An amd alternate to the sandy bridge

i will be upgrading my pc in a month or two and my budget is 20,000/-rs
the obvious choice for me was the i5 2500k but with my eye on the MSI HD 6850 or the 6950 and the mobo, it will exceed my budget.
so what is he alternate to the sandy bridge series in AMD?? i thought the BULLDOZER by AMD was good, but the forum members thought otherwise.
and yes mine is for gaming only.
please suggest a good AMD processor for less than 10,000/-rs. and a mobo to go with it.

total budget for mobo+cpu = Rs.10000 ?

for CPU you can look into Phenom II 960T~6.8K

okay maybe 12k with mobo.. might oc later.

and is the amd phenom II 970 same as the amd phenom II X4 970 BE??

AMD Phenom II 960T + Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3. total will cross 13k but you can overclock it, unlock it as you wish without worrying about the board not being able to handle the extra power requirement.

i a newbie to the unlocking part in amd processors. can anybody care to explain, what are its requirements? if any? sending a link will also help. thanks!

Phenom II X4 960T ---> only this model can unlock to 6 cores. Google for the guide. Not all will unlock. Unlocking to 6 cores should only be considered a bonus.

amruth kiran said:
and is the amd phenom II 970 same as the amd phenom II X4 970 BE??

yes.

955 BE
960T
965 BE
970 BE

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Create a thread in the PC Configuration section - with full budget, filled up questionnaire and telling us what you need. That helps us giving you a proper and balanced suggestion.

i think you can go with fx8120 only 10800 /-from delta
you can upgrade to pile driver later in 2015 if requires
and amd mb are far cheaper

^^ Op's total budget for CPU+Mobo is 12k ;-)

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Forget about i Series Quads and 6-8 Cores FX in that budget.

Phenom is ONLY good option. Damn 955 and 965 have practically vanished in no time from the shelves. (No Surprise)

my friend ordered Phenom II 960 in advance. 2weeks before he'll build his rig.

ico said:
Create a thread in the PC Configuration section - with full budget, filled up questionnaire and telling us what you need. That helps us giving you a proper and balanced suggestion.

Do this. ^^

I'm closing this thread.