AMD Phenom 9750 vs. Intel Q6600?

There's two versions of the Phenom II, once that is 65nm and can fit in AM2+ slots and the 45nm which is designed for the AM3 slot. The AM3 slot is the only one that can use DDR3 in tri channel. Out of those two processors your still probably better off with the Q6600 and just overclock it.

Netra its not about whose on top in todays age the money is made by who can give the most on a budget.

The i7 is by far the most impressive processor to date, and in order to make a definitive step forward it uses only the most recent technologies. This is comparable to the way that Windows XP dropped alot of legacy support for Windows 95 and 98 programs, it was to force us to embrace the future. Being as new as the i7's are, it doesn't have many manufacturers, so boards are still expensive. That's why Intel isn't downplaying it's Core 2 line yet. Give it a year.

As for the other computers, the AMD Phenom series will perform better (marginally) in CAD than the Intel C2Q, but the C2Q will perform substantially better in gaming. Of course, at these high levels of performance, the difference is truly negligible for now. It will be another year or two before software performance has caught up to these technologies and made the difference noticeable.

Heres some benchmarks comparing the 2 cpus:

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-cha...

Actually Intel will have more chipsets for the i7 and Nvidia will be coming out with their versions of i7 boards too. LGA1366 is brand new. Just like there are a ton of different chipset boards for LGA775 the same will apply for the LGA1366.

AMD AM3 boards are supposed to come out in February.

Intel processor will beat any AMD 100% of the time.

You have an AMD MoBo listed.....Therefore I would go with the AMD CPU.....

(**AMD has more bang for the $**)