Phenom II X4 or I7 for 300 more?

[3box]

I was reading some more threads, think I understand now why people recommend an I7 X58 platform...future expandability.

I am sort of leaning toward the Phenom because of the price. Do you think I'd make it through Dalaran d0z3rr with that 1st setup, or is that a place you don't wanna get caught in without an I7?

[DLoweinc]

i have an amd phenom II x6 (1055T) and it runs fine. my FPS may drop to 30 in dalaran (my main toon) on ultra settings. Of course I have an SSD and my video card is an ATI 4890 1GB.

the CPU isn't taxed too much for me.. most I see on any core is 25% utilization. (but they are usually all at around 15% with spikes to 25%)

btw I have 8GB RAM.