So, local shop dropped the ball on me, and I looked into the 6300 and found the performance was not spectacular. I also decided that, being on a budget, I was okay taking the Phenom instead of the Intel i5 3570 - I spent half as much and the performance gain for the 3570 was only 16%. If I order tonight, I will be spending $787.71 Thoughts? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ NCIX US) Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg) Case: Raidmax Helios ATX-819WB ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC) Total: $774.90 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-16 16:27 EST-0500)
