FX-4170 Vs Ivy Bridge Dual Core

[Don Karnage]

Lady wants me to build her a computer to replace her mac cube. Should I just get a 4170 or wait for the ib dc's

 

[eternalone]

Ivy Bridge Dual Core

 

[Don Karnage]

Ivy Bridge Dual Core

When are the dc's expected? June?

 

[richierich1212]

3rd qtr

 

[Rvenger]

sb

 

[Don Karnage]

sb

Not buying old tech

 

[Yuriman]

Not buying old tech

In many cases AMD is just now matching 3-4 year old Intel chips. My vote is Sandy too. IB's i3's with HT make for a sweet budget PC but even a sandy i3 will provide a better overall experience if you're comparing stock to stock.

Overclocked, I'd be tempted by the FX.

 

[Maximilian]

sb

 

[Hypertag]

Core i3 2130 on ebay or 2120 on newegg

 

[AtenRa]

If you can wait until Q3 for the IB i3, take a look at Trinity too.

 

[Hatisherrif]

FX. Support the underdog.

 

[puppypusher]

Ib

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If you can wait until Q3 for the IB i3, take a look at Trinity too.

+1

 

[alex_123_fra]

What will she actually be using her computer for?

 

[Rvenger]

Not buying old tech

Its not old tech, it will crush anything bulldozer.

 

[Coup27]

Will your lady use said machine for anything that you would be able to notice the difference between an i3 sandy or an i3 ivy, bearing in mind the actual difference is like 10% or something?

You might be waiting until September at worst case for an i3 ivy and you'll still get SATA 6Gbps and USB3 on any decent board you buy.

Seems like a no brainer to me.

 

[grimpr]

I prefer AMDs unlocked Trinity chips with their beefy GPU than Intels gimped dualcores.

 

[Coup27]

Why are they gimped dual cores?

 

[classy]

With desktops becoming more busy and having multi-threaded apps, I would take a quad core anything over a dual core. Unless she is a gamer, more cores are better, because it works better in multitasking. If the IVB has hyper threading I would go IVB, but short of that, a Quad or Hex Core is just a better route and will give a better desktop experience I believe.

 

[Coup27]

With desktops becoming more busy and having multi-threaded apps, I would take a quad core anything over a dual core. Unless she is a gamer, more cores are better, because it works better in multitasking. If the IVB has hyper threading I would go IVB, but short of that, a Quad or Hex Core is just a better route and will give a better desktop experience I believe.

Sorry but these are wild assumptions based on a workload we don't even know about.

If all she does is browse, email, office and general duties then a dual core and more money in the back pocket is a much better offer. At this stage we don't know either way.

My last chip was an i3 clarkdale and now I'm on an i3-2130 and they're certainly not gimped and couple with a quality SSD these systems fly.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Not buying old tech

If buying a laptop, I would definitely wait for ivy for the better igp and lower power usage. On the desktop, not worth it to wait. Just go sb and add a discrete card if needed.

 

[classy]

Sorry but these are wild assumptions based on a workload we don't even know about.

If all she does is browse, email, office and general duties then a dual core and more money in the back pocket is a much better offer. At this stage we don't know either way.

My last chip was an i3 clarkdale and now I'm on an i3-2130 and they're certainly not gimped and couple with a quality SSD these systems fly.

Its not wild assumptions................

I think a SB 2400 can be had rather cheaply. I would go this route over a dual core IVB. But as I stated if the IVB has HT, then that would be somewhat of an equalizer. I don't think today people should invest in anything with less than 4 threads on a desktop.

 

[bigsnyder]

Don't forget many casual users will have ten million things loaded in the background (that they probably do not even realize) that can slow down even the regular desktop experience. I can't count how many computers I have worked on that has some printer utility, website installed "Accelerator", crappy AV, etc. running. All of that junkware can quickly bog down a machine.

 

[Don Karnage]

I'm leaning towards the 4170 for the simple fact that i could play with it and overclock it. How would a 5Ghz 4170 compare against a 3.4Ghz IB DC?

 

[mikeymikec]

nvm