Need help with intel or AMD

How much do you like to overlock?

Not a lot but I will a little.

What is the usage of your PC... Or what do you need 12+ GB of RAM?

I don't need 12GB. I do video editing and play games.

Well... video editing (special HD) can benefit from more RAM, not really so for gaming   With that said, the Intel i7 950 is the better option across the board at equal prices... IMO The i7 950 out performs it pretty much across the board: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/146?vs=100

+1 on the core i7-950 /w asus sabertooth

i7-950 ...

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2...

Thanks that's the way I was leaning.

I actually had just about the same setup ...

ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme
1090T
16GB (4x4gb) g skill 12800CL9D


And I changed it to an i7-980X and Asus Rampage III Extreme. The i7-980X blew away the AMD. Rendering finished 2x faster.

Here are some lessons learned:

1. When rendering video with the AMD, the AMD will run at just about 100% leaving nothing to any other process. Opening another window or doing anything else while the rendering is going on will be soooo slow.
2. When rendering video with the Intel i7, it runs at 90% leaving you 10% to do other things, like open other widows. BTW, my Mac Pro with two 6c Xeons render video using only 25% processing power - incredible.
3. The AMD 1090T is 6c and just 6 computing threads.
4. The i7 950 is 4c and 8 computing threads! This is because it has hyper threading. When you go to Task Manager, you'll see 8 threads running! All 8 threads help during rendering.
5. Not much different in price from 1090T and i7-950. The prices on the i7 950 are very good these days. Excellent value.
6. The onboard RAID controller on the Crosshair IV Extreme sucks so bad, I'm trying to figure out what to do with this now. I threw this mobo and processor into a file server that I'm now regretting - see my other threads about this issue.
7. The asus sabertooth is a really good mobo. I've built 4 computers with that mobo and no issues so far. Plus, I believe the warranty is something like 5 years on it.
8. The heatsink that comes with the 1090T sucks. It used to scream when rendering. I thought I was in a server room or something.
9. The stock heatsink on the i7-950 is really good. It does a good job keeping it cool and it's quiet. You don't need an after market one.

Anyhow, if you still want the AMD route, please buy my mobo and processor. I'll sell you half price! I'll never do AMD again.

I hope this info helps.

I would advise to completely hold off of your current planned build choices because Intel next month (January 2011) will be releasing their new Sandy Bridge CPU's some of which are as or more potent than the 6 core Core i7-980X monster especially the Core i7-2600K which will sell for a little over $300.

Yes you could buy now but if you wait a month you will get a much more powerful system.
Don't be desperate with your money.

hold off for another intel till jan '11, just don't go amd route!

Just saw the new Sabertooth p67. I will wait and see how much.
Thanks again,
Steve

I had thought earlier that the Sandy Bridge i7-2600K would rate higher than even the i7-980X at stocks speeds.Perhaps in some areas at stock speeds.It is known that it should be able to oc better.
Anyway here is at least one benchmark of it so far.
Pretty impressive for a $317 CPU
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Co...

AMD could have success with their upcoming Bulldozer in a few months (perhaps 6 or 7 months) from now but so far it's an unknown (could be a flop,could be O.K. or could be a world beater). Yes just wait and see for now till perhaps the end of January till you know for sure (multiple reviews,benchmarks,customer satisfaction etc).