Phenom II X4 or I7 for 300 more?

[alcattle]

make sure you get the CPU and MB to match.
any i5 and the i7-8xx use the p55 chipsets and use double channel RAM
the i7-9xx use the x58 chipset and use triple channel RAM

I would go for the AMD deal. If it does not work out, you end up with half the parts for an Intel system at a good price.

[Elgert]

I don't know about the CPU's - but I would not build a new multiboxing pc with only 4gb ram, and without a SSD.

[3box]

That's a very interesting point Sam. I think you and alcattle were talking about that as well in another thread too. Makes perfect sense.

I see the Intel 40gb ssd everyone likes is $99 at Bestbuy, will have to snag one. And get another 4gb for the 1st system if I go that route.

New sales come out tomorrow @ Fry's, want to see if they have a juicy cpu/mb combo first before making a decision.

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice everyone, really appreciate it

[alcattle]

Nothing is wrong with Intel SSDs but that one is not the same as their first one that blew everyone away. different models.
The original one (or close to it) Intel SLC goes for $377 (32 Gig)

[DLoweinc]

I'm not saying that I "lag through dalaran". 30FPS at the lowest isn't an issue, ever.

Just wanted to let you know that it will drop from the texture loading but just because it drops to 30fps it doesn't cause any issues.

Sharing my experience with an SSD and my video card / CPU / RAM setup.