Yeah Umm I won't hide it lol I'm like a hardcore gamer I play Wow etc I was thinking of buying a new computer I was thinking mmm Intel or AMD? all my mates that play Wow told me to get AMD well I never tried AMD before so yeah I will need some good opinion from you pro's XD

Umm yeah this is what I think I will be getting tell me if its good or not thanks

AMD PHENOM AM2+ 9850 (2.5GHZ) 64-BIT QUAD-CORE CPU ($330)
MSI K9A2 Platinum this is the site : http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1332&maincat_no=1
MSI N9800GX2-M2D1G this is the site:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1402&maincat_no=130
I probably shove in 6-8gig ram =X
I dont know how much waltz will I need for the power supply
My fathers friend gave me a NZXT NEMESIS ELITE BLACK MIDI-TOWER CASE for my bday party it looks strange to me but I think it can handle the stuff I want >.<"
Yeah I'm will to spend atleast 2000-2500 bucks or more since my old comp is only a intel p4 XD

So yeah please tell me your suggestions

Other than WoW, what other games do you play? If you're not playing the latest and greatest games (Crysis, Assassin's Creed, etc) then you really don't need that kind of horse power.

I haven't checked prices recently, but I'm pretty sure you can get a comparable Intel Quad Core for less money. I'm at work, though, and I don't have time to check.

Chu Tran said:

My opinion is that if you are building a new system you should go with Intel. To my knowledge AMD has yet to produce a quad core that is as fast as Intel's slowest quad (Q6600) and they seem to have less overclocking headroom to boot. There really is no getting around it from a performance standpoint current gen Intel stuff is just superior to everything AMD has to offer.

Intel is the only way to go in recent history.

Right now, and for the next few quaters it is Intel that leads the roost.
The only rational for going AMD right now is if you have AMD and are just doing an incremental upgrade to your existing infrastructure.
Right now, all new infrastructure/systems should be Intel for the best bang or for the best bang for the buck.

Gerritt

I see thanks I guess I will go with intel XD

Mmmm I play world of conflict,call of duty 4, hell gate london, Race driver grid, uh cs source and warhammer and stuff lol

Do you have a budget in mind? Would you like it Quad core based or Dual core? And on what resolutions do you play.

Meats of Evil said:




Might as well go Quad

Removed due to my own stupidity.