Upgrading Woe...Wait or not to wait..

[Justinkoko]

I'm sure this kind of question has been asked to death but I can't resist to ask again..

Obviously, my upgrade point was going to be the days after Conroe's launch..

However, after these reports from HardOCP, I got my doubts again.

This upgrade will involve CPU, motherboard, RAM, and video card..yea it's pretty much a overhaul..

Anyways, I was wondering which brand of CPU I should use.

I'm looking at either A64X2 AM2 3800+ or Intel C2D E6300.

I WILL overclock one of these CPUs to the max with my watercooling gear.

So ultimately the real question is which one overclocks better and performs the best UNDER the circumstance that they are overclocked. (I mean in general..not one in a million that overclocks to 1000Ghz)

What should I do? Some inputs would be great..

Thanks.

 

[454Casull]

If you're looking for the best performance out of the two, it would be wise to go with the E6300 if you got a motherboard that could do 400MHz FSB.

 

[Justinkoko]

So the new Conroe outperforms AM2 A64 ?

 

[454Casull]

Certainly. There are many benchmarks available now.