I am stuck.

[noorerino]

hello and happy new year,

For new year, my motherboard decided to die on me.
I had a msi nf750a-g55 mobo which had am3 socket.

Right now i am stuck with an amd phenom II 965.

What should I do at this point? Haswell is coming this april and i am thinking of going with intel as am3+ cpus dont interest me as of now.
Although, i just read articles on Steamroller... is it going to be equal or better than the 3570k for gaming? Is it going to be a cpu or apu? If it's a cpu, do you think it's worth buying an am3+ mobo and use my PII 965 until Steamroller gets out?

what should I do.....

thank you for your kind reponse

 

[computernewb]

the phenom ii x4 965 is still a very capable cpu. i would just buy a cheap motherboard for the meantime and wait for haswell.

amd also claimed that the bulldozer was going to crush sandybridge but that didnt work out too well only time will tell on the steamroller.