Bulldozer vz. Sandy Bridge

[lonerider]

Dash, I have 5 computers at home, all varying degrees of ePeen-ness. Between my wifes, three sons, and my Skynet Killer capable, I believe I have enough experience with the different hardware to say, "stick with Intel".

I'm sure you have built enough computers to have a good sense of what's good and what's not when it comes to hardware. In my case, I have owned and operated a small computer shop for 6 years (built HUNDREDs of custom/whitebox computers, upgraded/rebuilt HUNDREDS of branded ones), worked in a couple of companies as tech support specialist and network admin for over 8 years, etc (not going to post my full resume here, lol). I'd say my experience in the field of PC hardware would be enough to have led me to be brand-neutral (Intel vs. AMD). I've witnessed both had ups and downs for the past 2 decades... have to admit though Intel has the edge right now when it comes to overall performance.

But we are talking about a very specific application here, multiboxing. Running one instance of the WoW client per static core would be something I'm very curious to see... in one particular scenario, (at stock speeds) would an Intel i5-2500K running 8 WoW clients (2 clients per static core) outperform an AMD FX-8150 running 8 WoW clients (1 client per static core)? Cuz I could get an 8150+SLI motherboard at roughly $25 more than an i5-2500K+SLI motherboard combo. Which do you think would have the edge in the performance-per-dollar ratio?