which build is better? £500 budget?
core 2 quad Q8300 2.5GHz £115
ASUS P5QL-CM £60
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) £55
Western Digital WD2500AAJS 250GB £30
CIT 750W £33
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x £15
NZXT M59 £48
xfx hd 5770 xxx edition £125
wireless n adapter £20
OR
AMD Athlon II X4 630 Socket AM3 2.8GHz £78
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H £58
Crucial 2gb DDR3 £60
wireless n adapter £20
Western Digital 250gb £30
xfx 5770 £125 dabs
powercool 600w £35
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x £15
NZXT M59 £48
OR
intel i3 530 @ 2.93 ghz (ddr3 1066/1333)£99
ASUS P7H55-M £65
XFX ATI Radeon 5770 £125
Crusal ddr3 2gb £57
Western Digital WD2500AAJS 250GB £30
D-Link 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Card £20
Samsung 22X £15
Xilence XP480-12R Power 480W Quiet PSU £42
nzxt 59 £47
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Check the benchmarks here;
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/clark...
They all have HD5770 graphics, so the performance difference is dependent on processor. The i3-530 is more comparable to the Q8400, thus better than Q8300 or the Athlon ll X4-630. The i3-530 is just a fast dual core but because of its Hyperthreading feature, it can handle 4 threads simultaneously, thus behaving like a quadcore. I like it for its lower power consumption.
Yeah its awesome I actual have the comparable yet with a Nvidia GTX650Ti and run all video games at extremely different than MSAA which demands a competent pictures Card and with a Radeon HD7970 you are able to run all video games(alongside with Crysis 3) at maximum Settings accessible.
If you go for gaming,multimedia use AMD.But for other purposes INTEL is better.Choose according to your usage type.Stick to that graphics card.Its Superb!