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I'm having trouble deciding whether to go AMD or Intel with my next build, but I've narrowed it down to these motherboards/cpu combos.

Intel route:
Gigabyte DS3 -$120
E4300 - $120
Total: $240

AMD route:
EVGA nForce 590 sli - $100
X2 3600+ Brisbane - $65
Total: $165

I plan on OC'ing to ~2.6 Ghz on both, so my question is which socket will last me longer? Will I be able to upgrade my processor to a quad core later on if I went with the AMD cpu? I know that if I went with the DS3 I would be able to put something like a Q6600 in it later, but I haven't heard any news about socket AM2 getting a quad core processor. The $75 price difference is nice, but I don't want to buy something that doesn't have a future.

One more question, if I went with the AMD route and got the sli board, would I be able to use ATI cards in crossfire instead of Nvidia cards in sli?

Thanks

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Yes, you will be able to upgrade the AM2 motherboard to a quad core. There are quad-cores available now for 775, but it is unclear/unlikely that the future 45nm Penryn will be available for current 775 motherboards (oddly, both may hit the retail chain about about the same time...).

The Intel system will perform better. The AMD system is a good bit cheaper. Both will do whatever you throw at them rather easily with good components elsewhere.

You better OC them higher than that, they can both do much more, often on stock volts.

Reply to ajfink

Overclocking? Intel all the way.

The E4300 on the stock cooler can be OC'd to E6600 or even X6800 speeds.

Reply to InteliotInside

Thanks for the confirmation of a quad core for AM2 ajfink.

I'm not concerned about current processor performance. Even though I know the e4300 wins easily, the CPUs are just placeholders for right now. Around Christmas I'll pick up a quad core for whichever socket I choose to go with.

Reply to yellowjacket

Get a cheaper non SLI board. You don't look like someone who buys top highest end. SLI/Crossfire is only worth it if you want the best then! Generally the next card in 6 months will beat whatever old card you have in crossfire/sli. Save money and forget it IMO. Not to mention with games most aren't written for it yet.

Reply to will14

I'd get the Intel. AMD's K10 is supposedly going to work in AM2 boards when/if ever it comes out but they haven't shown how it performs so that's anyone's guess. But it's said that the Q6600 drops to a pleasant $266 in Q3.

edit: Also, as has been said the e4300 can be quicker than any chip AMD currently makes, not to mention the 3600+ Brisbane.

Reply to jeff_2087

I do not expect to see retailers having stock until 08... other than the strays

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I do not expect to see retailers having stock until 08... other than the strays

I expect to see some hit "shelves" by late fall / winter, assuming AMD can produce enough of them to fill their server orders.

Reply to ajfink

so you expect a massive paper launch?

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so you expect a massive paper launch?

Not really. Retail supply will be limited for a while, no doubt, they will be available in some extent. AMD will take a lot of heat for low availability, of course, but that's the story of their product launches. This is purely speculation, that's just what I think. Only time will tell, though. It could be ugly.

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If you like the *likelyhood* of having *much* better performance in the future on the same motherboard (and same OEM Windows licence -- 1 per motherboard required), then it's definitely AM2. At the worst in 2008 you are about the same as the Intel, at the best, far better.

that's an easy choice for me, a natural risk taker, especially when the odds are so favorable.

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At the worst in 2008 you are about the same as the Intel, at the best, far better.

Not really... at the worst in 2008 you're still on K8 performance. AMD hasn't proven that K10 is even better than K8 (although I assume it will be), not to mention better than Core 2 and matching Penryn.

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Unless you really want to SLI then I would get the biostar T-force 550 for the 3600+ config. Makes it cheaper and it matches up with the 3600+ really well. Outright performance the E4300 wins no doubt. Future upgrades are anyones guess. The new K10 chips are supposed to be compatible with current boards and the new 45nm chips from intel being compatible with current 775 boards is still an uncertainty. Intel and their history of changing chipsets like they do makes me skeptical that they will though.

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I will end up going with the 3600+ and the T-force 550. $140 for cpu/mobo is just too good a price to pass up.

Reply to yellowjacket

AMD haven't released any real specifics about K10 yet, have they? how certain are we that it will run on current AM2 boards?

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AMD haven't released any real specifics about K10 yet, have they? how certain are we that it will run on current AM2 boards?

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