Xen on 10 June 2011
| Slimebeast said: I'd pick an AMD CPU but as you are an Israeli you probably will chose the Intel CPU anyway since Israelis are co-developing it. Anyways, 450W is enuff. |
I was gonna go for the Athlon against the i3 540 until it struck me...
"holy crap, there are Sandy Bridge CPU's now!"
This i3 is simply better than the Athlon 645 - and better than the Phenom 955 that was my second option. And if it ever proves to not be enough (doubtful!), I can easily get an i5 to succeed it. The next gen Ivy Bridge is also reported to be compatible with LGA 1155, so I only win with Intel here. Plus, the mobo is far better and only $20 more expensive. Being Israeli has pretty much nothing to do with it... since I went for an Athlon 64x2 back when I had to choose between it and the Core 2 Duo. It was simply an awesome CPU.
Bring on Bulldozer, AMD ;)
