| Sharky54 said: I also want something that will last me a while. My laptop now has a dual core. Why keep with what I have now? Why not move onto a quad core and have that last much longer? I see it as being cheaper in the long run. Hopefully in the next few months the prices on th I7 core will go down and I will be able to get one cheap. :] |
Yes; the Phenom and Core i7 are both quad-core. Core i7 is faster; Phenom is cheaper and will do for most situations.
I can tell you for certain that Core i7 prices will NOT come down. It is an enthusiast-only part and the mainstream (i.e. sub-$266 and sub-$200 motherboards) parts are coming October to December branded Core i5, and they will be much slower than the top-end as they have dual-channel memory and less cache. Also, if you buy Core i7 then future CPU upgrades will cost at least $266 because Intel's enthusiast (>$266) LGA1366 socket is incompatible with their mainstream LGA1160 socket.
But if you're willing to pay the price and keep on paying in the future, then I'm not going to pretend AMD is faster. Core i7 has absolute dominance.
