CalcProgrammer1
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Like I said, I'm not big on AMD chips so I don't know exactly how well a Phenom X4 compares to an i5. I know my i7 930 would beat a Phenom 2 X4 as well as an X6 on most gaming issues but the X4 is still a good CPU and is much more affordable on a low-budget build than an LGA1366 i7. I don't know about the LGA1156 platform other than it lacks some of the extras from 1366 (Hyper Threading, increased PCIe bandwidth, Triple-channel RAM, etc). I guess an i7 is an i7 on either platform but the memory controller and bus bandwidth limitations can affect it.