i5 750 or AMD Phenom II X6

[timbo2410]

I probably go for the easier path and get somebody else to put together a package that is overclocked, have good service,are helpful and at the end of the day I'm happy with what I have paid for. I can find components cheaper on the net in some instances but it is easier for me to get from OCUK for all the above reasons. As far as getting cheaper components, yeah you might be able to get cheaper but then run the risk of having problems down the line. I have spent a lot over the years on PC's and I would rather get something that has a bit of quality and will last for years rather than have problem after problem ...
I am certainly not knowledgeable enough to tinker with my own system either. The fact that I will be putting this system together myself has me worried

 

[Sayso]

Because we were thinking about motherboard performance as well as overclockbility at first, but if he doesn't need more than 3.6GHz on the 1055T, then motherboard can obviously be cut down to cheaper ones as well. Also, Micro ATX board such as the Biostar TA890GXE with no USB3.0 will obviously be cheaper.

I thought he might be more interested in Sata3 connections, as for cheaper boards not overclocking i have a £35 Gigabyte AM2+ board which clocked a 550BE to 3.8ghz, ive also used a P6T-SE (the cheapest 1366 board at the time) to clock a I7 to 4ghz. People seem to pay for things they will never use on a motherboard (i know i have done it with a couple of ROG boards) when in fact they are all pretty much the same, its only the gimmicks that set them apart...obviously if you are wanting to put the CPU under Ice it might be worth spending a bit more!!

 

[Marine-RX179]

I thought he might be more interested in Sata3 connections, as for cheaper boards not overclocking i have a £35 Gigabyte AM2+ board which clocked a 550BE to 3.8ghz, ive also used a P6T-SE (the cheapest 1366 board at the time) to clock a I7 to 4ghz. People seem to pay for things they will never use on a motherboard (i know i have done it with a couple of ROG boards) when in fact they are all pretty much the same, its only the gimmicks that set them apart...obviously if you are wanting to put the CPU under Ice it might be worth spending a bit more!!

I totally agree, but sometimes it's worth checking out reviews to see max overclock and board speed comparison. For Gigabyte and Asus, their budget range boards tends to be reasonably fast and good overclockers at the right price point, but for other brands it is usually a case of hit or miss, both in terms of speed and overclockbility

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The Gigabyte motherboard is nice but according to this comparison the Asus M4A89GTD PRO has better overclocking ability and more consistent I/O performance:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/18539/2

However, the newer Samsung F3 discs do have some issues with the SB850 southbridge(although Samsung has issued a fix for it) so it maybe worth going for another hard drive.