| Squilliam said:
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.
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Thanks for that, its stuff like this and Palladins info on graphics cards that makes it alot easier to make informed decisions. It looks as though it would be worth getting an i7 for the extra $100 if I decide to stay with Intel processors. There are considerable savings with the AMD processor though, and there doesn't appear to be any real downside, except my lack of trust lol. Thanks again man
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