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i was wondering if anyone could help me decide to buy this cheap pc to replace my current rig.
current rig it;
phenom ii x4 940 at stock 3ghz
has eco alc coolit water cooling on it
4gb ddr2 1066 ram
6950 1gb version at stock speeds
rest is standard stuff whic i can use if i buy this.
1tb hdd + 500gb hdd
800w psu
dvdwr
phenom ii x4 850 at 3.3ghz
2gb ram 1333 ddr3 ...... but i will buy 2x 4gb chips as its cheap ram.
500gb hdd
dvdwr
both my current rig and this new one have cheap motherboards in them but will i see an increase using 8 gb ddr3 as opposed to 4gb ddr2
i found this benchmark proving cpu doesnt really matter if its a quad core.
http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html
I know phenom 850 doesnt have l3 cache but neither does athlon x645 and its 2fps behind i7 2600k
also on this passmark benchmark the 850 beats my 940
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
So will it be a good move as it will cost me next to nothing but i get ddr3 ram upgrade and slightly faster cpu. i only play Battlefield 3 and bad company but not any more really so l3 cache doesnt bother me too much as like i said its not utilised in bf3.
any ideas?
current rig it;
phenom ii x4 940 at stock 3ghz
has eco alc coolit water cooling on it
4gb ddr2 1066 ram
6950 1gb version at stock speeds
rest is standard stuff whic i can use if i buy this.
1tb hdd + 500gb hdd
800w psu
dvdwr
phenom ii x4 850 at 3.3ghz
2gb ram 1333 ddr3 ...... but i will buy 2x 4gb chips as its cheap ram.
500gb hdd
dvdwr
both my current rig and this new one have cheap motherboards in them but will i see an increase using 8 gb ddr3 as opposed to 4gb ddr2
i found this benchmark proving cpu doesnt really matter if its a quad core.
http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html
I know phenom 850 doesnt have l3 cache but neither does athlon x645 and its 2fps behind i7 2600k
also on this passmark benchmark the 850 beats my 940
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
So will it be a good move as it will cost me next to nothing but i get ddr3 ram upgrade and slightly faster cpu. i only play Battlefield 3 and bad company but not any more really so l3 cache doesnt bother me too much as like i said its not utilised in bf3.
any ideas?