Fx-4100 vs phenom II x4?

Go for the Phenom. Its is far, far better than the FX4100.

The Phenom is a lot better value for money and beats the FX4100 in every single benchmark. Phenom is has legitimate cores whereas the FX line has integer cores  

Agreed, Phenom all the way!

The Phenom will perform better in most scenarios (my brother and I both personally use an X4 955 paired with a 560 Ti and 6870 respectively).

If you can get your 965 to 4GHz you are laughing, it will stomp the 4100 every day of the week,

@Mocchan, post a thread in W/c section when you are ready mate  
 
Moto

Will do!    

Thanks for the replies guys, guys, now since everyones agreed on the same thing i can't really pick a best answer, so one more quick one.
The phenom 965 is obviously a great cpu and aged well, but that doesn't change the fact that its still old, so would it be worth to invest in the I5-2500k/2600k if im on a budget build?

Yup, if you can afford the Intel get that, but the Deneb chip is AMD's best offering
Moto

If i was buying today i'd buy the 4100 only because it can do 4.8Ghz+. The Phenom II should top out around 4Ghz

4.2/4.3GHz is about the most normally although mine has 4.5GHz as shown above but thats not normal for a PII
and really anything over 4GHz with four real cores isn't going to struggle gaming at the moment, its Epeen more than a need, unless you are feeding three graphics cards on six/twelve screens then 4GHz is plenty for most folks use,
remember the 4100 isn't a true quadcore chip
Moto

To add onto this, I'm quite happy with the results I'm getting with my 3.8Ghz PII X4 955   Upgrading is tempting but why would I upgrade if I'm getting happy results?  

With water cooling it'll do that speed but for most people with a hyper 212+ 4Ghz will be the limit.

Best answer selected by acciunt.

thanks everyone! so im gonna save up a little bit more and get myself an i5, wish me luck!

Good luck and have fun!