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Old 03-06-2010, 09:20 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Re: AMD P2 555 BE vs. INTEL i5-750

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Originally Posted by pranav.seth View Post
okay and what is the intel option?????
Joker's config sums up at about 38.5k and I find it balanced. And the monitors you mentioned are going to cost another 7.5k and hence the total will be around 46k. However, you can only buy 2GB of RAM at the moment (buy 2GB later) which would bring the cost down to around 43k including the monitor. (if tight on budget)

What are your requirements actually? Is gaming one of them? If not, then you can buy a cheaper graphic card to squeeze in the monitor. (only if you are REALLY tight on budget of 40k)

AFAIK, an equivalent Intel configuration would cost 6-7k more than the AMD equivalent as the cheapest 1156 socket motherboard with USB 3.0 which I know costs around 9k AND then as you need a monitor too, you will end up paying 50k for the Intel config. Not worth actually. Moreover, Intel will not release processors for this 1156 socket, so you will not be able to upgrade your processor in the future. Just stick to the AMD one.
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