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Originally Posted by danjama
Decisions, decisions! The i5 2500k really is appealing, but it would be a pain to the wallet - hmmm.
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Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache=$225
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AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3=$140
THE 2500 is a great chip but if you buy one of the boards i have posted you will have more headroom...if you just look the system in my sig and replaced the MB with the one i posted you would be at about $550 AND be able to do some major upgrades in a year
...as my system sits now i will be able to add another 5750 and an X6 in about 6-8 months for around $150-75 and get another year+ out of it .
You can only "future proof" so much but a GOOD MB is key to this.
S!