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Intel or AMD Processor

by Paper • 7 Mar 2014, 16:31 • Journals
It's that time of the year where I have some extra money to buy goodies. This time, I'm thinking about getting a new PC for all the stuff I currently work on (which is nothing obviously, just gaming). I have read some tutorials about building your own PC and I'm in the process of selecting a CPU.

So where I'm stuck is deciding between AMD and Intel. Reading a lot of reviews, apparently Intel is the go-to brand for everything. It works well basically with everything, however, for the price of (let's say) an i5 Ivy Bridge 3.4 Ghz Quad-core, I could buy an AMD Vishera 4.0 Ghz 8-core (bigger numbers must mean it's better hurr durr).

What do you professional gamers (nerds) recommend for CPU? Intel or AMD?

Thanks in advance for your response!
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nuggan 7 Mar 2014, 16:33
Intel, and that's coming from someone who's using AMD atm.
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HellHammer 7 Mar 2014, 16:52
Intel, and that's coming from someone who's using AMD atm.
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Quovadis 7 Mar 2014, 16:55
AMD processors are always good in big numbers but the truth is that big numbers don't mean anything.

I would only go for AMD for low budget.
Mid-budget get some i5
High-budget get some i7
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kARDONNNNN 7 Mar 2014, 16:59
you won't need i7 unless you're doing massive amounts of rendering and running high end graphical programs.
for gamers, the best would be the i5-4670k. Its multiplier is unlocked and very easy to overclock.
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Staary 7 Mar 2014, 17:28
Intel, and that's coming from someone who never used AMD before.
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miNd 7 Mar 2014, 17:54
who cares, its not like u gonna notice shit =DD
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pannari 7 Mar 2014, 18:43
AMD cheap and good
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torM 7 Mar 2014, 21:01
low question is low, the answer is intel+ nvidia
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RaNA 7 Mar 2014, 22:12
go with the 1150 socket such as the i5 4670K quad core cpu.. you dont need an i7 unless if your gonna be rendering videos then you will need the hyper threading .. otherwise the 4670K is a kick ass cpu for gaming and you can also easily get to 4.0+ ghz overclock ..
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kARDONNNNN 8 Mar 2014, 03:42
yup. Asus z87 motherboard + i5-4670k = 1 click overclock to 4.2ghz. pretty sweet.
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RaNA 9 Mar 2014, 05:28
are you using any additional cpu cooler with that oc? or the one that comes with the cpu ?
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drago 7 Mar 2014, 22:14
I would recommend going for Intel, either Xeon E3-1230 v3 or i5 4670k/4770k.
If you don't plan on overclocking the Xeon is a solid choice, else you can't go wrong with "k" versions.
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SNp 8 Mar 2014, 06:02
Intel, and that's coming from someone who's using AMD atm.
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