The Intel Setup or AMD Setup, which is better?

[JoeFulford]

So these are the two specs that I've come down to after hours and hours of research trying to find out which would be best.

Setup 1 (Intel):

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H67-M: M-ATX, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £717.00 including VAT and delivery.


Setup 2:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 QUAD CORE 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £751.00 including VAT and delivery.

PLEASE TELL ME WHICH PC IS BETTER FOR GAMING. BUT ALSO TELL ME WHICH WOULD LAST LONGER PLEASE!

Thanks alot!

 

[Corfate]

With the Intel build, you should get a Caviar Black, faster boot times and general loading Also Silver warranty for £5 AMD is more bang for your buck, where as Intel is more for money no object kind of thing.. (I read that somewhere). I'd go for AMD personally.. As to which would last longer, it's a random game.. Either could go ker-plunk at anytimes, as thats the way with technology.. You may have an old tv running fine for 6 years, then you get a new one and it breaks in the first week. Thats why you get warranty

 

[JoeFulford]

With the Intel build, you should get a Caviar Black, faster boot times and general loading Also Silver warranty for £5 AMD is more bang for your buck, where as Intel is more for money no object kind of thing.. (I read that somewhere). I'd go for AMD personally.. As to which would last longer, it's a random game.. Either could go ker-plunk at anytimes, as thats the way with technology.. You may have an old tv running fine for 6 years, then you get a new one and it breaks in the first week. Thats why you get warranty

Okay thanks a lot for the feedback. I will probably go for the AMD! The only reason I was a bit iffy on the idea was because I heard somewhere that AMD's aren't as reliable as Intel. Would this computer be able to run any game on high and do so whilst recording the gameplay d'you think?

 

[Corfate]

I think the last 2 PC's i've had were both AMD, and they would still work today if i tried to boot them up The first one maybe won't as it's been smashed up.. But im confident it would! The second one i had lasted me about 4 years, and still works, it just became dated. If we take BF3 for example, running it on Ultra and recording may streign it abit.. But im not sure, somebody who has the GPU/CPU would need to comment back.

 

[tom_gr7]

With your budge i'd for the amd setup, but i'd change the processor to the quadcore bullddog processor, and go for a 6950. Also like corfate says go for a caviar black drive.

If your worried about cpu usage during gaming, my 2600 is hardly strained by bf3, obv temps go up a bit, but nothing to make it really struggle. games more rely on a good gpu, therefore the 6950 would play bf3/new games well.

it may go over ya budget a little though, but look at getting a 650 corsair. The amd cooler will be fine, you could always upgrade that yourself in the future.