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Originally Posted by Geeksire  AMD is pretty cheap while Intel is pretty off the charts with price, and it seems I got the Quad-Core for a good price | If intel is off the charts with price, they are also off the charts with performance. Granted the amd you picked is probably one of the cheapest quads to be found, but as the saying goes, there is a reason it is cheap. An intel dual core will out perform that amd in most cases (except maybe for programs writen to use multi-core), and if gaming is the goal, then quad isn't going to make such a huge leap.
This motherboard (Gigabyte EP45 UD3L) and this cpu (E7400) will give a good boost in games over the amd ($214 plus shipping).
The other thing is that you haven't mentioned case, psu, optical and hard drives, or memory, as well as overall budget. I noticed you had picked a micro board, I wouldn't recommend micro specifically unless you have a particular to fit in a small space.
Oh, and the 260 will slap the pants off the 4670.
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Last edited by thephilosophizer : April 3rd, 2009 at 09:28 PM.
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