I need some quick advice regarding CPU's.

[Troll2k]

I have seen many online retailers selling open box items.I assume that they are opened returned items.Which leads me to believe that they take back opened boxes.

However I am not familiar with your particular retailer and I would wait for a reply before proceeding.I would be tempted to bite the bullet and actually call them.

[danjama]

Originally Posted by Troll2k

I have seen many online retailers selling open box items.I assume that they are opened returned items.Which leads me to believe that they take back opened boxes.

However I am not familiar with your particular retailer and I would wait for a reply before proceeding.I would be tempted to bite the bullet and actually call them.

Well that sounds promising. I tried calling, but they're offices had closed half an hour before. Suppose i'll know by morning.

[MaxVelo]

I don't have any problems with my AMD Cpu. In fact, I'm very happy with it.
Had no problems with it until now and I oc'ed it on day 1. Running stable since then at 3.8 GHz.

[Wolf_Rider]

doubt it very much

[jimbop]

Go for the i5 2500k if you can get it if (and only if) you are going to overclock it. The setup in my sig is working really well for CoD and there is little difference in gaming performance between the i5 and i7.

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by danjama

I recently ordered this:

http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-am...5.html?q=1090t

However, after doing a lot of reading on the subject, I'm starting to feel like i might of made a mistake. I have now realised that for about the same amount, I could have bought an i5 2500k, Mobo and RAM.

I am on a deadline - only a day or two to return if I want to. Would it be wise to return the bundle and opt for the 2500k build instead? I am on a budget, hence the reason I went for the 1090t bundle, which appeared attractive at first. I started having doubts after reading this review here:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...lack-edition/4

What do you all think? Should I click the magic blue Returns button, and go for the 2500k? Or have i made the right choice?

Go for the i5, AMD cpu is not worth it until bulldozer.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Been using AMD quite a while, had Intel's i7 before and can say that my gaming experience has not changed to worse or better. I get very good performance in any game I play with my current rig, so saying AMD is not worth it is a bit annoying.

Will go for the Bulldozer when it comes out as Intel simply is too expensive here. I want to buy top of the line, not a stripped version thus Intel is out of question with the price tags above 1000€ compared to AMD considerably less yet offering great performance in games and applications I use.

Intel is good, no doubt. Been using it too a lot in past, up to the i7 + X58 chipset. Now time for AMD for a while