Which cpu should I get between these two?

AMD Athlon II X4 would be better than any Pentium. Pentiums suck really, really ,really bad.

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Am3 isn't dead, not by a long shot, chalk up another vote for the 640.
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AM3 is not a dead socket, it is still being used by just about every AMD user. AM3+ will be out soon, so it will not be used as often, but for people who do not have the money for the new BD will still use it.

Okay, what is Llano though? I have never heard of it. What socket does it run on???? AM3 is still not dead, PLENTY of people use it. LGA775 is dead. p55, p67, h55, h67, and AM3 are still used all over the place.

Is Llano part of Bulldozer? If so, it hasn't even come out yet.

Okay, so Llano isn't even out yet, now is it? So AM3 is not dead yet.

Oh, okay I see. But didn't the Phenom II X4 975 B.E. just arrive?

The X4 doesn't compete with sandy-bridge, that is true, but it does compete with the i5s. The Phenom II X4 series competes with the i5. Yes, it loses, but it will eat the core i3s for breakfast due to the core i3's lack of REAL cores. HT is a nice addition to the Intel line-up, but it doesn't perform like a true quad. So, the X4 is in between the i3 and i5. The Phenom II X6 1100t normally beats the Core i7 860 by a few FPS though. Sandy bridge is great tech though, I can't argue with that. I want to see how BD compares to SB. I am very sad to see that BD will be based on K10 tech though. AMD just won't let go of Phenom; they need to actually make big performance strides instead of baby-steps.

Normally the X4 series can OC to 4Ghz pretty well. I am not saying the i3 is a bad chip in any way, just in later games and programs you will need more cores. I would grab a Phenom II X4 in a heart-beat as long as it is a B.E. CPU, which is not worth buying if it is not a B.E. For the price of the i3, I think that it is not worth it. I am going to play some COD:bo zombies now, so I will reply later.  

Completely agree, the latest AMD BE chips can get to 4.0GHz+ very easily on air.

It took about 20 minutes for me to get my 1090T to 4.0GHz and it's been stable 24/7 since doing it several months ago.

An four cores at 4.0GHz will be a lot better than 2 cores at 4.4GHz.

If IPC means speed, (lol, I don't really know) then yes, but in later games, a quad will treat you better.

Yes, although you pay 1/3 the price for the top end AMD six core than for the top end Intel six core, which makes AMD better IMO.

Thank you.

Hmmmm.... I still think the AMD is better. You could buy 3 AMD CPUs with the money you put into a Intel CPU.

Okay, I see what you mean now. For the average user, AMD is better. About .05% of the world actually NEED a Intel 990X.

I hope that you girls realize that:

1) The OP was spending around $100 for his CPU, and most likely could not care less about IPC;

2) AM3 is far from dead -- but one Hell of a lot further from dead than s775;



3) "The quicker the job is done the more you make" --- LOL, what?



4) AM3 CPUs have both a DDR2 & DDR3 memory controller, and for the most part are supported not only by all AM3 motherboards, but the over-whelming majority of AM2+ motherboards; and

5) The OP has not returned to engage in this frivolity!

IPC is what makes a CPU fast. I forgot what it was, but I think I remember now, an AMD 2Ghz CPU is equal to a intel 1.5Ghz CPU, which means if you have a low IPC, your CPU will run slow. I would think he wants a fast CPU, right?????? Although Pentium sucks and the AMD will be faster anyway.

Look, when you do editing, and highly threaded thing like that, the two extra cores come in handy. Yeah, but why would you compare sandy bridge to Phenom II???????? Is that really fair??? You compare Phenom II to older core 'i' series and BD to SD. So don't tell me what to compare and what not to compare. I compared it to the other six core competitors. For 1/3 the price, it's not a bad deal. Yo don't normally buy a x6 to play games, quad cores do that. Comparing it a to a 2500k for gaming is not very fair We will see the real SB competition when BD comes out.

DARN YOU! NOOOO! But still, why are you comparing Sandy Bridge to Phenom II????? Compare old series core 'i' to Phenom II.

No one that buys a 1100T or 1090T keeps it at stock.. it's a black edition. I wonder what a stock 2500k would look like against a 4.0GHz+ AMD 6 core.

For the price difference, AMD is much better in my opinion.

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