Processor choice help

[jhowell]

I am torn between the e8500 from intel or the AMD phe2 955. I will be using it for a gaming application with 8 gigs memory, still deciding mobo but it will be a higher quality, the 4870 1gig ati gpu, 500g 7200 drive.

I have been struggeling with this for some time, if you could please give me some opinions with an explanation of why you chose what you chose. I am not a big fan of overclocking, so more than likely these will sit on the board stock.

Thanks in advance

Jeremy

 

[Devastator_uk]

The PhenomII should beat the e8500 in most tasks and has twice the cores, which will be useful with some games.

 

[jhowell]

You are the man, thanks for the quick reply, i'll definatly go with the 955... As far as overclocking goes, do i run a risk of shortening the life span? This processor comes stock @ 3.2ghz and i know you can take it to 4.5+ but will i really gain anything? Most i'll do is run a game @ 2560x1024 i think it is, then run out to a 1080p tv with a tv tuner. Not sure if tht is more than the quad can handle but seems like a small task mostly delagated to the gpu.

Thanks again

Jeremy