Witch is a bigger bang for my buck?

the phenom is much much better bang for your buck since its much cheaper but offers better performance than the FX8150.

Alright thanks and is there any other cards i should look at for around $170 i was going to get the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
but not sure if there is anything better for around the same price

this one beats that card up http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... not badly or by allot though lol

I say get the 6870. NVidia ain't that great with power draw on equivalent cards.

Depends on your current psu if it can work it's same price why not as for you bills go haha it's not a 480 not going to cost much to run it

The 965 would give you better gaming than the FX ...but a hardcore gamer would be getting an i5 because its better than both of those.

Source 1 -- http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/01/27/ms...


Source 2 -- http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-geforce-gtx-560-twin-...


Source 3 -- http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_560_Twin_Fro...

Get a 7850 if you can. Its one of the best cards for the price right now in that segment.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

+1 if you can afford it if not get the 560 it's a bit better than 6870 not much though so if you can get 6870 for less go for it