I am stuck trying to decide between these two CPU's---i7 920 or Amd P2 955. I know that intel has the best CPU's. But I also heard between these two the Amd for gaming purposes is better! I would like to build a new Gaming PC starting with either of these two CPU's. I have around $2000 budget for this build. I also would like to know if it would be better to run two 9800 GTX SLI or to buy one GTX 295. I would like to be able to learn how to overclock sometime, so I would like to have the capability with this build.
Below is what I am running right now! Is there anything I could salvage for my new build?
Tower--Ninja (478x260x540mm) ----This Tower only has two fans and seems to run very hot!!!ASUS Crosshair 941 pin motherboard (Nvidia chipset board) ---***not a Crosshair II***
AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core 5600+ 2.91 ghz
XfX Geforce 9800 GTX + 512 DDr3
ValueSelect---4 gb
372 gb harddrive
Rocketfish 550w power supply---not a very reliable PSU
Vista 32bit
This is a new build starting from scratch, with the exception that I have Mouse, Keyboard, speakers, 2 drives and Monitor.
Any opinions would be great.
Below is what I am running right now! Is there anything I could salvage for my new build?
Tower--Ninja (478x260x540mm) ----This Tower only has two fans and seems to run very hot!!!ASUS Crosshair 941 pin motherboard (Nvidia chipset board) ---***not a Crosshair II***
AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core 5600+ 2.91 ghz
XfX Geforce 9800 GTX + 512 DDr3
ValueSelect---4 gb
372 gb harddrive
Rocketfish 550w power supply---not a very reliable PSU
Vista 32bit
This is a new build starting from scratch, with the exception that I have Mouse, Keyboard, speakers, 2 drives and Monitor.
Any opinions would be great.