im highly considering gutting my computer and updating to the latest motherboard, processor, graphics..

anyway here are my major questions:

1. which is better for gamming AMD or INTEL cpus?
2. I current use a nvida gforce 8400 gt.. and love it however im wondering who has the best gamming graphics card?
3. for gamming PURPOSES which brand of MOTHER board would you think is the best ( im aware that it depends on your cpu and vise virsus im just curious it gives me a PLACE to start)

any help/comments are appreciated thanks.Intel
nVidia
ASUS


Just my opinion THOUGH...OTHERS i'm sure will chime in...

Best of Luck on the new build.AMD CPU
nVidia Graphics
ASUS AM3 Motherboard with DDR3

This is my preference1. AMD
2. AMD
3. Asus or MSI

AMD Phenom, dual core gives the best bang for the buck. Intel is waay too expensive for gaming purposes-it has far worse overclocking capability also.
nVidia. GeForce GTX/GTS series.
MSI AM3/AM3+ motherboard, AMD 870 chipset.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/#/?sk=Socket%20AM3
Gigabyte seems like a rip-off.thanks so i guess its all preference and what you like/are comfortable with.

personaly im thinking about

this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235
with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

or just buying this combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.675164

current graphics card on hand is the pny nvida 8400 gt this will get me by a few more years i think.. but i need to upgrade motherboard and cpu like yestarday.
Quote from: thiemeje on July 18, 2011, 07:09:37 PM

thanks so i guess its all preference and what you like/are comfortable with.

AMD Phenom, dual core gives the best bang for the buck. Intel is waay too expensive for gaming purposes-it has far worse overclocking capability also.

Your AMD data is old and outdated...this certainly used to be true...but no more.