Building My Own PC

[Furunculus]

Hmm. Seems I can get a Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, 3.4Ghz, Quad Core for less than the i5-650 3.2 Dual Core. Anybody care to explain why the epic price disparity?

there is no point going for an AMD Phenom quad when you can get a Phenom hex-core with better thermals, better performance, and only slightly higher cost (when the 1045T comes out).

Really? I thought the 400 series from nvidia was below the ATI equivilent.

At the high end yes, when I built mine a month or so ago it made more sense to get a 5870 2GB then to get a 480GTX, and the midrange 5770 was good value too, but now Nvidia has come back with the midrange 460 which is only slightly more expensive but a lot more powerful.