Advice please

[Melanie]

ok i would love this to be short and sweet but im at wits end trying to figure this out ...

i have a amd 965 be ... is it worte upgradeing to a intell 2600k im hearing alot of stuff thats its MAJOR upgrade.. or should i wait to bulldozer to come out ..ive allways been a amd fan boy but sounds like its timeot change ...o i only play games nothing else....

i would only have to buy the motherboard and cpu i have al lthe other stuff from my amd set up which i will list below ...

i have a amd 965 be
asus maximum board
16 gig xms 1600 memory
2x60 gig vortex ssd hard drives running raid
1 geforce bfx 480 with another one on the shelf for sli/crossfire
950 earth watts power supply

again just a advie here should i up or just hold tight ..im running fine now but if i can get finer would be nice ... thanks in advance for any advice....

 

[dma0991]

Although SB does offer a lot of performance compared to AMD's current offerings, without the appropriate use or software you might not even notice any difference. It is not as apparent of a difference like going from a HDD to a SSD. It is a lot more cheaper to get BD as you only need to change the CPU but to go SB now you would need to spend more as you need to change the CPU and the motherboard.

Since you already have most of the parts of an AMD build, you could wait for another 2 months to get BD. Not too sure whether your motherboards supports it because the name that you gave is too brief. Check the link below to see if your motherboard supports BD with a BIOS update.

http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/AM3_PLUS_Ready/

 

[Necc]

Your CPU is pretty fast, I'd wait for the BD, check benchmarks then decide if you wanna jump to intel's bandwagon.

 

[Melanie]

ok heres more info on the board i have ...but with u saying BD coming in a couple months i would have to upgrade my board eighter way .. again would gettinga new intell board andthe 2600k vs a new board now useing my 965be and buying a BD when it comes out be the better option

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_III_Formula/

ive checked the benchmarks and done alot of reading just looking for more advice is all ...

 

[dma0991]

ok heres more info on the board i have ...but with u saying BD coming in a couple months i would have to upgrade my board eighter way .. again would gettinga new intell board andthe 2600k vs a new board now useing my 965be and buying a BD when it comes out be the better option

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/Crosshair_III_Formula/

ive checked the benchmarks and done alot of reading just looking for more advice is all ...

I am not really sure as to whether there will be a BIOS update for your motherboard yet because your motherboard doesn't seem to be listed but who knows a few months after Asus might release a BIOS update for your to reuse your current motherboard.

Your CPU is adequate for most consumer level applications and I don't think it is necessary to upgrade it in a hurry. In 2 months time I think you can decide better as BD will come out and we will see if it is any good. If it is good you can go with BD, if it is not as good as expected then you can go with SB which by then should be cheaper than what you are going to pay now as they will reduce the price to compete with BD.

 

[Maximilian]

Leave it, wait for bulldozer at the very least.

 

[Vette73]

Not only is BD coming but so is intels Z68 chipset.

So wait for both of those and reviews.