| Epoch said: @Sqilliam, that looks like a really good deal, I'm in Canada so prolly be a bit more expensive, but how does that processor compare to the i5 ? I am wary of AMD processors, I had a bad experience when I first started with PC gaming. Sorry bout the formatting, copy paste didn't work out so well I guess. |
Thats cool. The CPU as you can see there performs roughly as good as the Intel equivalent however it does use slightly more power idle and slightly more power under load. http://techreport.com/articles.x/17545 it performs pretty close to where the i5 lives.
You can save money with the motherboard, with something like this for example for $90
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131603
Thats the big deal with the AMD CPUs, its not the CPU where you save money, but the motherboard and the AM3 boards can take any AMD CPU whereas the 1156 is more a mainstream platform from Intel. I've used AMD CPUs all the time and they make pretty great platforms for the $$$ if you include the motherboard as well. In any case you'll be good with either system I just wanted to offer you an alternative.
Tease.
