Which is better for gaming?

Asus P5N-E-SLI Socket 775 Motherboard

Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo E6400 - BX80557E6400 - Box CPU - Socket LGA775

DDR2 2GB PC5300 DUAL CORSAIR

EVGA E-GEFORCE 7600GT PCI EXPRESS 256MB DD3, DVI, VGA,HDTV

MXT 7L250S0 250GB SATA 

OR

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA5200CSBOX

DDR2 2GB PC5300 DUAL CORSAIR

EVGA E-GEFORCE 7600GT PCI EXPRESS 256MB DD3, DVI, VGA,HDTV

MXT 7L250S0 250GB SATA

i am planning to get one of these setups. Which is the better than the other? if so explain.. i want the truth... no AMD or INTEL fans. Also what should i upgrade in the future?

Of course the first setup, no chance.

I recommend the Core 2 Duo because of it's superior overclocking abilities over any AMD processor. Your future upgrades should be only an 8800 GTS 320 which you can pick up for around $229-280 USD, heck I recommend that now over the 7600 GT.K_r_a_u_s_e_r

YEah, why get the 7600GT, for not much u can get the 8800GTS which is million times faster.

[QUOTE="K_r_a_u_s_e_r"]I recommend the Core 2 Duo because of it's superior overclocking abilities over any AMD processor. Your future upgrades should be only an 8800 GTS 320 which you can pick up for around $229-280 USD, heck I recommend that now over the 7600 GT.r3351925

YEah, why get the 7600GT, for not much u can get the 8800GTS which is million times faster.

Not quite a million times faster :) 

I don't recommend the 8600 GTS for the obvious reasons, it's junk. Though I just looked over your RAM and if it isn't out of your budget I recommend PC6400 RAM 800MHzK_r_a_u_s_e_r

It really depends on if you have Vista or not. 

I don't recommend the 8600 GTS for the obvious reasons, it's junk. Though I just looked over your RAM and if it isn't out of your budget I recommend PC6400 RAM 800MHzK_r_a_u_s_e_r

Also, if he is going to get the core2duo he only needs a normal pc4200 ram, cause core2duo runs best on 1:1 ratio with the ram.

[QUOTE="r3351925"]

[QUOTE="K_r_a_u_s_e_r"]I recommend the Core 2 Duo because of it's superior overclocking abilities over any AMD processor. Your future upgrades should be only an 8800 GTS 320 which you can pick up for around $229-280 USD, heck I recommend that now over the 7600 GT.Cyborg-21

YEah, why get the 7600GT, for not much u can get the 8800GTS which is million times faster.

Not quite a million times faster :) 

of course not, dont take it literally, it just has 8 times sharders more than the 7600GT : 96/2 = 8 :D.

:roll: What? That RAM would explode if he ever tried overclocking his Core 2 Duo.K_r_a_u_s_e_r

lmao, he wont overclock that much, cause that mobo top supposted fsb is 1066, its not that safe beyond that speed, but yeah, its always better to get faster ram and then clock 1:1 with the processor and overclock.

[QUOTE="K_r_a_u_s_e_r"]:roll: What? That RAM would explode if he ever tried overclocking his Core 2 Duo.r3351925

lmao, he wont overclock that much, cause that mobo top supposted fsb is 1066, its not that safe beyond that speed, but yeah, its always better to get faster ram and then clock 1:1 with the processor and overclock.

:| didnt know that was an nvidia 570 mainboard, didnt c the sli, :D soory:D.

wait the pci express- the P5N-E has Pci Expressx16: 2(Sli Mode: x8,x8 ) the other : P5N32-E has: 2 x PCIe x16 support SLI x16, x16(blue) 1 x PCIe x16 @ x8 for GPU Physics card (white)

:roll: What? That RAM would explode if he ever tried overclocking his Core 2 Duo.K_r_a_u_s_e_r

Depending on his motherboard. I have my ram speed locked completely seperate from my FSB speeds - not sure if the motherboard he has in mind supports this however.