Hi.
Considering the purchase of an AMD Phenom II X4 955 BlackEdition, Sok AM3, 3.2GHz, 8MB Total Cache, 125W, Retail which is on Scans Today Only page for £136.84 (sure it was £125 last night!) and thought I'd check here first to see what the more knowledgeable ones thought? Is this currently the best bang-for-buck quad-core cpu available?
Which after market cpu cooler(s) would you recommend for near silent operation and also with a view to "possibly" overclock at some stage in the future?
When are the Intel Core i5 cpu's due out? Will these wipe the floor with the AMD Phenom II X4's? Presumably they will set one back a fair amount more though?
Thanks.
Cheekster.


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the biggest draw for me to upgrade though is the power requirments side of things the newer i7's with there fanct DDR3 only mem controller and smaller fab process (in comparison to kentsfield) along with turbo mode makes my P45+Q6600 like a gas guzzler :/
Good thing that they are selling them much cheaper in the launch day promotion!! They probably would have to extend it indefinitely as only an idiot would be paying £135+ for a P55 based motherboard!!
