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Decisions, decisions....

sandyle

sandyle

sandyle

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Hi Guys

Looking at updating my CPU at the moment, current rig is:

AMD Athalon X4 2.6Ghz CPU
ASUS M4N98TD EVO mobo (AM3)
8 Gb of Corsair dominator DDR3 1600mhz RAM
2 x GTX 460 1GB SLI
60 Gb Crucial M4
1 TB Seagate HDD
500 Gb Seagate HDD
Cooler master 750W PSU
Corsair Carbide 500R case

Windows 7 Ulitimate

I've looked into picking up an 1100T or 1090T but the prices have gone through the roof and they are getting really rare since bulldozer flopped

I only use my PC for gaming - work stays at work lol

Now the options I've got are:

a) AMD 960 for about £100
b) AMD FX 6100 £92 (after cashback) and upgrade mobo to AM3+ ASUS sabretooth £130 = £222
c) Bin AMD and head over to intel for an i5 and new CPU (help and guidance would be needed as I'm a n00b to intel and always had AMD) but budget would be approx £250

Any ideas which would be the best way to go?
 
960T would be the most cost effective upgrade.
You will gain an L3 cache and if your board supports it (think it does but you'd have to check) you can unlock it to a hex core.
Mine did and is working beautiful (not clocked it yet though)
 
I'd go with either the cheapest upgrade or the Intel route, it's difficult to recommend bulldozer even though I've just bought one myself :p
 
Okay then, I've ordered a 960t which should be here next week.

Reading up on these I take it that there's a chance of opening up the other two cores - would I do this simply by flicking the core unlocker switch on my Asus mobo or is there more to it?
 
what did budget you are on? it may be cheaper in the long run if you go for the intel route and of course more performance straight away.
 
sandyle said:
Okay then, I've ordered a 960t which should be here next week.

Reading up on these I take it that there's a chance of opening up the other two cores - would I do this simply by flicking the core unlocker switch on my Asus mobo or is there more to it?
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Yep,
Either the core unlocker switch or you can activate it in BIOS
 
Read a lot of people having great luck with 960Ts (and a few who didn't). Core unlocking, if anything like my M4A89GTD is done in BIOS and is as simple as flipping it to enabled, from there you can activated core 0-5 individually. Might be handy if you have one duff core
 
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