Which should i buy? Phenom or Kuma

[meclose]

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/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103244

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/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300

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.

 

[coolgod]

do not get the phenom, get the new ones.
A phenom ii 720 would be the best for your price range.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103649&Tpk=Phenom%20X3%20720

 

[dirtmountain]

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/cpu/display/phenom-athlon-ii-x2.html

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

 

[meclose]

Are they supposed to be released or is that just speculation?

 

[dirtmountain]

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

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

AMD has been hitting its release dates lately, so it looks like it. Id wait, they look nice

 

[loneninja]

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.

 

[WR2]

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

 

[WR2]

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

 

[meclose]

The Kuma has 2.7 vs the quad cores 2.3, i think higher clock is better.

 

[logainofhades]

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

 

[o1die]

Newegg already has the 550 dual core 80w for $109.99.

 

[logainofhades]

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

 

[gomi]

I have a 690G chipset so unfortunately it looks like I am stuck with the original Phenom or Kuma for an upgrade which is too bad.

 

[logainofhades]

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