Intel vs AMD......

[timchr]

I am looking to buy a new PC for home use that will be running AutoCAD 2012 now but we will be upgrading to Inventor within the next couple months. The models we will be creating are pretty simple and our assemblies at most 40 parts. Plus this will be just for at home so I don't need assembly or rendering capability.

Here is the processor in question: AMD Phenom II six-core processor 1045T vs Core i5-2300.

Is either one better? I have never owned a AMD processor but the rest of the specs and price of the PC is tempting me.

Thanks for the heads up.

If interested here is the PC I am looking at.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Elite+Desktop+/+AMD+Phenom%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+8GB+...

[goddardr]

I would never buy a computer that used AMD processors, but that is just me. I am sure you would be fine with either one.

[Dennis_Jeffrey]

I've run AMD for over 15 years. I have 30+ systems, all AMD.

It's a personal choice, not a technical one.

[timchr]

Thanks for the info...

[ampster401]

I used to think the same way as goddardr and would never buy AMD.  I based that off of issues yrs ago about MS Office for example IRC didn't work 100% with AMD chips...Office may be the wrong software I'm thinking of since it's been many yrs, but that was the general idea - that some software apps didn't work well with AMD chips.

I have not heard of that issue in recent yrs now.

I have bought my first AMD chip based system recently and have had no problems with either Adesk software of MS Office.  And the price difference is what sold me on buying AMD.

Good luck!

[blair]

It's like buying either a Ford pickup or a Chevy pickup. Heaven forbid those that by Dodges.

[JDMather]

I'm running 2012 on an AMD 4 or 5 years old.

[acad-caveman]

Actually, I don't think it was ever an issue with the AMD CPU itself, rather the chipsets on the MB.

I've had as many compatibility issues with Intel CPU and Via ( or some other )chipsets on the MB as I've had with any of the AMD based systems.

Ever since then I just swear by an Intel/Intel combo. Further than that I prefer an Intel brand motherboard as well.

The ASUS board ( out of necessity ) I use now is solid enough as to never crash, but sometimes some funky things do happen.

With that said, I'll be building a new machine in the near future an am open for suggestions for a rock solid CPU/Motherboard combination.

Don't much care for it to be a speed demon, stability is far more important.

[blair]

EVGA products do come with long warranties (if registered on their website within the defined period of time). If a manufacture is willing to stand behind their products with long warranties, they most likely have put quality into it.

[Dennis_Jeffrey]

No crashes here.... 🙂

Chipsets have improved tremendously for both Intel and AMD. I wouldn't use a product that crashes.

[SBix26]

I'm also running latest version of Inventor at home with a 4.5 year-old AMD CPU, Win7 64-bit, no problems whatsoever, unless I want real-time ray tracing-- then it slows to a crawl, but the graphics system has something to do with that, too.

[Ray_Feiler]

A long long time ago IBM outsourced x86 CPU's from both Intel and AMD. Before they became who they are today.

[goddardr]

Like I said it is a matter of choice. I live right next to Intel's R&D plant and know a few very smart people that work there. That doesn't make me smart just biased. I am running Intel dual quads and they are very fast.

[mcgyvr]

For what its worth..of the 2 processors the OP asked about the Intel i5 one ranks higher in just about all peformance tests.

[timchr]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I picked up the AMD installed computer and will be running it and setting up over the weekend. My company does not have Inventor yet, but will this year or 1st quarter of next. I am going to DL the 30 day trial version at home this weekend and see how it runs on the new machine. Our machines at work won't have any issues running the Inventor, our IT group fell victum to the "workstation" claim and bought those instead of listening to me.... They basically paid about $500 more per unit than needed.... Atleast it's not my budget!

[kolesaa]

how things are now with the new CPU from AMD: A8, A10?

[LT.Rusty]

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@kolesaa wrote:

how things are now with the new CPU from AMD: A8, A10?

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Well, my last 6 builds were AMD - Thunderbird 900, Athlon XP 2000 / 64 3000 / 64 3800 X2 / 64 5000 X2, then a Phenom 9850, plus a Phenom II X3 laptop.  I had quite a lot of inertia going for AMD, over ... what, 12? 13 years?  Something like that, anyway.

This time around, though ... the bang-for-the-buck comparison didn't go so well for AMD.  I've got an i7-4770k now in my desktop and an i7-2630QM in my laptop.