AMD vs Intel for budget

[chayes]

So I am building a budget gaming pc and am wondering what would work well for me.

So I am contemplating an AMD Phenom II with an AMD3+ board, total setup with mobo would cost about 200ish.

or an i3 2120 with mobo for about the same price.

Why I like AMD over Intel is for the mere fact that the board would be usable for the next series of Piledriver CPU's, which I have high hopes for.

Intel boards well, they only work for that one socket set.

Also, I am wondering if either processor series would bottleneck an Nvidia 560ti.

Please let me know what you guys think!

 

[noob2222]

we aren't comparing gpus tho

 

[Raidur]

Thats funny, it looks like the I3 2120 bottlenecks a 6950 tho.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-gaming-pc-overclock,3159-12.html

http://media.bestofmicro.com/7/G/330748/original/F1 2010 High No AA.png

I5 2400 with a 6870 (stock) smokes the I3 with a 6950 (even overclocked). Me thinks someone tricked the I3 gaming review to get you to belive what wasn't necessarily true by picking the perfect games for the I3.

 

[FALC0N]

So I am building a budget gaming pc and am wondering what would work well for me.

So I am contemplating an AMD Phenom II with an AMD3+ board, total setup with mobo would cost about 200ish.

or an i3 2120 with mobo for about the same price.

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Please let me know what you guys think!

Everyone is over analyzing this question. Its quite simple.

1) The X4 is faster overall, but the I3 games better.

2) The X4 overclocks much better, but the I3 used less power.

That really all you need to know about their performance.

 

[cmi86]

Everyone is over analyzing this question. Its quite simple.

1) The X4 is faster overall, but the I3 games better.

2) The X4 overclocks much better, but the I3 used less power.

That really all you need to know about their performance.

Thank you, finally. The X4 amd is obviously going to murder any i3 out there in real world usage. I f you just want to game fine buy a dual core i3, if you want to do anything other than gaming and still game buy the AMD.

 

[noob2222]

Thats funny, it looks like the I3 2120 bottlenecks a 6950 tho.

Translation problems?

Thas funny, it looks like the (cpu) bottlenecks the (gpu)

GPU bottlenecking.

Lmao... you're either a troll or an idiot.

Good day.

 

[chayes]

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