Gaming improvements from [email protected] to amd x3 440?

[haroon]

Hi,Is this a worthwhile upgrade considering OC?

 

[Redmint]

How much is the upgrade costing you? In some games you could see an improvement from the extra core yes.

 

[rickh]

I would say that the money would be better spent on upgrading the cpu keeping your mobo/ram config as it is now.

Upgrading to an e6500 (e5200 replacement) and overclocking to 3.5ghz+ will allow you all the cpu power you need for now.

What gfx card are you running?

 

[Big.Wayne]

Hey haroon,

what is the rest of your system spec please? (GPU, mobo, mem, PSU etc) and what resolution do you game at?

 

[Bz786]

I would got for quad core instead

 

[haroon]

Hey haroon,

what is the rest of your system spec please? (GPU, mobo, mem, PSU etc) and what resolution do you game at?

I currently have a 4650,2gb ram,500w psu,but im wanting to sell all of it for a amd machine as i dont want to pay intels prices for a quad core which seems around 50-60% more expensive than Amds.

 

[rickh]

You would see the most improvement from upgrading your graphics card.

 

[Big.Wayne]

and what resolution do you game at?

 

[haroon]

1366x768

 

[Big.Wayne]

Intel Celeron E3300 Processor - iXBT Labs

AMD® Athlon™ II X2 @ 3.0GHz +25% performance, missing third core

CPU Round-up Sub-$100 Intel and AMD Processors Tested - TechSpot

AMD® Athlon™ II X3 @ 2.9GHz +75% performance (1024x768)

Bench CPU - AnandTech

AMD® Athlon™ II X3 @ 3.0GHz +25% performance vs Intel® E5200 2MB cache vs 1MB cache on E3300

Celeron E3300 vs Athlon II - Google

 

[haroon]

Thanks a lot,you made a very comprehensive comparison there.I will definatley go for a x3 in my new build.