CPU - Phenom 955 or C2D E8400

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103674

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115037

price difference is negligible to me. I game A LOT. The benchmarks here showed the Phenom as being much much more powerful, but want to check with the community first =)

thanks!

not that hard Quad over dual. ANd since the bench says it more powerful why consider a dual core for $10 cheaper? but yea go with the phenom, or if you want the i5 is good too.

Foxconn is a brand of mobo.

Stay way from that and you'll be fine.

look just do what i did ........... p2 x4 955, later u can overclock it to 3.7-4.0ghz

you do realize most major vendors use parts from foxconn right? the only motherboard brand that does not is EVGA and i heard even then its 50/50. stay away from i5 period until they get this crap sorted out.

If u read the foxconn debacle more carefully, it should be clear that foxconn is responsible for making the faulty 1156 sockets which were used by major Brands like MSi, Gigabyte , Asus...

So as werxen said, "stay away from i5 period until they get this crap sorted out"

@ llmercll

Phenom II's are a good bet since the price cuts.