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February 10th, 2012, 10:28 AM
#1
Need help choosing new PC
Please help me decide which of these dell pc's should I go for:
1)
Processor Intel® Pentium® G630 Processor (2.70GHz, 3MB)
Memory 2GB2 DDR3 SDRAM at -1MHz
Hard Drive 500GB1 SATA hard drive (7200RPM)
Video Card Graphics : Intel® HD
OS Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Warranty 1Yr Collect & Returns Warranty – No upgrade selected
289.00 UK sterling
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2)
AMD Athlon™ II X2 250 (3.0GHz, 1MB Cache)
Processor AMD Athlon™ II X2 250 (3.0GHz, 1MB Cache)
MEMORY 4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 [2x2048] Memory
Hard Drive 500GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated ATI Radeon HD4200 Graphics
OS Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card reader
Dell System Media Kit Inspiron Desktop 570 Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)
Gedis Bundle Reference D025705
Order Information Inspiron Desktop 570 Minitower Order - UK
Speakers No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Cable 2 Meter Power Cord - UK
298.00 UK sterling
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Last edited by shahan; February 10th, 2012 at 10:37 AM.
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February 10th, 2012, 11:19 AM
#2
I'd definitely go for the second one out of those two. The extra memory is worth having (especially if you go for a 64-bit OS), and the CPU should be a bit quicker too.
Nick.
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February 10th, 2012, 11:23 AM
#3
If you can run to a little more, this one would be better still:
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...d=inspiron-620
Nick.
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February 10th, 2012, 01:31 PM
#4
I have a feeling the AMD is a bit slower. What do u think, the will AMD machines i specified at option 2) be fast like the Intel(s) ?
I use two AMD machines at work running at 2.80 Ghz and 2Gb RAM one with XP Professional and the other with Vista and both are dual core, sometimes it feels a bit sluggish. At the same place at work, downstairs I work on a Pentium dual core machine running at 2.93 Ghz and 2 Gb RAM with Windows 7 Professional.
I would like the machine in the link its just bit expensive, looks like the Intel machine in the link is similar to the AMD machine (option 2), just a bit more clock speed with the Intel, its a Intel manufacturer, cache is 3Mb but same with 2 cores.
or are Intel machines more superior ? meaning will it run abit more faster than the AMD ?
Originally Posted by SuperSparks
Last edited by shahan; February 10th, 2012 at 02:15 PM.
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February 10th, 2012, 02:33 PM
#5
Not really, I run AMD and have for the past 10 years. I find they aren't any slower or do they run any hotter than Intel. Right now I'm running the one in my signature. With Windows 7 64bit, I do all kinds of things on it. Play graphic intense games, edit video, use PhotoShop, and surf the net, including youtube.
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February 10th, 2012, 03:42 PM
#6
The Intel Core i3 that I linked to is a far superior architecture to either of your original choices, and would give decidedly better performance. IMO it is worth the extra money. But of the two that you linked to, I think I would go for the AMD.
I've built PCs with both Intel and AMD, and I have no strong preference for either. I just go with whatever gives me the price/performance that I want at that particular time. I do mostly seem to end up going for Intel though.
Nick.
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February 10th, 2012, 06:48 PM
#7
AMD laptops bare a little cookerbut then I have used a i3 yet.
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February 10th, 2012, 07:34 PM
#8
Originally Posted by Train
... bare a little cookerbut ...
Originally Posted by Train
... then I have used a i3 yet.
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February 10th, 2012, 08:27 PM
#9
Biostar TA790GX A2+ 6.0
AMD Phenom X4 9750 CPU.
4 Gig DDR2 Memory.
ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
500 Watt P.S.
LG W2241T Widescreen 22" LCD
ViewSonic VA721 17" LCD
Envision 17" LCD
2 LG DVD Drives
Floppy Disk Drive
Maxtor 120 Gig Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
Gateway NV5378-U Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Acer Aspire V3-731 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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February 10th, 2012, 08:30 PM
#10
Thank you all for your suggestions/recommendations, if its a tough choice I will have to make, AMD and Intel both sound good.
I guess if Im already in debt and im gonna spend £300 on a new pc then what's £50 more, I'll have to get the confidence to spend on the Intel route or stick with AMD. Im tempted to go for Intel, but once I had a bad experience when I bought my first Intel PC thats why I went down the AMD route. My last AMD Athlon lasted 12 years.
Will feel the extra power with Intel's extra clock speed and level 3 cache ?
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February 10th, 2012, 09:12 PM
#11
You should do, the i3 is substantially more powerful.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
Name - Passmark CPU Mark (higher is better) - Overall ranking (lower is better)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz 4186 149
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz 2657 307
AMD Athlon II X2 250 1698 486
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February 11th, 2012, 08:05 AM
#12
AMD is backward compatible and Intel is not, does that mean that is the case if I have to upgrade the processor then i have to change the RAM and motherboard as well or does the same go for adding more RAM or any other devices (without a processor upgrade)
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February 11th, 2012, 08:44 AM
#13
If you get the pc with the i3, then as far as I can tell it uses a LGA1155 socket motherboard, so you should in future be able to upgrade all the way to core i7 Sandybridge processors, by simply swapping the cpu out.
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February 11th, 2012, 09:09 AM
#14
PC Magazine Editor's Choice
July 11, 2011
Dell Inspiron i620-228NBK
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388341,00.asp
Inspiron 620/620s Desktop
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-620/pd
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February 11th, 2012, 10:09 AM
#15
There really isn't anything to choose between AMD and Intel as far as upgradeability is concerned. I never view that as an important consideration anyway - as long as you choose a PC in the first place that will give you plenty of life, then you shouldn't need to worry about upgrading. It's not like it was a few years ago when you needed a new PC every 18 months just to keep up. Even a low-end PC is powerful enough to last a good few years now.
Nick.
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