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is the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz good for gaming
i will be using a GTX 550 ti
i will be using a GTX 550 ti
It's a top notch AMD CPU...I have the 940 BE...both work great.
Should be good, for its price range.
It may not be better than a similarly-priced Intel I3-2120.
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The I3 is a 65W. The Phenom II, 125, which mainly suggests that it's an older design.
I haven't bought an AMD CPU since the Athlon 64 X2 (Socket 939) days. I'd cheerfully buy another if it offered a performance advantage over Intel (as in the P4 days).