I really need Help to Choose

FMoura

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Hi Guys, I live in Brazil, so here its hard to spend my money every year in a new Computer, so I dont know what I should buy.
Im a gamer and I really need help of guys that know everything about computers I have 1.8k U$ to spande.

CPU INTEL CORE I7 -920 QUAD CORE 2.66GHZ 8MB INTEL ???
CPU AMD AM3 PHENOM II X4 965 3.4 8MB ???


Im thinking in buy this if I choose Intel:
MB I7 S1156 ASUS MAXIMUS III FORMULA SOM/GBLAN/SA
3x MEM DDR3 2GB 1800MHZ PC3-14400 OCZ GOLD
VGA PCIEXP.2GB DDR5 HD 5970 2x256BIT ATI TV/DUAL
Power Supply ATX P4 CORSAIR 850WATTS-REAL PS/2 TX SERIES
GRAV. DVD PIONEER DVR-217D 20X DVD+RW BLACK- SATA
2x HD SATA 1.5 TB SEAGATE 32MB 7200


So all this is Correct? What CPU is better?
Thanks all for help.
 

masterasia

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That ASUS Maximus III won't fit an i7 920 because the i7 920 is socket 1366. Maximus III is socket 1156. You'll need an i5 750 or i7 860. If you choose that motherboard, you'll also not need triple channel ram. That motherboard takes dual channel ram.