AMD fanboy here, so please bash me all you want:
So since everybody on the internet believes that the Phenom processors are shit, I decided to get the best possible Phenom setup out there and see how it goes. I do not care too much about gaming, but I was in need of a new PC, so here it is.
CPU: Phenom 9850 Black edition (2.5 GHz Quad core)
MOBO: ASUS MVP32 Deluxe (FX90 chipset)
GPU: ATI Radeon 3870 X2 1GB of memory (2x512MB)
RAM: 4GB Corsair DHX (2x2GB)
PSU: Corsair 750TX (750W)
CASE: Antec Nine Hundred
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master (cant remember the name)
HDD and DVD Drives dont matter as I'll used previous ones I have laying around.
I'll post my impressions after I finish building it. I am really busy so most likely I wont put it together until after Saturday. This is the complete Spider platform, so I guess I should get decent framerates, I hope so, until now no review has been promising, but I hope that its because nobody has actually put the whole "Spider" together. I will post my results for information purposes only as I am not really concerned with gaming in my PC, but if they are good, more people should look into the Spider platform its very cost friendly (got everything for less than $1300. Also, I'll try Vista Ultimate 64 and 32 bits, to see if there is any difference with games. Wish me luck.