New system AMD or Intel?

[1nf3rn0x]

Going to be building a new system in June. Wondering to go with AMD and get an FX-8120 or a i5 2500, literally the same price. I will be getting 8GB of ram and 4 just seems like not enough, especially with BF3. I'm going to be spending around 160-180$ on a motherboard so it should be a decent one. So which should I go for, or is IB a better choice for the wait..?

 

[entropy13]

Go AMD if you are an AMD fanboy, go Intel if you want to spend your money well.

You could try waiting for IB.

 

[erocker]

Have you bothered to look at various benchmarks/reviews around the web? The information is readily available. These threads turn into nothing but misplaced "fanboy" arguments. Once that starts, this thread goes away.

 

[de.das.dude]

Go with intel if you like performance, Go with AMD if you want to have phun.

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Have you bothered to look at various benchmarks/reviews around the web? The information is readily available. These threads turn into nothing but misplaced "fanboy" arguments. Once that starts, this thread goes away.

Sorry, i did research but they seem very similar in performance and negatives and positives of both make them equal in mind. I was just looking for a second opinion.

Sorry for any mistakes off my ipod.

 

[Outback Bronze]

i5 seems to be the choice 4 many gamers these days.

 

[Vulpesveritas]

Go AMD if you strongly value ethics in your purchase, are hoping for future chips to be supported on the motherboard, run your PC as a server, or obsessively heavy multitask.
Go Intel if you are looking for performance in gaming, wanting to get insane overclocks, or using less electricity.

 

[erocker]

Ivy Bridge is launching any day now. At least wait for that.

 

[Vulpesveritas]

Ivy Bridge is launching any day now. At least wait for that.

This. Prices should (hopefully) come down on both the sandy bridge intel chips and AMD bulldozer chips.
(on the intel side) If you aren't overclocking, I recommend going with an Ivy Bridge i5, otherwise it may be better to get a 2500k on the Intel side as it will likely be better performance/$$$.

 

[lyndonguitar]

wait for the Ivy Bridge i5-K and THEN buy the i5-2500k at a cheap price IF and only if the reviews on Ivy Bridge are not good


if not buy IB i5-K

 

[Huddo93]

Definitely go with the i5 3550k on the Z77 platform, and for the price point your going for with your motherboard, have a look at the AsRock Z77 Extreme 6. I bought the previous generation Z68 Extreme 7 and I have yet to be disappointed. Performs very well, and it looks amazing if your into the aesthetic side of building computers!

The i5's are a better choice for gaming due to there lower power consumption and better performance per core, but if you like to run CPU heavy programs then take a loot at bulldozer (AMD FX series).

But in the end its your choice and in my opinion really just comes down to how heavily you wish to use your CPU.

 

[Absolution]

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I'd say go for the AMD, it offers more cores + added benefit incase you want to multi-task heavily. Also Windows 8 seems to be optimized for the FX line, so you might get extra performance there.

There is no doubt tho that the Intel i5 is superior than the AMD for other non gaming tasks, single-thread wise. AMDzone guys think what matters now are multi-threaded tests and single threaded ones are irrelevant.

 

[caleb]

There is no doubt tho that the Intel i5 is superior than the AMD for other non gaming tasks

 

[heky]

I say wait for IB. If you like what you see, you buy IB. If not, you buy 2500K or 2600K/2700K if you do much encoding or similar stuff. I wouldnt go the AMD way, just becouse it doesnt offer more preformance, but consumes more power. Just my 2 cents.

 

[eidairaman1]

Skt 2011 or Skt AM3+

nuff said.

 

[xenocide]

I would say drop your Motherboard price range to around $100, and put the extra money towards an i7. The i5-2500(k) is better in single threaded apps and most games, but the FX-8120 definitely edges it out in encoding. The i7-2600k is the best of both worlds, but carries a higher price tag. The only FX chip worth buying is in fact the 8120, and it is solid, but you pretty much have to overclock it and with BD once you start overclocking the power draw skyrockets.

If X79 motherboards were cheaper I would say go for the i7-3820, which seems to be a very good deal for the price, but X79 motherboards seem to be sitting around $175 last I checked, and you can get pretty good Z68/75/77 1155 motherboards for $80-120.

 

[de.das.dude]

if you go AM3+ way, i suggest look at the M5A97 EVo mobo from ASUS. its full of awesomeness.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Go AMD if you strongly value ethics in your purchase

Again with this ?!?

 

[Vulpesveritas]

Again with this ?!?

It is a factor which to some people may be important.
I won't go on about unless the op asks, don't worry.
But I do consider ethics a factor for purchase of any commodity.
Unless you consider altruism to be pointless for society as a whole that is.

That aside, if performance or power efficiency is most important to you, then at the moment, Intel wins hands down for gaming at this price point, and more or less everything else at any higher price point.

 

[xenocide]

It is a factor which to some people may be important.
I won't go on about unless the op asks, don't worry.
But I do consider ethics a factor for purchase of any commodity.
Unless you consider altruism to be pointless for society as a whole that is.

That aside, if performance or power efficiency is most important to you, then at the moment, Intel wins hands down for gaming at this price point, and more or less everything else at any higher price point.

It's corporate business, everyone does it. The only difference is Intel having the larger market share will always carry the burden. It's the same thing with Microsoft and Apple in the 90's, everytime Microsoft did something questionable it was harshly criticized (making Internet Browser come with the system--for FREE... how dare they) but it wasn't until Apple became huge in the post-iPhone years that people started actually looking into how they operated--hint, it's no prettier.

 

[suraswami]

i5 2500 seems to be better option, low power consumption, so you don't need to have a massive power supply to Crossfire or SLI with decent new generation cards. Once you OC the FX it will consume loads of power.

May be put a list of all the things you want in your build both with i5 and FX and may be we can help you out.

In US FX-8120 is $150 + Free basic motherboard, that might be a better selling point.

 

[xenocide]

i5 2500 seems to be better option, low power consumption, so you don't need to have a massive power supply to Crossfire or SLI with decent new generation cards. Once you OC the FX it will consume loads of power.

May be put a list of all the things you want in your build both with i5 and FX and may be we can help you out.

In US FX-8120 is $150 + Free basic motherboard, that might be a better selling point.

That has to be a MicroCenter deal, and something like that isn't bound to last a while. I saw a similar weekend deal like that through them a few weeks back, but it's not like that's an everyday price point. According to Newegg the normal price is about $190, and any decent AM3+ mobo will cost like $50-100.

I do agree the i5-2500(k) is probably a better buy, but an FX-8120 setup is definitely cheaper--if you already have an 800w PSU :x

 

[suraswami]

That has to be a MicroCenter deal, and something like that isn't bound to last a while. I saw a similar weekend deal like that through them a few weeks back, but it's not like that's an everyday price point. According to Newegg the normal price is about $190, and any decent AM3+ mobo will cost like $50-100.

I do agree the i5-2500(k) is probably a better buy, but an FX-8120 setup is definitely cheaper--if you already have an 800w PSU :x

Its everyday sale price now.

 

[MQ1hunter]

You said bf3... intel i5 2500 multi player is cpu intensive. Easy to OC 4 ghz... with a good cooler.
Grab at least 560 ti with 2 gb of vram.
Asus, msi, & gigabyte all make great mobo at that price. Personally asus rog or gigabyte always had good luck with those.

 

[Aquinus]

I've been satisfied with my 3820, it's fast and works well. Also who knows what IVB-E will bring when Intel has a year to work out the issues from their first 22nm chips. Didn't anyone ever tell never to invest in the first generation of a new technology?