Silksand Shoulder Pads vs Hard Gold Pauldrons

Silksand Shoulder Pads
Binds when equipped
ShoulderCloth
40 Armor
+11 Intellect
+3 Spirit
+1 Strength
Requires Level 35
Sells for 34 Silver 6 Copper to vendors
Item Level 40

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Hard Gold Pauldrons
Binds when equipped
ShoulderMail
173 Armor
+11 Strength
Requires Level 35
Equip: +5 Spell Power
Sells for 50 Silver 73 Copper to vendors
Item Level 40
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Stat Silksand Shoulder Pads Hard Gold Pauldrons Δ
Item Level 40 40 0
Required Level 35 35 0
Armor 40 173 +133
Str +1 +11 +10
Int +11 −11
Spi +3 −3
SP +5 +5
Total Stats 15 11 −4
Sell Price 34s 6c 50s 73c +16s 67c
Binding Binds when equipped Binds when equipped

Δ is Hard Gold Pauldrons minus Silksand Shoulder Pads: green where Hard Gold Pauldrons is better, red where it is worse (a lower required level is better; speed and sell price have no better side). Total Stats adds up Str, Agi, Sta, Int and Spi.

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