AMD Bulldozer - Is it worth it? [I very much guess so..]

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(2012-06-08 13:39)Nitros Wrote:  But as I said, loohing to the future and upgrade potential, along with current line of chips - intel is dominating at the moment and for the foreseeable future - so any new system, I would say, should be socket 1155.

Don't be so sure about the upgrade potential, considering Intel have something like 6 different CPU sockets on the go atm and AMD basically has 3, two of which are pin-compatable, and the other is for APUs. 1155 hasn't been around for too long so far and there's no telling what socket they'll use the generation after Ivy.

Normally, I'd recommend an i* series for most people, but Zipppy specifically mentioned the multimedia stuff that AMD excels at atm, so the choice isn't so clear cut. AMD's also have the benefit of more solid, better featured chipsets.

So in this case, it really depends on what kind of task is the priority for Zipppy and, to some extent, what he wants the motherboard to do.