I missed something somewhere. Why are you paying all that cash for a AMD system? For $10 more you could have a i5 2500K, AMD's are great for a budget to mid range PC but your just spending more money for less performance.
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Its $40 more than the X4 965 BE, and yet loses to it or beats it by <1fps in gaming benches[1090T six core] can match, if not exceed, the quad core and 1100T
From what I've seen the i5 2500k beats every top AMD processor by around 10fps in games, and can go to 3.7-4.0GHz on stock cooling.All this Intel stuff won't really be noticeable in game now will it?
Its $40 more than the X4 965 BE, and yet loses to it or beats it by <1fps in gaming benches
AnandTech 1090T versus 965 BE.
From what I've seen the i5 2500k beats every top AMD processor by around 10fps in games, and can go to 3.7-4.0GHz on stock cooling.
But you seem oddly opposed to going Intel even though its only $10 more.
And you can wait to upgrade to Ivy Bridge just as easily as you can wait to upgrade to Bulldozer.