amitash
Intel OCer
Now I am quite convinced 4 core i7 but as I heard that intel is launching westmere in nxt yr so why not get that and stay atleast future ready...?
Get core i7 now, westmere supports core i7 mobos...just buy one later if you want too (although i doubt it will be a bottleneck)
I read a benchmark review of phenom 2 940 and intel core i7... They reviewed both proccys with same config and it says that these 2 proccys r quite similar in many tests and in some tests phenom 2 beated core i7 and they were shoked 2 c that and told in conclusion that phenom 2 is better in this price than in core i7s price as in performance and pricing...!
LOL, no in ANY multithreaded benchmark, nothing comes close to i7.....As for the tests where the phenom 2 beat the i7, it was purely because these are out-dated tests which show only single core performance, and due to higher clock speed of p2 940, it appears to beat the i7.....As for pricing, the procys are only 3k apart in price, but the cost for a core i7 setup is alot more than p2 940, but i believe that the 8 cores on the i7 + more clock to clock perf + future ready + easy OCability makes the i7 worth it...Its in a whole different league and amd has NO answer to it.
See this for a comparison: *www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119-5.html