I'm looking into building an AMD system, I'll be mainly be playing games, all the general stuff.

Anyway, I'm interested in getting a 6-core cpu, would this be worth while? Are modern games optimized for six cores? Which is better for gaming - Quad Core or 6 Core?

all the same

if u have the money why not

Sweet, yeah - cause x6 core seemed too good to be true. I would have thought it wasn't optimized or may bottle neck something.

if just games why not go sandy bridge? you wont 'Need" the 6core and when you actually do yours will be shit,

Tight budget aye. Was thinking about it, but i only have $400 to get a new, CPU, Mobo, GPU and Ram.

Then save your money.

not overly had to save up the extra 1-200 u need to do sandy......

u can do sandy for $400

Intel Core i5 2400 $187.00
ASUS P8H61 PRO $119.00
Corsair CMP4GX3M2A1600C8 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 $85.00

Total: $391.00


he dosnt need all the bling and stuff from p67 if its just a basic game machine


Your 1gb 4870 will do fine until you can upgrade it to a 560-570 etc

If i were to get a sandy bridge, would it be worth while to get a 2500 rather than a 2400? If tis worth the $20 then sure, ill take it.

Cause atm all i see is a difference in 0.2GHz default clock and the turbo clock.