Alright, thanks. I may get it, but only if it ends up being cheaper, heh.
Alright, thanks. I may get it, but only if it ends up being cheaper, heh.
Well the Sempron is only $40 and once they unlocked the second core they overclocked it to 3.7 GHZ
Yeah, but I don't know if Microcenter carries the Sempron 140 or the corresponding motherboard I can use to unlock it.
It is definitely very intriguing. The next time I go I'll look and see if they have it. If they do, I'm all over it!
e: They have an AM3 motherboard with the SB750 South Bridge, but it's $90. (Not expensive, but $40 more then my current, and if I can get a similar build for cheaper I'll go for that. So far Intel is winning.)
Last edited by TomClancy; August 11th, 2009 at 09:28 PM.
I'm actually thinking the amd would be worth it though. Their IGPs are just soo much better than Intel's
Well I'm an Intel guy, and I'll trust what I know.
If the AMD was cheaper I'd get it, but it's not. Thanks for the suggestions and such though!
Irony, Intel is cheaper...that doesn't happen very often! XD
Online, AMD will pretty much always be cheaper. I guess the ol' brick and mortar stores are trying to dupe unsuspecting customers with the "new AM3!" tags...
Intel has higher performing CPUs than AMD but AMD is cheaper. Also Intel's IGP and really bad that their newest ones kinda fail at farcry. AMD's IGP doesn't
Intel only wins on the high-end segment. Award for best price to performance ratio goes to AMD. Phenom IIs and Athlon IIs are around the price level of the Core 2 series (usually cheaper) and offer the same performance. The only two markets where Intel really wins are the Mobile markets (AMD hasn't put out anything new in years) and the i7's targeted audience.
Thats kinda true. At the low end segments the atom and celeron is killed by the Sempron. The the dual core celerons and pentium duals are beat by Athlons. But when it comes to mobile. Intel's centrino offers better battery life while AMD will always have the better IGP
Atom does not compete against the Sempron. The Atom competes against the VIA Nano and the AMD Neo (which comes in dual and single core variants), both of which are better processors. Centrino is not a processor, but a platform. Centrino is the setup that contains three Intel parts, usually CPU, chipset, and network card. The current Centrino setup is called Montevina, and before that it was Santa Rosa, and before that I think it was Nanda. Yes, it is more efficient than whatever AMD has going on, but remember that AMD hasn't changed their platform in something like 3 years.
Also, nVidia makes a mean IGP in the 9400, so it can easily compete with AMD in that department.
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