New Processor/Motherboard bundle

Erick Aguilar said:

I would not trust any source of information from anandtech to be honest. Not after they got severely fined for tampering with marketing information in favor of Intel.

Interesting. Can you supply a link to the story on that?

I've generally trusted Anand more than, say, Thomas Pabst an company. I'd be sorry to hear of payoffs that were so unambiguous that the legal system came into play.

bobkn said:

Erick Aguilar said:

I would not trust any source of information from anandtech to be honest. Not after they got severely fined for tampering with marketing information in favor of Intel.

Interesting. Can you supply a link to the story on that?

I've generally trusted Anand more than, say, Thomas Pabst an company. I'd be sorry to hear of payoffs that were so unambiguous that the legal system came into play.

Yeah, me as well.
If you could perform some research yourself I'd appreciated, sorry if that sounded rude. At the moment I am at work, and don't have much access to plenty of internet queries. Please bear with me.

Out of the 2 processors that are 119.99, what would you go for?

If I had no choice whatsoever and a gun was put on my head?
The FX. It hwas horrible core architecture, but it would handled games better than the i3

bobkn said:

Interesting. Can you supply a link to the story on that?

I am not finding anything to online about it. I think he may have gotten his sites mixed up. Anandtech is one of the most respected and revered sites online, as well as [H]ardOCP...and they both make up the best of the enthusiast community. I thought Tom's Hardware was caught accepting payment and gifts in exchange for favorable reviews, but that would have been quite some time ago.

DeaconFrost said:

bobkn said:

Interesting. Can you supply a link to the story on that?

I am not finding anything to online about it. I think he may have gotten his sites mixed up. Anandtech is one of the most respected and revered sites online, as well as [H]ardOCP...and they both make up the best of the enthusiast community. I thought Tom's Hardware was caught accepting payment and gifts in exchange for favorable reviews, but that would have been quite some time ago.

Yeah. I can put up with a lot of brand boosterism, but I tend to draw the line at slander. (Intentional or not.)

CrisyNova may find this of interest:

AMD FX-8350, FX-8320, FX-6300 and FX-4300: All Vishera Processors in One Review! - X-bit labs

It confirms that the FX-4170 is similar in performance to an I3-3240, which is a little faster than an I3-3220. (3.4GHz for the 3240 vs. 3.3 for the 3220, or 3%; trivial difference.) Looks like the FX-4300 (Vishera) is a bit of a step backwards from the 4170 due to the halving of the L3 cache.

Jeepers creepers, the prices in the UK. In the US (www.newegg.com), an FX-4170 goes for $125 (with free shipping). At the current exchange rate, that'd be £80. Add 20% VAT, and it's still £96. £119 seems ridiculous.