Building a new pc

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by JG14_Jagr

an i5 2500K costs $200 It certainly is more bang, and far more bang for the buck at roughly 2/3rds the price of the AMD. The Sandy Bridge MSI board is a single button press OC solution that is an outstanding game platform..

I've used both AMD and Intel before.. I always chose the best bang for the investment...and right now you can fanboy all you want, the i5 2500K and the i7 2600K are the best choices.. personally I'd go i5 but your mileage may vary

$5
ummm wrong! the AMD 6 (AMD Phenom II X6) core is $5 more than the intel 4 core (i2500)...and the L2 cache is 512 on the AMD not 256 like on the intel...and you know the L1/L2 are more important than the L3....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-072-_-Product

this wont break the bank and can be upgraded

motherboard (i have this one ::::::) $90
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157198

CPU = $229 AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103913

VIDEO= $210 SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102909

RAM= $85 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231311

PSU= $160 SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151087

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