Advice on new PC setup

[ic0n420]

Hey imo id go 5970 with amd phennom 2's 965 or higher there quad core less Watt with more output not to mention the relaiblity u get with AMD over intel and the phennoms cost way less then i7's and u got a whole range of boards to chose from cuze there amd3

[PotshotPolka]

Hey imo id go 5970 with amd phennom 2's 965 or higher there quad core less Watt with more output not to mention the relaiblity u get with AMD over intel and the phennoms cost way less then i7's and u got a whole range of boards to chose from cuze there amd3

 

 

Translating into English for the rest of us:

 

Hey, in my opinion I would select the Radeon HD 5970 for your GPU and an AMD Phenom II X4 965, since it uses less power and it is more reliable than any intel chip, as well as cheaper. The other advantage is that there are plenty of AMD 3 chipset motherboards to select from.

 

 

This is a baseless statement, minus the fact the Phenom II is cheaper. Every i7 chip is superior to the Phenom II X4 series in performance. It is more cost-effective, that's all though. Your statements reek of bias.

 

As far as the 5970 goes, no. It is currently the flagship card and thus overpriced. The performance gains for the increase in cost is simply not equitable when compared to even the two next fastest cards, the gtx 480 and HD 5870.

[b0red]

Get a fermi cards, they fucking rock.