2500K or 955?

From what I read, the AM3+ will be able to support AM3 and AM2+(on some boards), thus being backward compatible.
As for the 2500K, would it not be as good, and cheaper to run a Gen. 1 i7? if so which one (OC not important with intel).
 
See alot of stuff you are talking about is based on read news articles and speculated release dates and configs,but you can never be sure about them until and unless released by the company themselves and I dont know about any company info about the bulldoze(I dont know doesnt mean they havent released).The i5 2500k performs better than the older i7s like it is better than my CPU.But 950 is similar in performance to the 2500k.
 
And the 2500K does not have a good track record either. Id rather wait to be sure that the boards have all of their issues worked out.
 
AM3+ boards will support AM3 processors. But not AM2/+ processors. AM2/+ processors only have a DDR2 memory controllers. AM3+ boards are only DRR3.

If you have a AM3 setup everything can be moved to a AM3+ board and you could upgrade to a Bulldozer Zambezi later. Not a fan of that though. If you get a AM3+ board right off and save up for a Zambezi. By the time you get the processor better boards will probably be released and you will wish you had waited and got the board and processor together.
 
waiting and wishing is not what I will do. The bulldozer sounds like a good setup, but I have a feeling that it will be a Sandybridge incident for AMD.
Plus it is very well likely that some already released boards will have BIOS updates to run AM3+ also. Especially ones such as the Asus Rampage (think I remember that name right.)

Maybe I should set out the budget and let someone build a SB and 1090T/955 setup to compair what will be morwe feasible....
 
See the problem with that approach is that you assume that the bulldozer series will be better than the sandy-bridge series and if it does not turn out to be better than the am3 board thing will fail.
So that is the risk.
 
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Plus it is very well likely that some already released boards will have BIOS updates to run AM3+ also. Especially ones such as the Asus Rampage (think I remember that name right.)
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Nope, AM3+ Zambezi will not fit a AM3 socket. It has one extra pin.
 
StrangleHold said:
Nope, AM3+ Zambezi will not fit a AM3 socket. It has one extra pin.
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Thanks for clearing that up because everyone is pretty confident about the am3 board supporting the bulldozer but I was not so sure because till now I havent read a single reliable article.
 
AM3+ processors and boards have one more pin then AM3. Thats the reason a AM3 processors will fit a AM3+ board, but not the other way around.
 
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AM3+ processors and boards have one more pin then AM3. Thats the reason a AM3 processors will fit a AM3+ board, but not the other way around.
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Thanks for the info.Since its from you I can be sure now its reliable because everyone has been going around assuming that the bulldozer will supported by the AM3 boards.Which has mislead a lot of people.


So as for wolfeking(whats your name?)I think a sandy bridge setup would perform best for now and if on strict budget the old i7 generation or the hexcore would suffice.Both will be almost same in performance.
 
mihir said:
Thanks for the info.Since its from you I can be sure now its reliable because everyone has been going around assuming that the bulldozer will supported by the AM3 boards.Which has mislead a lot of people.
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Yeah, AMDs fault. At first it was suppost to be. Then later they changed it and said because of performance issues on AM3 boards it was only going to be AM3+. But never said what they were.

But some companies are going to release a AM3+ board early with 800 chipsets instead of 900 series. Which is kinda confusing because its just a AM3 board with a AM3+ socket (performance issue above). Think I would just wait for the true AM3+ boards with the 900 series chipset.
 
Seeing these posts there is a lot to learn :)

This year seems big for Computers and could be one of the biggest since so many high end CPUs and GPUs coming out :)
 
Ankur said:
Seeing these posts there is a lot to learn :)

This year seems big for Computers and could be one of the biggest since so many high end CPUs and GPUs coming out :)
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The computer hardware world is constantly changing. As far as CPU's go, we are kinda due for some big changes, and here they are! It will be interesting to see what amd has in store for us.
 
Ankur said:
Does it mean 590 and 6990 will have big neck to neck competition?
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Nope it means 590 will walk over the 6990.
The 590 will wipe the floor with 6990 means it will use the 6990 as a mop/broom.


I had one question.
Like when 5970 was the godly card at that time the normal consumer cards were the 5850 or the 5870 or the GTX 470.
When GTX295 was the king at that time the normal consumer cards were GTX 260/GTX 275/HD4850/HD4890.
You know what I am getting at.Right?
So which cards will be the normal consumer cards after the release of GTX590 ?
 
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nope it means 590 will walk over the 6990.
The 590 will wipe the floor with 6990 means it will use the 6990 as a mop/broom.


I had one question.
Like when 5970 was the godly card at that time the normal consumer cards were the 5850 or the 5870 or the gtx 470.
When gtx295 was the king at that time the normal consumer cards were gtx 260/gtx 275/hd4850/hd4890.
You know what i am getting at.right?
So which cards will be the normal consumer cards after the release of gtx590 ?
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gtx560, 570, 580, hd6850, 6870, 6950, 6970
 
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