and the fastest (Paulie, I am looking at you), in which case the i7 is your friend. I would put my money on i7 for upgrading options, bur then again, by the time you want to upgrade the i7, its probably time to overhaul your rig anyway, so its rather pointless. I would go for bang for buck, most mid end processors are powerful enough to run most games at reasonable framerates when backed by powerful graphics cards, and they can do everything else a high end processor can do, just a slower.

 

[n-ster]

this is an old thread.....

 

[Kitkat]

phenom II