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Hi all,

We have just published a look at how the AMD Athlon X2 7750 and Intel
Pentium Dual Core compare when we look at value and overclocking. If you
could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/12/22/athlon-x2-7750-vs-intel-e5200-oc-review/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/12/athlon-x2-7750-vs-intel-e5200-oc-review/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/There's no doubt about it - for nine out of ten scenarios, the Intel
Penium Dual Core E5200 will yield the best value, as long as you can
heavily overclock it. If only AMD's Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition was
happy to reach 3.5+GHz stably it would yield a far more competitive or
even the best value processor in more tests./
/
For those that want to stick with AMD, the Athlon 5200+ also looks like
a good possible choice for extremely cost concious individuals, but if
that's the case, we would actually point you in the direction of the
4850e instead. In the performance graphs it may sit at the bottom, but
we know it loves extra HyperTransport, and at just a 45W TDP it has
oodles of thermal overhead meaning 3GHz+ is very doable. This would
likely yield 6000+ or greater performance, but for a fraction of the
cost, dropping it into the green area in many cases.

So it looks like our monthly buyers guide will still recommend the Intel
Pentium Dual Core E5200 then for the time being, and even if you're
considering that E8400 upgrade - consider whether it would be worth
saving the cash and dropping it on extra memory, or a better motherboard
or graphics card instead./
*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net