AMD FX "Bulldozer" Review - (4) !exclusive! Excuse for 1-Threaded Perf.

[boxleitnerb]

Ok so price point since you mentioned it.

We will ditch the ram, GPU, PSU,HD all out of the equasion since it's all the same for the most part save the SSD in the sandy rig and the 16gig matched 2133 set is a tad pricy but no sense crying over spilt milk.

The cpu and mainboard are the leftovers.

2600k newegg $314
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...name=Core%20i7

M4E B3 $309
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131700

BD 8150 $279
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103960

Ch5 $229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131735

So a person in my position who wants a secondary rig without sacrificing gaming performance at real world settings and already has a sandybridge rig can save $100 bucks.........

If i need to run some super pi for daily use i can use the sandy rig but usually that gets boring after 1 or 2 runs then i go back to actually using my pc

No one gets a 2600K for gaming. The cheaper 2500K is the way to go. And you can find similarly priced mainboards for both of them. Who pays more than 150 bucks for a mainboard anyway.
What do you want with super pi? I told you, I see the benefit of a faster cpu in

• feeding CF/SLI
• feeding future graphics cards
• running cpu intensive games (which dirt 3 is not) like Arma 2, Starcraft 2, GTA 4, BFBC 2/3 Multiplayer, strategy and simulations and so forth
• avoiding fps drops below 60 or 120fps (vsync and vsync+3d)

My point is: If you can get more performance for the same or a very similar price, it makes no sense to choose the slower product.