EggXpert

Hi, guys       

  "Intel Core 2 Duo vs AMD Athlon X2"

 Which one offers the best value?

           

It depends on your budget and what models you're looking at.

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AMD Athlon X2 6400 3.2 gig $150  

Intel Coure 2 Duo E8400 3.0 gig $189

              

E8400 is better by a looooongshot

the performance gain is significant enough to justify the extra 40 bucks. C2D has some advantages over Athlon x2 6400. but it depend to a large extent on what you use it for? for gaming, ocing, go with E8400,no doubt about it. but just for daily work and no intention to squeeze every last drop of performance out of it , 6400 is good choice or maybe AMD 5000+ is not bad. the extra money investing on other components does make sense.

intelguy:

the performance gain is significant enough to justify the extra 40 bucks. C2D has some advantages over Athlon x2 6400. but it depend to a large extent on what you use it for? for gaming, ocing, go with E8400,no doubt about it. but just for daily work and no intention to squeeze every last drop of performance out of it , 6400 is good choice or maybe AMD 5000+ is not bad. the extra money investing on other components does make sense.

 

I have an Athlon X2 6400+. It plays games pretty well. I do know that Core 2s have better performance for now. I'll stick with my Athlon till I have to upgrade to a faster CPU. Maybe a Quad Core next.