I'm debating on an AMD PC (+ more accessories, since it's cheaper) or an Intel PC

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It was first going to be a budget build, but I recently stumbled across a small fortune.
My budget is now around/exceeding the 1,000 USD margin.

At first, I was going to go AMD to get comparable performance whilst spending less $$$, but since my budget is now higher, should I...?:

A. Go Intel.

B. Stick with the cheaper AMD and use the rest of the cash to buy killer accessories, a better case and/or extra fans and heatsinks to overclock like a sonofab!@ch.

My current AMD build is as follows:

MOBO: MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870

GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb 3.5GHz

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3

HDD: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s

CASE: Thermaltake Armor A60 AMD LEO Edition
 
If you've got a little extra money to work with I'd recommend giving Intel a hard look ... the difference in price isn't what it used to be.
 
Well, from the looks of it, all that comes up to roughly 800$ USD, with that price you have some room to get better parts in some places.
If i were you, id go for the Intel CPU.
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229&Tpk=ASRock P67 Extreme4

With the new CPU/Board swapped in the price will rise to about 940$ but its worth it if u ask me. With that said, depending on how much more u have left over, here's a good aftermarket CPU cooler to replace the stock stuff.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...55&cm_re=v8_cpu_cooler-_-35-103-055-_-Product
This way you could overclock if u ever wanted too, as long as your not trying to achieve super high clocks.

But if you don't have any peripherals already or a OS , id stick the AMD build, which is actually pretty solid and should preform well.
 
Thanks guys. I've talked to several other friends and got their opinions and I've weighed them.
I'll probably stick with the AMD build, but I'm going to Fry's in a couple minutes and I'll also get to talk to some more people about it.

It would be nice to get Intel performance and still have enough for a good monitor, keyboard, mouse, and headset.
 
For the $$$ of the 970, look at getting the 1055T for a few bucks more. You said you were going to OC heavily, and the Thubans are the best oc'ers. also, you may be surprised at the amount of software and games that will make use of the 6 cores.
Just my two cents.
 
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