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It's extremely difficult to future proof anything so i wouldn't really base a purchase on that if you can help it. For what you're doing though i'd highly recommend the i5-excellent cpu, but as far as upgradability goes you'll be a bit limited as skt1366 will be taking the future high end cpus (six core). The other option would be am3 which will give you the upgradability to a six core. AM3 seems to be the best option for you in terms of 'future proofing' and for gaming its definitely on par with i5/i7 especially in single gpu setups, however for rendering/encoding go intel.
EDIT: Having said that i've just seen your spec. In that case i'd either overclock what you've got with a decent cooler or go with an i7 920 and overclock the hell out of it. I'd definitely recommend am3 if you were going from say a 939 setup, but with what you've got already i doubt you'd see a big gap in performance.
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Not an easy question to answer, as you need to look at the pro's and con's of each. Performance vs price AMD has the upper hand, and for a specific price, the AMD would come with a quicker stock speed, however...AMD's are terrible to OC, and we all know the ability of the Intel i7.
I don't think there is such a thing as a "future proof" mobo, as these two companies will never turn around and promise to release processors on a specific Socket for x amount of years. Its all a gamble, however AMD look reasonably comfortable on their AM3, whilst Intel have quickly released 1366 and 1156, but to be totally honest...Intel kicks ass!
If your willing to spend around £200 for a CPU, then go Intel on LGA1366, X58 Chipset.
Once you overclock it to 3.8/4Ghz, which is incredibly easy to do...your potentially getting a quad core 3.8Ghz+ for £200...I did it, and wont ever go back
Hope that helps a bit
I don't think there is such a thing as a "future proof" mobo, as these two companies will never turn around and promise to release processors on a specific Socket for x amount of years. Its all a gamble, however AMD look reasonably comfortable on their AM3, whilst Intel have quickly released 1366 and 1156, but to be totally honest...Intel kicks ass!
If your willing to spend around £200 for a CPU, then go Intel on LGA1366, X58 Chipset.
Once you overclock it to 3.8/4Ghz, which is incredibly easy to do...your potentially getting a quad core 3.8Ghz+ for £200...I did it, and wont ever go back
Hope that helps a bit
Thanks from that it sounds like intel is the best route;
Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C7)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Does this sound like a good combination?
Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C7)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Does this sound like a good combination?
Fantastic choice!
Ive got the Gigabyte EX58-UD5, brilliant board, incredibly easier to OC apparently! I do know that the general census is that Gigabyte is releasing some far better boards than other companies at the moment and i'm glad I went Gigabyte, but I hear the P6TD is an amazing board as well.
I also have the Corsair H50, and it is also immense. Great temps at all loads, incredibly satisfied with it, running at 4Ghz, and its incredibly quiet.
Hope we have been some help
Ive got the Gigabyte EX58-UD5, brilliant board, incredibly easier to OC apparently! I do know that the general census is that Gigabyte is releasing some far better boards than other companies at the moment and i'm glad I went Gigabyte, but I hear the P6TD is an amazing board as well.
I also have the Corsair H50, and it is also immense. Great temps at all loads, incredibly satisfied with it, running at 4Ghz, and its incredibly quiet.
Hope we have been some help