CPU/Mobo AMD or INTEL?? plz suggest??

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hi guys m gonna buy a new mobo and proccy so plz suggest,, should i go for intel or AMD mobo.. golcha bangalore, suggested AMD quadcore, some other suggested INTEL C2D,,, so totally confused,,, guys plz suggest which one should i buy?????? and also with model numbers...and my budget is around 8 to 10k..
thanks in advance,
jai
 
Just hold for a few days. go through this thread. In a few days (may be three to four) X3 720 BE will appear. It is expected to sell for around 8K. pair it Biostar TA790GXB (around 4.5K) and you have a combo that will crush Wolfies any day (E8XXX series). 720 BE also overclocks quite nicely and will be the ideal CPU to pair with a 4870 or GTX260

If you want something cheaper go for E8400 and pair it with P31 mobo. Total cost should be around 10.5K. Enough power to handle anything that you can throw at it but only two cores. E8XXX are good overclockers and an E8400 will easily do 3.6 to 3.8Ghz even on P31. will keep a 4870 or GTX 260 quite happy.

Want something that is *awesome* value for money. Get E7300 (Around 5.2K) and pair it with a P31 mobo (around 3K). Overclock E7300 as much as you can (3.2 to 3.4Ghz is almost a certainty with any compatible mobo) and you have a system that will easily compliment a mid range card like 4850/9800GTX+ and cope with all games/general computing needs till end of this year.
 
Dark Star said:
^^No way ! :|

Get a Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition eye closed :P
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+1 dont even think of going for Phenom's get the Phenom II's and regarding Intel or AMD ...AMD..is your best bet ...with your budget...
 
Consider AMD as an adventure...

I recently recommended Gigabyte 780G m/b. to my friend, who bought it with 5200+ cpu. The combo ran so hot that he was forced to use the PC with cabinet open. No one have time to run behind gigabyte for replacements.

After few days, his brand new Seagate 500GB HDD died a slow death with 10GB personal data lost.

Now, I am not even going near his house ;)

Never had similar issues with Intel.
 
Prole73 said:
Consider AMD as an adventure...

I recently recommended Gigabyte 780G m/b. to my friend, who bought it with 5200+ cpu. The combo ran so hot that he was forced to use the PC with cabinet open. No one have time to run behind gigabyte for replacements.

After few days, his brand new Seagate 500GB HDD died a slow death with 10GB personal data lost.

Now, I am not even going near his house ;)

Never had similar issues with Intel.
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Well Its mobo's issue is it or ...what...it cant be the CPU mate...so its gigabyte to be blamed there..not AMD man...the same would would have happened if it is was intel PC as well if its an issue with the mobo...
 
krishnavamshi24 said:
Well Its mobo's issue is it or ...what...it cant be the CPU mate...so its gigabyte to be blamed there..not AMD man...the same would would have happened if it is was intel PC as well if its an issue with the mobo...
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When faced with problem, I searched in internet for solutions. Found that for a very low market share, the problems created by AMD is immense. Load of problems created by Intel is understandable considering their high market share.

I got a hind sight - may be in India, where ambient temperature is higher than Western countries, AMD might not fare well ;)

I learned a bitter lesson, now will never recommend AMD solution to anyone near me (will only recommend it to Europeans ;) ).
 
Prole73 said:
Consider AMD as an adventure...

I recently recommended Gigabyte 780G m/b. to my friend, who bought it with 5200+ cpu. The combo ran so hot that he was forced to use the PC with cabinet open. No one have time to run behind gigabyte for replacements.

After few days, his brand new Seagate 500GB HDD died a slow death with 10GB personal data lost.

Now, I am not even going near his house ;)

Never had similar issues with Intel.
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n the other day a cat crossed my way n i had accident a month later...
n now i hate cats.. :bleh:
so lame when ppl related things on vague basis :@
the board u bought must be the revision 1 of gigabyte 780G which is popular for running hot. its u at fault who did not research enaf to recommend it.
the hdd might have crashed due to crappy psu.

how can any1 blame it on the processor??!!
 
Prole73 said:
When faced with problem, I searched in internet for solutions. Found that for a very low market share, the problems created by AMD is immense. Load of problems created by Intel is understandable considering their high market share.

