Processor help

[whyintheworld]

I am wondering which of these processors would be faster a Athlon 64 x 2 dual core 5000+ or a Intel Pentium dual core e5200?
The Athlon is in a Compaq machine sr5510f ,and the Intel is in a Hp Pavilion a6620f.
i know these are not the best machines but money is very tight and these are cheap and pretty good in some ways.
i just keep reading that the Intel is not fast like it is suppose to be and some sites say it is.
Just want a little feed back pls.

Thks

[YuMeng]

athlon will cheaper and faster than the Intel without any overclocking but if you want overclocking choose Intel, overclocking will make processor faster but it will make it hot

[whyintheworld]

Ok Thks for reply so is the Intel slower , i was checking these cpu charts and e5200 is up there .

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

[heart reaper]

Go for Athlon, they are the best and cheap that you can find.

[shan]

athlon is the best in my way

[utkarsh30june]

Intel= Good Performance, Reliable and Long Life.
AMD=Better Performance, Not the most reliable and nor long life Processors (well it's my experience).

Therefore, the choice is yours but I would go for Intel although AMD is not bad.

[brayden]

yeah AMD is alright but i've always been a Intel person.

[heart reaper]

This might help,

http://www.raymond.cc/forum/hardware...ighlight=intel

[jocker]

This site helped me chose when I was buying,

for cpu: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...st.2436.0.html

and for gpu: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html

[ding-dong]

intel all the way, its bit expensive but worht to buy, you can use AMD for less budget but in my opinion if your gonna use it for a long time why not buy the intel it will not let you down