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

[Zipppy]

As I already said, an i5 is too expensive, so that one's out, even the lowest end ones are expensive, i3's are a little too slow if you ask me, and aren't unlocked. If I didn't have such a tight budget, I would get a 2500k (unlocked), despite me doing other demanding tasks.

The Phenom II CPUs are a bit of a hard find here, and are priced more expensive because of that. My AMD Processor of choice would be the Bulldozer 6100, mainly due to my budget. I still find that the 6 cores will give it a good balance.