Catseye Wrote:The thing is, their release date is why so many people think what you do.

Also, the Phenom II is really easy to O/C, so the highest one is on par with the core i7 920.

i7 overcloks just as well, if not better.

PII is not on par with core i7 (you can't compare overclocked with stock anyway). As you said yourself, it's not meant to compete with i7.