Times past, AMD was seriously kicking Intel butt in the performance arena owing to their integrated memory controller, but since Intel Nehalem, i3, i5, i7 has basically copied the AMD integrated memory controller, the features and performance are more nearly the same between Intel & AMD now. <br>
<br>Yes, definitely get good components, including memory AND power supply. This is a 125W CPU (average maximum as AMD calculates it) and the video card will probably draw ~ 65-75W (didn't check the specs) so I wouldn't recommend trying to run it on some cheapie 250W supply.<br>
<br>This links to the AMD spec page:<br><a href="http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=713">http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=713</a><br>They also provide a link to a recommended motherboard and the only one is a Biostar 890FX chipset, but I'm sure an ASUS or ASrock or Foxconn will work just fine.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>GC <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I am thinking about getting a new desktop.. does anyone know much about<br>
the AMD chip:<br>
AMD Phenom™ II X6 1075T + ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB<br>
<br>
any better/worse than Intel I5 ( I3...whatever..) I've never run an AMD chip<br>
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--<br>
Paul Cartwright<br>
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