Which would you opt for?

I third the Phenom, but not for reasons previously stated. Performance difference is minimal, but the real important issue is that AM3 is a new socket that is going to have an upgrade path in the future, LGA 775 is an entirely dead socket and is no longer supported, meaning a new mobo down the road when you want a new processor. AMD for sure.
 
aviation_man said:
AMD for sure. AMD is known for better overclocking. But that's just me...
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Um, Core 2 chips overclock pretty decently too, I pushed my Q9550 to 4GHz on air :P

The 65NM Phenoms didnt overclock that decently I heard, but I dont really know about the 45NM Phenoms
 
Springy182 said:
Um, Core 2 chips overclock pretty decently too, I pushed my Q9550 to 4GHz on air :P

The 65NM Phenoms didnt overclock that decently I heard, but I dont really know about the 45NM Phenoms
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ya i had a phenom 9600 BE didnt overclock at all, but thats not the case with the new phenom II's 4.0 GHZ FROM 2.8 :D
 
zer0_c00l said:
ya i had a phenom 9600 BE didnt overclock at all, but thats not the case with the new phenom II's 4.0 GHZ FROM 2.8 :D
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Lol, was that 4GHz on liquid nitrogen or air/water? And yeah, AMD went on about the overclocking potential of Phenom II if I recall
 
Springy182 said:
Lol, was that 4GHz on liquid nitrogen or air/water? And yeah, AMD went on about the overclocking potential of Phenom II if I recall
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