Which should i buy? Phenom or Kuma

Im building a new pc and was wondering which was better:

AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103244

or

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103300

They are both within a reasonable price range so dont count the price in your evaluations, which one do you think preforms better?

I know very little about processors and their speeds that is why i ask.

The phenom is quad core but at a lower speed, and the kuma is dual core but at a higher clock.

Im just not sure and would really appreciate some help.

I intend to play some games on this computer.

The new Phenom2 2 cores are supposed to be released June 2nd The Phenom2 X2 550 and 250. No benchmarks are out yet, but it may be worth your while to wait a week and see how they look, what they sell for and how they perform.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/c [...] ii-x2.html

To answer the original question, for gaming i'd be inclined to go with the Kuma.

They're supposed to be launched, but i've seen little about them elsewhere.

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-athlon-ii-x2.html

Preview of the 45nm Duals since no one seems to have seen one yet.

3.1Ghz II X2 550 / 3.0Ghz X2 250 / 2.8Ghz E7400

Either get a Ph II 720BE or wait for the new Ph II's coming out.

Yea just saw that a little bit ago. Not a bad deal.

depends on the board. Some 690g's will still run the newer CPU's. What board do you have?