I am wondering if the i3-6100 would be better than the Phenom II X4 965, the 965 is pretty old and from what I see the i3-6100 is better in every way besides being a 2 core cpu vs the 965 being 4 core. I could just upgrade to a newer AMD cpu but I will be getting a new motherboard anyways (my current motherboard is wonky). I've been wanting make the switch to Intel for awhile now and I could upgrade to an i5/i7 in a few months.