bit-tech News: Athlon X2 7750 vs. Intel E5200 OC & Value

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Hi all,

 

We have just published a look at how the AMD Athlon X2 7750 and Intel

Pentium Dual Core compare when we look at value and overclocking. If you

could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/12/22/athlon-x2-7750-vs-intel-e5200-oc-review/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/12/athlon-x2-7750-vs-intel-e5200-oc-review/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/There's no doubt about it - for nine out of ten scenarios, the Intel

Penium Dual Core E5200 will yield the best value, as long as you can

heavily overclock it. If only AMD's Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition was

happy to reach 3.5+GHz stably it would yield a far more competitive or

even the best value processor in more tests./

/

For those that want to stick with AMD, the Athlon 5200+ also looks like

a good possible choice for extremely cost concious individuals, but if

that's the case, we would actually point you in the direction of the

4850e instead. In the performance graphs it may sit at the bottom, but

we know it loves extra HyperTransport, and at just a 45W TDP it has

oodles of thermal overhead meaning 3GHz+ is very doable. This would

likely yield 6000+ or greater performance, but for a fraction of the

cost, dropping it into the green area in many cases.

 

So it looks like our monthly buyers guide will still recommend the Intel

Pentium Dual Core E5200 then for the time being, and even if you're

considering that E8400 upgrade - consider whether it would be worth

saving the cash and dropping it on extra memory, or a better motherboard

or graphics card instead./

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*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net