How much of a boost ?

Dicehunter · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:31

So at the moment i have whats in my sig and im going to be buying the following in the next few weeks, how much of a boost will i see ?

Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz (Socket AM3)

Any info is appreciated

Jony27 · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:32

you will see more boost with Sandy Bridge

1100T vs Q6600
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=53

i5 2500k vs Q6600
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=53

that's if your mainly gaming, i7 if you do a lot of encoding etc.

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:33

Well this is a Q6600 vs 1100t at stock speeds - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/53?vs=203

But you can get a i5 2500 and board - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=203

Dicehunter · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:38

I really want to give AMD a go though

Jony27 · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:40

wait for Bulldozer if you really want to try AMD

Dicehunter · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:41

but that means waiting months and months, im looking to buy in the next 2-3 weeks ^^

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:43

DF1986 said:
but that means waiting months and months, im looking to buy in the next 2-3 weeks ^^

wait for 2-3 weeks, then decide again if there is no news

Jony27 · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:45

if you really want an upgrade get an SSD or a new monitor

cant really justify spending that much "just to try AMD"

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:47

Jony27 said:
if you really want an upgrade get an SSD or a new monitor
cant really justify spending that much "just to try AMD"

+1 for SSD

Dicehunter · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:59

yes but id like to be moderatly up to date for once

ExecutorKevin · 1 Aug 2011 at 15:01

on your Q6600 stick an expensive cooler and overclock it and add a SSD boot drive.
Should last you a few months+ until bulldozer comes out.

stulid · 1 Aug 2011 at 15:01

Im going to let this sum it up nicely,

Marine-RX179 said:
"Spot any errors?"

Yep. Going for AMD Phenom II instead of Intels SandyBridge i5/i7 at this moment is an error itself

Phenom II...even the Hex core (6-cores CPU) are streets behind SandyBridge i5/i7 (Intel's current fastest platform) and cost almost as much, and AMD's next gen Bulldozer is not guaranteed to be faster than it neither (it is actually same gen as Intel's SandyBridge, but it got delayed for a long, and even now 6 months later still no confirmed release date. So don't make the mistake of thinking "since Bulldozer is released later than SandyBridge, it is newer tech"- no, it is just same gen platform, but got seriously delayed).

SandyBridge is "next gen platform available today", unlike Bulldozer being "next gen platform available god knows when".

Either grab a Z68 1155 motherboard and a i5 2500K CPU and be done with it right now, or wait for the actual release of Bulldozer and read some reviews, before decide if AM3+ platform is worth investing on or not, or if SandyBridge is in fact still faster.

olivier renault · 1 Aug 2011 at 15:11

DF1986 said:
yes but id like to be moderatly up to date for once

Then forget AMD. At least until BD comes out.