New build PII955- 720 or I7 920

[topjimmy]

Greetings all,

I am putting together a new build. For use, I game, and a lot of times I play a mmorpg, with another instance running on VMware WS 6.5.

What do you think would be better? All I need is Mem, MB, Proc. I have everything else.

Thanks

JimC

 

[topjimmy]

As an addendum, I can pick up the i7 920 for $215 otd at micro center.

Later
JimC

 

[jandlecack]

The i7 of course.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

VM ware? I've heard it's best with a strong CPU

 

[imported_Scoop]

I would build around the Core i7 920 right now. No question.

 

[topjimmy]

That's what I though too. Don't get me wrong I'm a bit of an AMD fan. I have built a ton of systems with great success on the AMD platform. I just don't think for $50 less the i7 is a bad way to go.

So now... What MB and Mem would you all pick? I'm looking at the Asrock that was just reviewed.

Later
JimC