New Pc Setup?

[scottishcruiser]

Looking at getting new setup soon(ish) and unknown which way to go between the 2 Mobos/CPU's:-

Intel Setup:-

ASUS P5B Socket 775 Core 2 ready P965 chipset onboard audio ATX (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/113965)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130485)

AMD Setup:-

Asus M2N-E SLI Nvidia nForce 500 SLI MCP Socket AM2 8channel audio ATX Motherboard (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/121169)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz) Socket AM2 2MB L2 Cache (2x1MB) Retail Boxed Processor (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124915)

The rest is easy enough and the GFX card maybe aint the best but I aint a gamer.:-

Memory: Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-12) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty

PSU: Extra Value 550W Gold ATX Silent PSU with PFC and 12cm fan

HDD: Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache - OEM

Fan: 2 x Extra Value 80mm Blue LED Case Fan

Case: Casecom Black Mid Tower Case - Front Blue LED 120mm Fan - With Side Window.

Screen: CIBOX C2201 22'' Widescreen TFT 1680x1050 1000:1 300cd/m2 5ms inc Speakers 3 Years Warranty

GFX Card: Innovision 3D 8500GT 512MB DDR2 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card

DVD-RW: 2 x NEC AD 7170A - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM IDE - internal Black

Sounds: Creative Inspire A500 5.1 Multimedia Speakers - 47W RMS

Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - USB/PS2

[vmail]

go for intel

[scottishcruiser]

What does Intel have over AMD?

[Phoenix999]

What does Intel have over AMD?

Two extra letters ;)

[Johndcfc]

iMac

[Leeky]

iMac

There isnt really any difference between an Intel chip and an AMD chip. Technically i suppose the Intel's are better, or at least the salesman from intel would tell you that. But in reality you cant tell the two apart performance wise.

[babes]

yeah..there's really not much difference between intel and amd...

it's just that intel upgrades/updates their product line faster than AMD.

[Hou]

AMD all the way, more power per pound, intel overcharge

[MarcTS]

AMD all the way, more power per pound, intel overcharge

Have you seen the price of some of the amd chips these days? Intel are no longer massively expensive compared to AMD. One other note to make is that the Intel chip you chose has twice the L2 cache as the AMD so I'd plump for the intel setup.