i3 2100 vs phenom 2 965 black setup

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butterfliesrpretty

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I keep going back and forth and want some other opinions, especially due to the lack of benchmarks comparing these 2 setups.

Few things:

1. On a tight budget for this setup, and both of these cost the exact same with a mobo from microcenter. ($120 including mobo)

2. Will be overclocked if it's a phenom 2

3. This is primarily for gaming

4. have the rest of the system figured out already
 
I would defiantly go with the i3 2100 setup. This also leaves you open to bigger upgrades in the future.
 
the thing about the i3 setup, isn't the h61 chipset not compatible with ivy bridge? I thought it was just h67 and p67 and whatever the newer one was.
 
considering Ivy wont be out until what, mid 2012 now...besides you could go to an i5, i7 on that socket and notice big performance.
 
There is no reason to buy an AMD processor at all at this point unless your CPU budget is $70. The i3-2100 beats every Phenom in gaming benchmarks including the $200 X6 1100!
 
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