Dopamin3

I would recommend the i5 750. While the Phenom II will do okay in games, it is lacking in comparison in other areas. The overall cost of the i5 should be the about the same as a 965 with 790FX board. Why pay the same price for something that isn't as good?

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nah

Skylit

i5 would be a good upgrade for you. AMD doesn't really have anything able to compete with the current intel processors like others have said.(I wish they did) Oh and also, there's no such thing as "future proof" :P. For what we know 1366 could be replaced in a year or so and AMD tries to keep there stuff backwards compatible, but a very slim amount of people actually just upgrade processors. New boards get stuff added on them making it compelling to buy a new version.

Chilly

Nah? You gotta add more information than just say "Nah."

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ChrisB17

Both are good. Just get what you can afford. On a side note you asked what a good motherboard is. I'd suggest the Asus M4A79-T deluxe. Which BTW I am selling one. But its just a good solid board for Am3.

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wickedout

Funny. Both the i5/i7 are great CPU's! The Phenom II x4 965 is good but nothing like the i5/i7. I've owned both.

My i5 beat my old PII X4 940 BE in every benchmark I did.

So the i5 rocks and gets the job done!!

dir_d

Benchmarks ya..but real world whats 10 seconds compare to cost...You need to think of those factors also. I will easily give up some time and maybe FPS to save some money...

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godsgift2dagame

Gotta love the AMD/Intel warfare going on in every CPU related thread.

If you can afford it, i5/7

If just gaming, save money with AM3

exad

I just finished reading as much as I could because I was wondering if I should go AM3 or i5 or i7 and in the end, real world performance, you'll probably be happier knowing you saved money going with an AM3 build that may not beat an i7 but will come close in every day tasks.

I am not a fanboy of either AMD or Intel, I would use either one depending on price/performance ratio. If you just want to benchmark all day, go intel, if you actually plan on using your computer, either one will do the job but AMD will be cheaper and come pretty close to intel.

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NrGx

I don't think Intel is much more expensive than AMD to be honest. Furthermore, once overclocked, the difference really is night and day. Almost no AMD processor (except extreme cooled ones) will keep up with my Q9550 and that's saying something considering it took me 20 minutes to overclock.

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