Quote Originally Posted by jstanthr View Post
in my opinion the i7 would perform better than the amd x6. i have tried them both with keyclone and 5 clients. the overlap from running the i7 hyperthreaded as 0-2,1-3,4-6,5-7,6-7 felt more responsive than just giving the x6 1 client per core with no hyperthreading. i also noticed an average of around 10-15fps better on the intel as well, i think that is mostly due to the x58 having more pci-e lanes than the 890fx of the amd. i tested the i7 with 6gb and the amd x6 with 8gb. used the same gfx in both (2x gtx280's in sli driving 2 displays) if you have any other questions feel free to msg me or email me at jdfelosi@live.com
Hmmm, interesting feedback there thank you, but I think I have settled on the build and was just about to post the thread about it for feedback