A fixed budget thesis question from gamer

[MrCasualGamer]

[I dont overclock, so not thinking on OC terms, thinking strictly on non OC budget gaming system of $1000.] with that said,

If I say,

In a $1000 cap system, a gamer should ALWAYS go for AMD because he will get more modern version of hardware as compared to intel. This is based on a basic fact that intel is more expensive than AMD.. So its more performance for $1000 ..

Is the above thesis correct? if no then please explain why .. [add points related to overclocking as last ]

 

[LucoTF]

[I dont overclock, so not thinking on OC terms, thinking strictly on non OC budget gaming system of $1000.] with that said,

If I say,

In a $1000 cap system, a gamer should ALWAYS go for AMD because he will get more modern version of hardware as compared to intel. This is based on a basic fact that intel is more expensive than AMD.. So its more performance for $1000 ..

Is the above thesis correct? if no then please explain why .. [add points related to overclocking as last ]

Any budget over about $800 can afford intel imo.

 

[jaraldo]

The fx6300 and 8320 are only viable in the $550-750 range. Any lower and you have that new amazing G3258 or even just any of the pentiums that you can later upgrade to a i5 and for the most part outperform the AMD APUs. Any higher and you are dealing with i5's that are just extremely better than the AMDs core for core.

If we are leaving overclocking out of this, then I would never pick amd unless maybe for an APU quad core for someone who asked for a $400 gaming machine that could last 3-4 years playing low/medium settings.

Overclocking is the only thing keeping amd in the game at the moment, and the reason that the $550-750 range is AMD country, is that none of the i3's can overclock. i3's with 2 cores and for the same price getting a 8320 with 8 AND have overclocking power...no brainer

As Luco said, anything over $800 should be intel 100%. The exception being if someone needs a video editing/gaming machine for $800-900 as the extra cores from the 8320 will benefit greatly.