AMD Advice

[paradisiac]

ok, pros and cons for :
Athlon X4 645 - £86.20**
Phenom X4 955 BE - £101.82**
Phenom X4 965 BE - £119.04**
Phenom X6 1055T - £136.62**
Phenom X6 1090T BE - £161.04**

the price range is not huge, so is there any gains, other than benchmark scores, to go for the higher end ones?


**prices are from our supplier at work, have not shopped around so might be cheaper.

 

[paradisiac]

mainly gaming, and occasionally converting from dvd to divx or from divx to dvd. nothing too intense, but feel like my X2 250 is a bit weak.

 

[paradisiac]

would i need to oc the 1090t loads though, surely stock should be pretty powerful?

 

[paradisiac]

is there any chance, that any time in the next 12-18months, games will be released with 6 core optimization?

 

[paradisiac]

ooo i have F1 2010 and did find it a tad laggy maxed out, but thought that was more my gfx card, X6 might be way to go.
difference between the 1055T and 1090T worth the £25?

 

[paradisiac]

i am happy to OC, got my 250 running at 3.6GHz before it hit a wall but if 99% of my stuff runs ok on my current cpu, surely any of those should be as good if not better at stock?

 

[paradisiac]

I think the point is you can pay less to get the same performance if overclocking.

Seems like a no-brainer to me - but then I'm running an Athlon X2 5200+ 45nm(£31)* unlocked to quad and overclocked to a little bit faster than a 965...

* Caveat emptor: They don't all do that.

but, if i can get a 1055T and OC it to a 1090T, or a 955 and OC to a 965, then surely i would be better getting a 1090T or 965 as that even with minimal OC would be better than the 1055T or 955 with maximum OC

 

[paradisiac]

I have the 1090t and I must say it is really easy to overclock to 4Ghz. Really happy with it. I bought 6 core because I don't change my Rig very often

i had a E5400 for ages, then made the jump to an i7 just after xmas last year. was happy with it for a few months, but never really had it stable, even when at stock. so i sold it to my boss and bought a ps3. then, as i always do, i missed not having a pc to play with, so i got donated a cheap motherboad, x2 250 and 6gb of ram (1 2gb stick was dead). so i built one around that, and got bored, so got a new mobo and my HD6850. now i am thinking 2x4GB sticks and a cpu and should be a pretty decent machine.

 

[paradisiac]

i ditched my cheap free mobo and got an ASRock 890FX Deluxe3 mobo. the cpu supported list is quite extensive and pretty sure it covers most, might need to upgrade from 1.8 to 1.9 bios though for some.

 

[paradisiac]

4GHz 6 core sounds pretty nice whats the difference between the standard and the BE chips?

 

[paradisiac]

i ditched my cheap free mobo and got an ASRock 890FX Deluxe3 mobo. the cpu supported list is quite extensive and pretty sure it covers most, might need to upgrade from 1.8 to 1.9 bios though for some.

does this look like it would support the 1090T as they dont call them by name

 

[paradisiac]

bulldozer will be far too pricey for me as will need a new mobo and all. not sure how good this mobo is for oc'ing but it has got my 250 up to 3.6GHz with no issues.

 

[paradisiac]

just noticed AMD price drops - 1100T is only £12 more than the 1090T now... I guess that changes things a bit.

yeh, been keeping an eye on our suppliers prices and the X6 BE chips seems to be going down by £2-£5 a day over the last 3 days, so must be getting ready for bulldozer