Help 2nd Attempt - LGA 1156 or AM3 motherboard

[xane]

Recommendations needed for either Intel LGA 1156 or AM3 motherboard, and if the latter, AMD or nForce chipset ?

I want to start with a low end CPU and upgrade when the silly prices come down.

 

[old.Osy]

Whatever you do, should you choose AM3, it has to be AMD chipset.

 

[dysfunction]

What was wrong with the recommendations here?
https://forums.freddyshouse.com/tec...1156-based-system-recommendations-needed.html

Perhaps you already know the answer and want people to confirm it for you?

Like I said before if you want to go cheap go AMD...

The other alternative is the low end core i3 or i5



My experience is that if you buy now, when you decide to upgrade the processor there will be none around for the motherboard you have and you will end up having to buy a new motherboard later on anyway

 

[Scouse]

Gotta love AMD for the bang-per-buck Xane.

Got one of those triple core phenom's (AM3, AMD chipset) coupled with a 4850 about 12 months ago. Cost "bugger" and "all" and runs everything I've thrown at it...