Intel or AMD Processor

aaronsharkey

My mate wants to build a PC and we were looking at different processors and and he doesn't know whether to get a amd or an intel, I seen an amd http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8114538&Sku=A79-6600 for 109 dollars quad core 4 ghz compared to my intel i5 which is 3ghz and it cost significantly more which should he get

Gumbi

Impossible to say. What is his budget? What will the PC be used for? Does he have the other parts bought? From where will be be buying?

aaronsharkey

Its for gaming and his budget is 600 and no parts yet, buying from hardware versand or amazon

Recurve360

aaronsharkey wrote: »

Its for gaming and his budget is 600 and no parts yet, buying from hardware versand or amazon

best off with an amd fx6300 then. unless its starcraft hell mainly be playing. why not post a build thread and copy the template and a few of the guys can give you a suggested build

Monotype

Clock speed isn't an absolute measurement of speed. 4GHz mightn't be faster than 3GHz when comparing different technologies. E.g., an i5 today that's 3GHz will be several times faster than a Pentium 4 from 10 years ago that's 3GHz.

At the same frequencies, modern Intel CPUs are faster than AMD. AMD CPUs tend to have more cores and are cheaper.

However, the FX6300 is great value and at that budget, I agree that that's what you should be looking at.