I got a hind sight - may be in India, where ambient temperature is higher than Western countries, AMD might not fare well ;)

I learned a bitter lesson, now will never recommend AMD solution to anyone near me (will only recommend it to Europeans ;) ).
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Dude its just bad choice there in terms of mobo Its gigabyte man not AMD..:@
 
madnav said:
n the other day a cat crossed my way n i had accident a month later...
n now i hate cats.. :bleh:
so lame when ppl related things on vague basis :@
the board u bought must be the revision 1 of gigabyte 780G which is popular for running hot. its u at fault who did not research enaf to recommend it.
the hdd might have crashed due to crappy psu.

how can any1 blame it on the processor??!!
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You don't have to look at cats and dogs...

Check statistics yourself from real world situations and from experience of others - statistics won't lie.
Gigabyte 780G am referring to, is very much v1.1. At the time of purchase, it was a very trendy item. Now, its not - there is a version 2.0... Why ?

See, there are problems... If you are lucky, thats good - cat didn't feel the urge to cross the road. Otherwise, u lost your money, cat crossed the road.

But neither me nor my friend are adventurous enough to throw currency at cat poop.
 
statistics need to come from a reputed source.

the cat thing was sarcasm it is necessary to be mentioned.

gigabyte rma is good. its strange to have extremely high temps rev1.1 so u can just go for rma n ur prob shal be solved.

plz do not completely rely on statistics.

nuthin personal mate :)
 
madnav said:
statistics need to come from a reputed source.

the cat thing was sarcasm it is necessary to be mentioned.

gigabyte rma is good. its strange to have extremely high temps rev1.1 so u can just go for rma n ur prob shal be solved.

plz do not completely rely on statistics.

nuthin personal mate :)
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In fact, I really, really, want AMD based solutions to come up as rock solid alternative to Intel. Similarly, Linux with MS.
'Variety adds to the spices...' - Am a firm believer of that sense.

However, at times, its saddening after bitter experiences.

Nothing personal chap...
 
Prole73 said:
Consider AMD as an adventure...

I recently recommended Gigabyte 780G m/b. to my friend, who bought it with 5200+ cpu. The combo ran so hot that he was forced to use the PC with cabinet open. No one have time to run behind gigabyte for replacements.

After few days, his brand new Seagate 500GB HDD died a slow death with 10GB personal data lost.

Now, I am not even going near his house ;)

Never had similar issues with Intel.
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What mobo is it?
 
nightwing892001 said:
What mobo is it?
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GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.1)

My main tension is not with the cpu m/b for now. New Seagate 500GB HDD conked off on this combo. Updating HDD firmware didn't help. 10GB worth personnel data is not getting recovered - backup HDD formatted just 2 days before 500GB went down. Data recovery people keeping me on ransom.

Its pathetic at times.
 
Prole73 said:
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.1)

My main tension is not with the cpu m/b for now. New Seagate 500GB HDD conked off on this combo. Updating HDD firmware didn't help. 10GB worth personnel data is not getting recovered - backup HDD formatted just 2 days before 500GB went down. Data recovery people keeping me on ransom.

Its pathetic at times.
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It might be bad luck on you part.... :P
 
I had 3 HDDs dying on me, I was able to recover data only from one of it. I've never used AMD in my life, this was all on Intel platform. But you won't hear me crying foul on Intel... how can you relate HDD dying on AMD/Intel or for that matter processor?

There could be various reasons, you got bad HDD or your PSU was crappy or your HDD cables were faulty or anything.... but how the heck processor kills your HDD?

Overall by your comments I think, whoever you bought it from must have provided you with old stock. Your mobo ran hot, you blame CPU. Your HDD died, you blame CPU. what next? Your monitor started giving problem, you blame CPU?
 
Prole73 said:
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.1)

My main tension is not with the cpu m/b for now. New Seagate 500GB HDD conked off on this combo. Updating HDD firmware didn't help. 10GB worth personnel data is not getting recovered - backup HDD formatted just 2 days before 500GB went down. Data recovery people keeping me on ransom.

Its pathetic at times.
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I am running the same mobo with a X2 4400+. With three HDD: Seagate 250, WD 250 and Seagate 80 GB with no problem. And my room is on the top floor and most of the time it's like hell in there with no AC. Yet the system is perfectly stable. And mine hasnt been shut down( barring the power cuts) for the last three months.

Do I need to point out that two of my friends are running the same mobo(albeit the rev 1.0) with no issues.
 
well speaking of hdd crash... 3 samsung drives crashed on me while i was on intel machine n one wd crashed on the present amd machine...

only difference i considered was that the intel machine was on intex psu n the amd machine is on vx450 :P

n the wd crashed as it fell from the table :P
 
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