Finally a decent benchmark came out for the new Bulldozer line from AMD.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx-8150--8120-6100-and-4100-performance-review/1
 
Overall, the new line is a bit underwhelming, when it comes to single threaded applications there is a lot more better options already on the market. But they do perform better in multi-threaded and gaming scenarios, albeit not that much more than the top of the line Phenom II's such as the x6 1100t or the x4 980 BE. So I guess if your going to purchase one of these, especially a hex-core model, your hoping that developers will try and utilize the extra cores somewhere down the line.

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Considering I will be building from scratch and I don't have the deepest pockets in the world; I will be looking the most bang for the buck and the most upgradeability.  The 8150 is looking like it will be selling in the 240 - 260 (USD).  The Core i7 970 is selling for 569 (USD).  It's a no-brainer for me...by a quality 8 core cpu and motherboard for the price of just one 6 core Intel cpu.

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Actually, the Phenom II x6 1100T and the core i5-2500 out performs most of the FX series right now, and they are within the 190-210$ range. As of right now the FX series really prides itself in multi-threaded programs and since there arn't really many out and most games only utilize 4 cores anyways, the extra cores in the FX series just becomes redundant unless using complex mathematical programs or heavy video encoding programs.

But right now, for gaming applications, for an intel system in the 200$ range the core i5-2500 is your best bet and for AMD, your looking at the x6 1100t thubans

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