Phenom II vs Core i7 Prices

[kamalmawa]

Got my hands on Phenom II CPUs todays in Australia...

Core i7 920(2.66GHz, L2-Cache 4*256kb, L3-Cache 8Mb) - $475(Rs.35,984/=)
Core i7 940(2.93GHz, L2-Cache 4*256kb, L3-Cache 8Mb) - $959(Rs.72,651/=)

Phenom II 920(2.8GHz, L2-Cache 4*512kb, L3-Cache 6Mb) - $428(Rs.32,424/=)
Phenom II 940(3.0GHz, L2-Cache 4*512kb, L3-Cache 6Mb) - $489(Rs.37,045/=)

Calculated according to todays currency rate 1AUD = 75.7566LKR

 

[deegopower]

hmm Phenom II 940 seems better i guess..........

 

[rudayas]

hmm Phenom II 940 seems better i guess..........

me too

 

[crazycombo]

මොනා උනත් ඉන්ටෙල් තාම ඉස්සරහින් නේද? මම කිව්වෙ ගාන...

 

[Intel_Nehalem]

OC the i7 920 to 3.2GHZ and you will beat the i7940 (i7940 is a slightly higher clocked 920)
But the costs for other stuff like the motherboard and RAM for i7 is very high!

 

[isira87]

 

[Majik]

The i7 920 is not worth it and I personally think its a stupid decision. 940 should be the minimum.

Anyway, I personally prefer Intel. The 965 will pwn all of those and the unlocked multiplier will deliver even more pwnage.

BUT, I'm an Intel fanboy .

Major props to AMD for making such an awesome processor though, good to see them not being considered a joke in the CPU market any more.

 

[Dreamworks_naveen]

AMD rox forever

 

[Intel_Nehalem]

The i7 920 is not worth it and I personally think its a stupid decision. 940 should be the minimum.

Anyway, I personally prefer Intel. The 965 will pwn all of those and the unlocked multiplier will deliver even more pwnage.

BUT, I'm an Intel fanboy .

Major props to AMD for making such an awesome processor though, good to see them not being considered a joke in the CPU market any more.

true
i7 965= pwnage

 

[prasadana2]

looking forward to get one on april from usa....maxa...

 

[Bigspin]

i saw those two processors last week in UK shop.

I checked personally & i think AMD is the best choice compared to price/performance. In some games/applications AMD & Intel difference is nearly 20%(CPU performance only/ sometimes AMD outperform intel) however reasonable price overshadow intel.

letz say it like this

You can buy X4 940 processor + 2 nVIDIA GX280 or ATI HD4870 Crossfire for £800-£950

but Intel i7 + 2 nVIDIA GX280 or ATI HD4870 Crossfire costs £1400-£1550

So you can see AMD solution is much cheaper & with crossfire or Sli you can play any modern game @ full HD for reasonable price.

When it comes to the video encoding ATI hardware encoder perform better than intel CPU & nVIDIA hardware encoder ,so basically AMD is the best choice for any gamer or video editor

 

[gayannr]

The i7 920 is not worth it and I personally think its a stupid decision. 940 should be the minimum.

Anyway, I personally prefer Intel. The 965 will pwn all of those and the unlocked multiplier will deliver even more pwnage.

BUT, I'm an Intel fanboy .

Major props to AMD for making such an awesome processor though, good to see them not being considered a joke in the CPU market any more.

Fanboyism is racism

 

[gayannr]

true
i7 965= pwnage

and lotsa cash

 

[fallenzeraphine]

true
i7 965= pwnage

So Pwned is a wrong interpretation of Owned, in essence, then
Core i7 965 = A Mistake.

 

[fallenzeraphine]

The i7 920 is not worth it and I personally think its a stupid decision. 940 should be the minimum.

Anyway, I personally prefer Intel. The 965 will pwn all of those and the unlocked multiplier will deliver even more pwnage.

BUT, I'm an Intel fanboy .

Major props to AMD for making such an awesome processor though, good to see them not being considered a joke in the CPU market any more.

Ermm, Who considered AMD is a Joke, ok maybe u did cuz u don't seem to know a nickle about what ur talking of, neither AMD or Intel is a Joke, the two Companies have to exist for us to take the maximum Benefits of the Price : Performance ratio, id be much happy if VIA come up with some killer processor, more competiton the Better.

 

[gayannr]

So Pwned is a wrong interpretation of Owned, in essence, then
Core i7 965 = A Mistake.

LMAO,, a good one buddy!

 

[zCexVe]

i7s and Phenoms not being on retail shops here in LA means only the people who do online shopping are interested on them.

 

[¤--bACarDi--¤]

If u trying to play upcomming high end games in high resolution u should go fo a phenom II
U can see how Ci7 getting down in high resolution gaming
And other thing is price. If u r going to X58 u hav to spend more money for DDR3 Trichannel, Expensive X58 chipset , Expensive Mainboard & other stuff
U can buy AM2+ mainboard abt $130 with 790GX\FX maxa chipset
so why u spend ur extra money for ur 4870X2 or 295 graphic card
U r so lucky to live in Aus....cuz in SL there will be Phenom II when Phenom III to be launch

 

[Anusha]

LMAO,, a good one buddy!

LOL! Verbal Abuse! Call Cops!

 

[Anusha]

Anyway, different websites are giving different results for both CPUs. Sometimes the Core i7 beats the crap out them all. Sometimes an old Core 2 Quad comes and ruins the whole story!