Originally posted by Skuzzy
Yep, Intel's Conroe CPU is a very good part. It kills anything AMD has in like price ranges. Heck, AMD would have to cut thier price in half on some parts, to remain competitive.
Definately worth waiting for. It took Intel a while, but they are finally going to put the Prescott piece of crap behind them. And they are doing it with a quantum leap in performance with significantly less power consumption.
If you are looking to build a system, it would be a waste of money to build an AMD system. Intel now holds the price/performance crown.
Funny you should mention price cuts.
If the expected cuts go ahead the end of this month (July 24) -
AMD X2 around -
$282 5000+ (2.6GHz/512KB)
$224 4600+ (2.4GHz/512KB)
$175 4200+ (2.2GHz/512KB)
$149 3800+ (2.0GHz/512KB)
Intels should be around -
E6700 (2.67GHz/4MB) $530
E6600 (2.40GHz/4MB) $316
E6400 (2.13GHz/2MB) $224
E6300 (1.86GHz/2MB) $183
4 options -
a) Get a Conroe, if you can (most are speculating 'joe average' won't see them until September)
b) Wait for AMD "Torrenza" (basically way of having 2 x dual core on same mobo, due end this year.)
c) Wait till Q1 2007 for the AMD K8L (it is on schedule for socket AM2, delayed for AM3)
d) If AMD price cuts go ahead, makes them very competitive with similar performance Conroes. ( AM2 mobos will take K8L's in 2007)