Which one?

**ATOJAR** · 12-13-09, 04:11 PM

Which one Would you choose? ... A mates computer has just died on him and hes doing alittle upgrade ... Of the two Which is the best bang for buck(or pound lol)?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180538

Or

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/180537

Lyme · 12-13-09, 06:23 PM

I'd go with the Athlon. While the clock speed is slower than the Phenom, it has twice the cores and should handle multiple workload better. Also the board included with the Athlon has onboard graphics, which when doing little upgrades is a nice stopgap solution.

Thunderbolt56 · 12-14-09, 08:54 AM

Depends on what he's going to do with it primarily. Either would be good for most applications.

If he's not interested in tweaking, overclocking or general tinkering, I'd say go with the Phenom. Two cores will still do more than most people want or need and the higher clock speeds will benefit him right now without the need for any tweaking.

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-09, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyme

I'd go with the Athlon. While the clock speed is slower than the Phenom, it has twice the cores and should handle multiple workload better. Also the board included with the Athlon has onboard graphics, which when doing little upgrades is a nice stopgap solution.

Cheers guys.

Before i posted this i said to him i would personally go for the quad core if i was him ... Simply becasue he is the kind of guy that only upgrades when something breaks so he could have it for a long long time lol, I said the quad core is more future proof.

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12-13-09, 06:23 PM	#2
Lyme Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,682	Re: Which one? I'd go with the Athlon. While the clock speed is slower than the Phenom, it has twice the cores and should handle multiple workload better. Also the board included with the Athlon has onboard graphics, which when doing little upgrades is a nice stopgap solution.

12-14-09, 08:54 AM	#3
Thunderbolt56 Gladiusdoctori Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Daytona Beach Posts: 198	Re: Which one? Depends on what he's going to do with it primarily. Either would be good for most applications. If he's not interested in tweaking, overclocking or general tinkering, I'd say go with the Phenom. Two cores will still do more than most people want or need and the higher clock speeds will benefit him right now without the need for any tweaking. __________________ Core i7 920 @ 3.8ghz w/ Thermalright TRUE copper and dual 120mm fans \| P6T Deluxe V2 \| 6GB Corsair Dominator 1600mhz @ 1523mhz \| WD VRaptor 300GB \| Seagate 500GB 32mb cache \| X-Fi-Titanium Fatal1ty Champion \| XFX GTX285 Black Edition 1GB \| CoolerMaster Stacker 830 silver \| Dell 2707WFP 27" \| Windows Vista HP x64 sp2