Cpu advice please

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by swiss

Now that would be really foolish.
He's on budget and the AM3 socket reached the end of it's lifetime - there's no need to spend that much cash on a mobo which will be outdated in 8weeks.

2 the OP: AM3+ is due to arrive at the e3, you would probably need a bigger budget though, therefore AM3 is ok for another 12-18 Month, and you can still upgrade the CPU.
Well, if you can wait a few weeks for the AM3+ mobos to arrive, pick one of those. They're downward compatible and accept AM3 cpus, which should see another drop in price.

really? did you miss the part where u can put a AM3+ cpu into that board with a simple BIOS update?
http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/AM3_PLUS_Ready/
he is already going for a chip that is $200 alone why not get a board that will increase the life of his rig?

So he buys the X6 and 4gb of ram and a mid/hi range vid card and a good PSU and in 1 year when the bulldozer drops in price and he do an up grade (double the ram,crossfire and bulldozer) as opposed to buying a new rig....