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danjama

danjama

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Hello everyone. I am about to embark on my second build, as soon as my Uni year finishes in a couple of weeks. I have about £350 to splash around in, so the 2500k is out. It will mostly be for gaming (cliffs of dover, FSX, Battlefield, eventually RO2, Rfactor2) and some SD video editing. I have heard that the X4's are equal to the X6's in most games, and are a gimmick pretty much, so I have been put off of the 1055t or 1090t. I'm now considering either:

X4 965BE build on Asus M4a88td-v (require firewire)

or

i5 2300 on H67 motherboard (haven't researched a lot into intel).

What I really want to know is, will the 965 outperform the 2300 SB? I will probably be overclocking the 965, but the 2300 can't be overclocked by much, i've read. What do you all think? Any advice is appreciated.

And I look forward to a long posting future here! Been great reading for the last few days.

PS, am open to other CPU recommendations, between £80 and £130. Cheers!
 
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welcome :)

At the moment the Intel CPUs have the upperhand, if you can wait a couple of months (getting your case/hd/psu/optical drive) and save a few extra quid the Bulldozer AMD CPUs are being released which will change the market by bringing down the price of current AMD CPUs and fingers crossed will challenge the current Intel line up, for once its definitely worth waiting even if its even for benchmarks!!
 
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Sayso said:
welcome :)

At the moment the Intel CPUs have the upperhand, if you can wait a couple of months (getting your case/hd/psu/optical drive) and save a few extra quid the Bulldozer AMD CPUs are being released which will change the market by bringing down the price of current AMD CPUs and fingers crossed will challenge the current Intel line up, for once its definitely worth waiting even if its even for benchmarks!!
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I've read about this little ace up their sleeve a few times, but I itch when the money is sitting there in the bank (and i've missed the release of a long awaited game). :p

Do you really think the BD's will drive down current AMD prices, and possibly Intel prices (if any good)?

Is any info revealed about BD at all?
 
danjama said:
I've read about this little ace up their sleeve a few times, but I itch when the money is sitting there in the bank (and i've missed the release of a long awaited game). :p

Do you really think the BD's will drive down current AMD prices, and possibly Intel prices (if any good)?

Is any info revealed about BD at all?
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Almost zero info is out there about Bulldozer (almost worringly, if it was good you would expect some hints and leaks)

this is about all thats out there - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=270041
 
danjama said:
I've read about this little ace up their sleeve a few times, but I itch when the money is sitting there in the bank (and i've missed the release of a long awaited game). :p

Do you really think the BD's will drive down current AMD prices, and possibly Intel prices (if any good)?

Is any info revealed about BD at all?
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If it's good Intel will drop prices to remain competitive. Current AMD prices will most likely drop a little bit. No info about BD has been released, they don't want to mess up OEM supply chains. New chip benchmarks = No sale = Warehouses full of last gen AMD chips
 
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it would still lose.

4.2GHZ 1100t is featured amongst these tests - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/10 - and the 3.3GHZ 2500K is ahead.

AMD have nothing, I am not even convinced bulldozer will regain the performance crown.
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i doubt if BD will regain anything at most i think it will match I7 (920 performance) but it will change prices. to be honest i would probably still be ok with my Q9550 if i wasn't such an upgrade addict.
 
If BD will be lots more expensive, but still nowhere near i5/i7 26k performance, i'll just go for a budget 1055t build now, or even an OC'd 965 build, seeing as games are only so reliable on CPU's, before GPU is more important. I'd rather save some wonga for a new GPU.

What do you guys think?

Are you happy with your 1090t Sayso?

Maybe some 965 users could chime in?
 
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The AMD quads are good for gaming at the moment it all depends when the console refresh will happen.
Am i happy with my 1090 of course or otherwise i wouldn't have it...i moved from a I7 920 due to heat reasons (its a long story) but have built sysyems with i5s, i3s and AMD dualcore 550s in the last year.
 
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my phenom 720 3 cores plays any game smooth , just get a 955 o/c a bit,and get a reasonable gpu and you ll get 60fps on high settings!!
 
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