[Solved] Intel or amd cpu FOR GAMING

I've heard a lot of people saying i7 crashes freezes and has problems and they've told me to go with amd phenom. personally and overall i7 performs better but if it is a cpu im gonna have a problem with should i go with amd cause i've heard its a pretty fast chip and id be overclocking either one that i got

My choices would be between Intel:i7 920 or AMDhenom x4 965

It could be ambient temp related, as I know using the stock cooler on i7 with higher ambients, can be a no no

I'm pretty sure almost all the members at Tom's build their own PC's. The i7 is a great processor, but if you do not have nice heatsink and if your overclocked, that could probably cause a problem.

yeah he's a guy i usallly consult id be going with a high end air cooler for OCing possibly the prolimatech meg. temps in my room only reach about 80 max in summer since im upstairs right next to attic

yeah im probably gonna spend 1800-1900 bucks on my build im gonna be doing pure gaming and some movies

That's true.. both are excellent cpus, but i7 is a lot better, but in other hand i have amd 940 and overclocked to 3.4 ghz and i can compare speeds to not overclocked i7 940, i know it has 3.0 ghz anyway for amd and it price it is awesome.. still in ddr2..
like CJL said both are good..

i7 920... beats the 965 in every way hands down. =/ (except maybe some benches that rely on ghz speed while you're at stock clocks)With that budget you can get a nice system, just throw a nice heatsink on that i7 and OC it to 4ghz (1.34ghz increase!!!), then laugh at Phenom-II and C2Q, don't settle for second best when you can afford it.

Or wait a little bit for i5, those are sure to throw the market through a loop, your call in the end.

I havn't heard anything about i7 freezing tho they are a pretty hot chip ... so if an idiot put one in a cheap box with poor cooling then they get what they deserve.

If your spending the kind of money your suggesting then I recommend an i7920, a watercooling rig, get a 1Kw PSU and 6Gb of good ram - look for some specials on graphics card so you can get a couple under SLI or CF.

Look at the games you want to play and check the graphics reviews here which are pretty good - both ATI and NVidia have strengths on different games.

With i5 about to hit there will likely be a shakeup on the lower end of the i7 cpus - so it might pay to wait a few weeks.

Good luck !

If the CPU just "froze" I'm sure we'd know about it already. The media love to slam manufacturers for anything they can, and end user reports would have shown this more as well. I'll pick the heat option as well.