Hey all,
been talking to my friends, n some of them are after a new but cheapish gaming machine, to replace there ancient one... which is about 12 years old... lol
i've been kinda behind with all the latest stuff, since i got my Q6600, i stopped looking at new parts... however, in my quest to get my friends gaming machines capable of playing "something made this decade"!
anyhoo, i mostly been researching myself, but i got stumped on 2 things....
Firstly, AMD vs Intel.
i spotted an AMD FX-4 4100, 3.6GHz, which is £89 on the site i look on.
(ebuyer.com)
which i thought was massively cheap. cos the Intel i5 2500k 3.3GHZ is £168...
but which is better?
by price alone, i assumed the i5 would be better, but is it 70% better... or just a bit... or not at all??
even the FX-8 is only a little more than the i5...?
Secondly, since i began building my own PC, i for some reason, stuck with nVidia and never really looked at AMD...?
i was looking at a GTX560 for myself, eventually (when the prices drop)
but alot of people are talking about AMD now, but i dont even know the equivelant of the 560 for AMD.. lol
what do you guys recommend? i'd like to spend less than £100, and ideally it should be no bigger than my 9800GTX+... well, it CANT be bigger, because it wont fit in my case.. lol
i'm not too fussed about the latest card, i usually stay a gen or 2 behind to save money anyway.
thanks!
been talking to my friends, n some of them are after a new but cheapish gaming machine, to replace there ancient one... which is about 12 years old... lol
i've been kinda behind with all the latest stuff, since i got my Q6600, i stopped looking at new parts... however, in my quest to get my friends gaming machines capable of playing "something made this decade"!
anyhoo, i mostly been researching myself, but i got stumped on 2 things....
Firstly, AMD vs Intel.
i spotted an AMD FX-4 4100, 3.6GHz, which is £89 on the site i look on.
(ebuyer.com)
which i thought was massively cheap. cos the Intel i5 2500k 3.3GHZ is £168...
but which is better?
by price alone, i assumed the i5 would be better, but is it 70% better... or just a bit... or not at all??
even the FX-8 is only a little more than the i5...?
Secondly, since i began building my own PC, i for some reason, stuck with nVidia and never really looked at AMD...?
i was looking at a GTX560 for myself, eventually (when the prices drop)
but alot of people are talking about AMD now, but i dont even know the equivelant of the 560 for AMD.. lol
what do you guys recommend? i'd like to spend less than £100, and ideally it should be no bigger than my 9800GTX+... well, it CANT be bigger, because it wont fit in my case.. lol
i'm not too fussed about the latest card, i usually stay a gen or 2 behind to save money anyway.
thanks!