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On June 19 2012 07:36 JingleHell wrote:
I think Myrm, Medrea, Wom, and myself have discussed it as a thought exercise, in particular trying to figure a good way to compare it objectively without a proper test bed. IIRC, the conclusion was that while an i5 may be the better choice for a new build, but if you already have compatible AMD hardware, a Ph2x6 would probably make more sense as an upgrade unless you want to dump i7 money.
I don't remember for sure who was in the discussion, though, so don't take my recollection as gospel.
Yeah, I don't think I've ever recommended it before, since most budgets that can fit a PII x6 can fit an i5. Here it was only because the PII x6 + 970 mobo was 25-40 euros less than an i5-2400 + h61 and I was trying to think of the cheapest "credible" streaming solution. *shrug* Just a thought.
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i love the people who always recomend i5 builds no matter how poor the buyer is...fuck intel and fuck the needs of ignorant consumers to buy intel inside, nvidia, etc. a sc computer can bd purchasef for like 400 bucks max
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that's because at just about every price point (and especially for sc2) intel is the better choice
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yeah well if i was a poor college student, which i am, i would get the best quad core APU,overclock that bitch with dual 120mm heatsink, and worry about a gpu later if i gave a fuck or needed it. all for 400 dollars
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On June 20 2012 01:59 ellsworth wrote:
yeah well if i was a poor college student, which i am, i would get the best quad core APU,overclock that bitch with dual 120mm heatsink, and worry about a gpu later if i gave a fuck or needed it. all for 400 dollars
For SC2 (and a lot of other things), a cheaper Intel G620 will outperform a more expensive AMD A6-3650.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/403?vs=406
If you slap a cheap HD 5570 into that system, it will be miles better on both the CPU and GPU side; and even better than an even more expensive AMD A8.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4476/amd-a83850-review/5
Unless, you're needing a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, you can actually get a pretty decent Intel system for $400; that is capable of playing SC2 at high settings.
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On June 20 2012 01:59 ellsworth wrote:
yeah well if i was a poor college student, which i am, i would get the best quad core APU,overclock that bitch with dual 120mm heatsink, and worry about a gpu later if i gave a fuck or needed it. all for 400 dollars
So you'd spend more on a shitty processor that wouldn't stream for shit anyways, to save a few bucks on a discrete GPU, when there's an overall better build using Intel within budget, in other words?
Irony, considering you were hinting that we're the fanboys...
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Btw guys the graphics card from the latest config is HD 6770 not 5770
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On June 20 2012 03:01 t0ssboy wrote:
Btw guys the graphics card from the latest config is HD 6770 not 5770
Same thing for almost all intents and purposes.
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This thread is pretty damn funny. Almost as funny as the FX-8150 thread where the OP was trying to say it doesn't compete with the i5-2500k because its $20 cheaper, so therefore it competes with the i5-2400.
The new trinity APU's don't suck though (compared to BD) so depending on when they are released it might be worth it. Then again I don't know, Intel is just Intel, while AMD is like a person working minimum wage their whole life.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a10-5800k-a8-5600k-a6-5400k,3224-18.html
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