Tuesday, July 24, 2007
TechwareLabs Looks at High-End Low Cost CPUs from AMD and Intel
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "HARDWARE" @ 12:00 PM
"The battle between AMD and Intel goes on, each company coming back to match and out-do their rivals newest products. But today we aren’t going to be looking at their top of the line processors, but their most affordable quality processors. These would happen to be Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6420 (code name Conroe), and AMD’s Athlon x2 5600+."
The bottom line: AMD beats Intel on price AND performance. I recently started a project to build an inexpensive HTPC, and chose AMD's Athlon x2 3800+, which can be had with motherboard for under $100. Incredible value, and the performance is outstanding in that application. Something the article doesn't mention: AMD's processors run cooler and consume less power than their Intel rivals. That means fewer fans, a smaller power supply, and quieter operation. All good things when building a computer for the living room.
The bottom line: AMD beats Intel on price AND performance. I recently started a project to build an inexpensive HTPC, and chose AMD's Athlon x2 3800+, which can be had with motherboard for under $100. Incredible value, and the performance is outstanding in that application. Something the article doesn't mention: AMD's processors run cooler and consume less power than their Intel rivals. That means fewer fans, a smaller power supply, and quieter operation. All good things when building a computer for the living room.
