Need help picking a cpu

[cisco123]

Hello,

I can't seem to decide on my decision, I have a small budget, and my good friend said I can buy his motherboard, ram 8gb ddr2, and it comes with an intel q6600. But I'm thinking about getting and phenom II x4 965BK. Which is better, I like to play minecraft, sho gun 2 totalwar, and league of legends, and starcraft 2. My friends build even has the very good CPU cooler hyper 212. His total price for all is $95. And the phenom which I will be buying from microcenter for $89, and then getting 4gb of ram for and extra $20.

Please help in which one is better.

Thanks for the help

 

[cisco123]

And I know that my friend had it over clocked. I'm not a fan of over clocking my CPUs.

 

[abekl]

If the motherboard comes with an Intel cpu, then you CANNOT use and AMD cpu on it. The boards will not take an AMD processor.

 

[cisco123]

I Know that. Ok intel q6600 vs amd phenom II x4 965BK.

Thanks

 

[cisco123]

Two separate builds, the intel for $95 come with 8gb DDR 2 ram, and motherboard atx, and hyper212, and CPU intel q6600. Now the amd comes with matx motherboard and CPU for $89 plus then I have to get ram 4gb for $20 so amd build comes to $109.

Thanks

 

[cisco123]

The intel is used for a couple of years and has been overclocked, and not sure now old everything is, or how long it has been overclocked for, but the amd is brand new from microcenter.

I think I have so fear of buying the intel because it is older, plus it has been over clocked. So I want to hear what the experts think.

Thanks again, sorry for the long posts

 

[amuffin]

It's about 4-6 years old.

Phenom II on the other hand is about 2 years old.

 

[rdc85]

Go with the pII...

 

[wr6133]

Phenom not only is it newer but its better

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/53?vs=102

 

[cisco123]

Ok, but would the intel q6600 with a amd 7770 run empire total war or shogun on high with something's off and 1920 x 1080?

Thanks

 

[rdc85]

what gpu did u plan to pair with the pII ?

 

[cisco123]

Best answer selected by cisco123.