When I built Kitsune and my pc's eons ago, I bought a decent motherboard (AM3 socket), but an OK CPU - assuming I would down the line upgrade the CPU to a better one. It seems I have a choice, either a 4-core or 6-core - but I'm not sure which is better: CandidateProcessorStepCoresFrequencyTurboCacheHTMultivCoreTDPCurrentAthlon II X2 245C322.9GHzN/A2 x 1024kB2.0 GHz14.50.85-1.4 V65 WCandidate 1Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionC343.4GHzN/A4 x 512KB L2, 6MB L32.0 GHz170.825-1.4 V125 WCandidate 2Phenom II X6 1045TE062.7GHz3.2GHz5 x 512KB L2, 6MB L32.0 GHz13.50.975-1.425 V95 WBoth are priced at $99.99 at a local store (which last I check was beating newegg's price). Which candidate is better for a gaming rig? Thanks. Darulian
the 965 is better if you dont have a good heatsink as well and plan to overclock them as far as you can. The 965 is faster than the 1045T at the same clock speed by 2-3% already, and if just running at stock speeds of each the quad core will do much better because it runs faster per core. Games wont benefit much yet from the 2 extra cores, that is still a couple years out.
