iamsneaky13
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I am going to build a new system and I am having trouble deciding between the phenomII 940 (3.0ghz) or an intel Q9550 any help would be apreciated.
amd or intel
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Depends if you want to spend 215 or 275 bucks for a processor. For about the same price as a Q9550 you could get a i7 920.
Mitch?
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i really wouldn't say definitely tknick.
I mean, if you get a 790gx board for the time being, and a 720BE, then upgrade to an AM3 board later on, you can save alot of $$, especially since Intel will be stuck with DDRII and the 775 boards, whereas the AM2+/AM3 are interchangeable. DDRIII isn't very cheap now, but you can toss a 720BE into a 790gx board, overclock to 3.7ghz on air, and you have 11.1ghz of power. REAL power that ALL apps use. I forgot where, but it's shown that during games the first 2 cores (even games that are 'designed for quad') are at 100%, then the other 2 are at 70% on load. With a triple core you get 2 @ 100% and one at 95%.
Anyway. Intel may be the better pick NOW for this month. But the 775 boards don't have a future, and if you want to upgrade past 775 you'll need a new motherboard, ram, and cpu all at once - the AMD route means you can grab the motherboard or CPU first, and it'll still be a running system, and you can use cheap DDR2 ram now, and DDR3 later, when it comes down.
I mean, if you get a 790gx board for the time being, and a 720BE, then upgrade to an AM3 board later on, you can save alot of $$, especially since Intel will be stuck with DDRII and the 775 boards, whereas the AM2+/AM3 are interchangeable. DDRIII isn't very cheap now, but you can toss a 720BE into a 790gx board, overclock to 3.7ghz on air, and you have 11.1ghz of power. REAL power that ALL apps use. I forgot where, but it's shown that during games the first 2 cores (even games that are 'designed for quad') are at 100%, then the other 2 are at 70% on load. With a triple core you get 2 @ 100% and one at 95%.
Anyway. Intel may be the better pick NOW for this month. But the 775 boards don't have a future, and if you want to upgrade past 775 you'll need a new motherboard, ram, and cpu all at once - the AMD route means you can grab the motherboard or CPU first, and it'll still be a running system, and you can use cheap DDR2 ram now, and DDR3 later, when it comes down.
iamsneaky13
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I was thinking of an $800 budget so is an i7 really possible for that price because the mobos are expensive and the ram is expensive I am pushing towards intel anyways because of my current agena 9650s performance
