AM3 upgrade

[Nevakonaza]

Been thinking of upgrading to the new Thuban Phenom II X6, amds 6 core processor when its released.

These are my current specs,Do youthink it will be quite a big boost?

Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz|Asus P5Q SE P45|4GB 932Mhz|4890 1Gb Overclocked |XFI Extreme Fidelity|250 +500Gb HDD|CM 690|7 Home X64

Of course il be keeping everything thats been put in bold,Just replace the Cpu,Ram and Mobo.

 

[Xez]

I don't think you'll see a massive different at all. The CPU you have is plenty fast enough for most if not all of today's games and applications to warrant a change in platform.

 

[DELETED_83755]

There has been quite a few posts recently that want to "upgrade" to a different platform.

In this instance there will be negligible real world differences. Is there an ache to get some new tech? haha

 

[Phatzy]

to make your mind up there is going to be a review of the 6 cores at guru3d tomorrow

 

[alex24]

Well I'm on 775 and going to AM3. Not a massive leap in gaming, but it's not costing me much at all once I've sold the old kit, and the socket has a little more life in it yet, especially with Thuban chips coming tomorrow. There's also the fact that the high end motherboards are half the price of the intel ones! I mainly game, so going i7 doesn't really give me any more benefit.

 

[mrfun1981]

I don't think you'll see a massive different at all. The CPU you have is plenty fast enough for most if not all of today's games and applications to warrant a change in platform.

I would agree with this, Keep your current set up for another year or so then maybe upgrade when your current system start having problems running the latest stuff

 

[alexp999]

Im going from a Q6600 @ 3.6 GHz + HD 5870

to

Phenom II X6 1090T + HD 5870.

Already benched Q6600, ill link you to article on my site comparing differences if you like. Hopefully should be getting CPU on weds the way it looks like things are going with availability

 

[Nevakonaza]

Thanks guys for your replies,Yes ive got an upgrade bug lol....im just bored and want to do something with my pc...it seems like ages since i last upgraded,

Im going from a Q6600 @ 3.6 GHz + HD 5870

to

Phenom II X6 1090T + HD 5870.

Already benched Q6600, ill link you to article on my site comparing differences if you like. Hopefully should be getting CPU on weds the way it looks like things are going with availability

that would be great my friend thanks,il be sure to keep checking this thread then with your opinion