£800 system Intel > AMD?

[Simon.M]

Hi guys,

Iv been lurking for awhile, deciding whether to build my own system or buy. Iv decided to build my own gaming/photoshop system

I believe this is my best option for around that price (see attachment)

I had a similarly priced p9550 system I was planning to go for but today changed my mind to go for the i5.

What do you guys think about it? Is everything compatible? Am I making the right decision about going for the i5? Im hoping to be able to add more RAM and a second 5850 card for its 1st upgrade, eventually... Is the case ok?

Thanks helping if you can

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[I Hunta x]

looks good but if your going to be adding a 2nd 5850 in the future id get a slightly bigger psu just to be safe, a 750 should be perfect. other than that looks pretty good

 

[Judderman]

Hi guys,

Iv been lurking for awhile, deciding whether to build my own system or buy. Iv decided to build my own gaming/photoshop system

I believe this is my best option for around that price (see attachment)

I had a similarly priced p9550 system I was planning to go for but today changed my mind to go for the i5.

What do you guys think about it? Is everything compatible? Am I making the right decision about going for the i5? Im hoping to be able to add more RAM and a second 5850 card for its 1st upgrade, eventually... Is the case ok?

Thanks helping if you can

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I havent actually seen any reviews that directly compare the AMD PII 955 or 965 to the same priced i5 chip yet.

List looks very good but as was said before the PSU might need upgrading for a bit of future proofing.

Would be good to see a direct comparison thou between the 955 and an i5 before you buy thou as these chips are similarly priced now and without hyperthreading and support for triple channel memory it would be all down to clock speed!

Good luck

 

[Ghosthud1]

heres a review comparing the 750 and the 955/965

just remember hyperthreading doesnt give huge benefits with every program out there soo you wont see any real benifits from it!, saying that the phenom 955 is a real good contender too the 750, and would cost less giving you more money too concentrate it on a bigger psu etc.

 

[Lallespasser]

I'd say go for the Intel. With the improved Turbo in the Lynnfield, it will be a far more flexible processor because of its ability to "shut down" unused cores while in single- or dualthreaded applications like games, while at the same time giving the benefit of a quad-core in multithreaded applications like Photoshop.

 

[monkey7]

I'd say go for the Intel. With the improved Turbo in the Lynnfield, it will be a far more flexible processor because of its ability to "shut down" unused cores while in single- or dualthreaded applications like games, while at the same time giving the benefit of a quad-core in multithreaded applications like Photoshop.

If it's anything like the i7, it doesn't 'shut down' cores. It just puts them at idle and then raises the multiplier of a single core from 20 to 21. So in real life the advantage really isn't that big.

 

[tonpal]

Turbo boost on a core i5 750 is like the LGA1366 Core i7s in that it does put unused cores in a low power state however unlike the LGA1366 Core i7s which would only raise the multiplier by one (133MHz) the LGA1156 Core i5 and i7s can raise the multiplier by up to four (532MHz).

I saw a review of the Midgard on HardwareCanucks which had a bit of a go at the build quality.

 

[WelshD1K]

for games id always go intell.

sorry just never had a amd chip that has been on par with its equvelent intell.

had a amd 6000x2 and a e6600 and e6600 pwned its dps .. and the 6000x2 was the best amd for the time , and tested with identical gpu + ram