MikeThorne
Technical User
Hi
I'm getting serious about getting a new computer and I have a few questions.
Mainly Intel vs AMD.
The AMD Duad core Phenom II model. The X4 955 3.2Ghx on a Asus M4A79 Mother board.
Compared to an Intel Core i7 2.66 Ghx on an Asus P6 Delux mother board.
Everything else is more or less the same.
1200 watt power supply
6 Gigs Intel and 8 Gigs AMD of ram respectively, apparently a function of the mother boards.
Liquid cooling.
Nvidia Geforce GTX 285 Video Card.
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card
Two 1TB hard drives.
Two Lightscribe DVD CD writers, (I do a lot of video and it comes in handy having to drives when I copy my DVDs).
Media card reader.
Windows Vista home deluxe 32 bit. (I'm going to install XP on the second drive as an alternate operating system).
I'm not building this my self these are both priced out from Falcon NW.
The Intel 2.66 system priced out at $3,415.
The AMD 3.2 Ghx system prices out at 3,408
So my question is mainly just the AMD vs Intel question?
The AMD seems on the face of it to be more for the money, but what's the down side?
Any other comments (other then why don't you build your own) are welcome. This is a computer that I use for my graphic design business and I can write it off.
Falcon NW now offers 3 year parts and service warranty as their base plan.
Thanks for the help...
Mike
I'm getting serious about getting a new computer and I have a few questions.
Mainly Intel vs AMD.
The AMD Duad core Phenom II model. The X4 955 3.2Ghx on a Asus M4A79 Mother board.
Compared to an Intel Core i7 2.66 Ghx on an Asus P6 Delux mother board.
Everything else is more or less the same.
1200 watt power supply
6 Gigs Intel and 8 Gigs AMD of ram respectively, apparently a function of the mother boards.
Liquid cooling.
Nvidia Geforce GTX 285 Video Card.
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card
Two 1TB hard drives.
Two Lightscribe DVD CD writers, (I do a lot of video and it comes in handy having to drives when I copy my DVDs).
Media card reader.
Windows Vista home deluxe 32 bit. (I'm going to install XP on the second drive as an alternate operating system).
I'm not building this my self these are both priced out from Falcon NW.
The Intel 2.66 system priced out at $3,415.
The AMD 3.2 Ghx system prices out at 3,408
So my question is mainly just the AMD vs Intel question?
The AMD seems on the face of it to be more for the money, but what's the down side?
Any other comments (other then why don't you build your own) are welcome. This is a computer that I use for my graphic design business and I can write it off.
Falcon NW now offers 3 year parts and service warranty as their base plan.
Thanks for the help...
Mike