Choices
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:42 am
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Choices
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Would love to hear your thoughts. is there even a difference? Anyone with similiar build? Expected performance here?
Re: Choices
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:47 pm
Intel FTW.
It costs a few dollars more but is quite solid.
Don't let the 8 cores fool you, unless your an absolute power user you won't benefit more than having a quad core Intel.
Just my thoughts.
It costs a few dollars more but is quite solid.
Don't let the 8 cores fool you, unless your an absolute power user you won't benefit more than having a quad core Intel.
Just my thoughts.
Re: Choices
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:02 pm
I'm an AMD fan as I love cheap, but the 4 core i5 is close to the performance of the 8 core AMD, and in single threaded apps it will dominate it.
If your rending 3dmax scenes, then maybe 8 cores will give you a slight advantage.
If your planning on boxing lots of EQ toons, 8 cores might have an advantage if you spread your boxes onto different cores.
If you want the fastest per core cpu, intel wins. Can't knock the sandy/ivy bridge design.
The 8 cores from AMD disappointed me a little from what they promised, but they are getting better. Bear in mind they are priced at around the same point as a 4 core i5, so that gives you a rough idea on their power.
But ignore benchmarks as they are useless anyway)
Saying that, I went for an AMD FM1 chipset (A8-3870k) with the on-die GPU, and I can say that I love it. No discrete GPU needed, water cooled and quiet. Gives me more than enough CPU grunt (About the same as a dual core i3 in terms of raw power even though its a quad-core 3+Ghz) and the GPU is decent enough to play most games at medium, and happily runs 14 copies of EQ. I liked it so much I bought 2 of them. If for any reason I need more GPU grunt, I can throw in a GPU.
I hope your not spec'n the GPU just to play EQ. Talk about overkill
If your rending 3dmax scenes, then maybe 8 cores will give you a slight advantage.
If your planning on boxing lots of EQ toons, 8 cores might have an advantage if you spread your boxes onto different cores.
If you want the fastest per core cpu, intel wins. Can't knock the sandy/ivy bridge design.
The 8 cores from AMD disappointed me a little from what they promised, but they are getting better. Bear in mind they are priced at around the same point as a 4 core i5, so that gives you a rough idea on their power.
But ignore benchmarks as they are useless anyway)
Saying that, I went for an AMD FM1 chipset (A8-3870k) with the on-die GPU, and I can say that I love it. No discrete GPU needed, water cooled and quiet. Gives me more than enough CPU grunt (About the same as a dual core i3 in terms of raw power even though its a quad-core 3+Ghz) and the GPU is decent enough to play most games at medium, and happily runs 14 copies of EQ. I liked it so much I bought 2 of them. If for any reason I need more GPU grunt, I can throw in a GPU.
I hope your not spec'n the GPU just to play EQ. Talk about overkill
Re: Choices
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:06 pm
Intel.
Surprised AMD still exists tbh. I would not buy a CPU from someone who doesn't supply a chipset to run it.
Surprised AMD still exists tbh. I would not buy a CPU from someone who doesn't supply a chipset to run it.
Re: Choices
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:52 pm
This comparison pretty much killed AMD for me. I have done research for a fee weeks and it seems that these two chips are the most comparable.
Given that the i5 out performs the 8350 i really expected to see a larger price differnece with AMD. unless im missing something the amd and intel boards have are pretty comparable too. That said the price difference doesnt really seem that impressive.
Given that the i5 out performs the 8350 i really expected to see a larger price differnece with AMD. unless im missing something the amd and intel boards have are pretty comparable too. That said the price difference doesnt really seem that impressive.
Re: Choices
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:49 pm
This should help make up your mind, if you haven't already...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... XKP8OqRB1g
Same price as the AMD...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... XKP8OqRB1g
Same price as the AMD...
Re: Choices
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:09 am
Cheapest ive seen it yet!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Re: Choices
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:18 am
Use the stock CPU fan! Overclocking is overrated, as I have found bottlenecks to be in everything but the processor.
Get a SSD to run your operating system on.
Enjoy your new rig!
Get a SSD to run your operating system on.
Enjoy your new rig!
Re: Choices
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:00 pm
Deadspirit wrote:Use the stock CPU fan! Overclocking is overrated, as I have found bottlenecks to be in everything but the processor.
Get a SSD to run your operating system on.
Enjoy your new rig!
+1
Re: Choices
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:02 am
-1
Stock fan might do the job from a temperature point of view - but they are way too loud
Stock fan might do the job from a temperature point of view - but they are way too loud