Is my CPU actually good?

[TomProx]

As the tile says, is my CPU any good?

I have a Phenom II 955 BE x4 3.4ghz (OCd to 3.8ghz).
If I were to upgrade to an intel, how much of an improvement would it be?

Cheers.

 

[TomProx]

We need a few more details

Graphic card you use(single, SLI?), and the purpose of the system. Purely gaming? Video editing? Photoshop?

I'm just about upgrade to a GTX 670 palit jet stream
CPU above
8gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz RAM
antec 520w Hugh current psu
Samsung spin point f3 1tb 7200rpm HDD

Purely for gaming

Cheers.

 

[TomProx]

When i had an amd system with a six core 1100T at 4.20GHZ i would see bottlenecking quite a few times, only 60-80% GPU usage on BF3, Skyrim etc... so getting an intel based system i.e i7, sandy or ivy would lessen the bottlenecking.

Any recommendations on an intel cpu can you link something? And would I need to get a new PSU?

 

[TomProx]

Something along the lines of this will do you.

Re-use your old RAM and your current PSU will be fine

What's your budget?

That is about as much as I'll spend
Seems like a good upgrade, albeit I can't buy both outright, I've got some money spare after I get my gtx670 so will have to wait another month, but I'll have to settle with the AMD CPU till I get some more money

Thanks, really appreciate your help

 

[TomProx]

Something along the lines of this will do you.

Re-use your old RAM and your current PSU will be fine

What's your budget?

Oh yeah, also, will that MOBO fit into my antec300? Cheers.

 

[TomProx]

Yes mate, it takes a full ATX board.
What Gpu are you using at the moment?

Right now I have an xfx 6870 be dual fan, but next weekend I get my Palit gtx670 jetstream

 

[TomProx]

+1 just upgraded from a phenom II 940 to the above (cpu anyway), i got the MSI z77a-GD65)and it's great, got it running @ 4.2GHz with loads of room for more but even downclocked to 3GHz like the stock 940 it's faster

awesome sounds good
also noticed it uses less power (77w) compared to mine at (181w) crazy how good the newer stuff is, higher performance, more energy efficient etc.

 

[TomProx]

I have a Phenom II 955 BE with a HD5770 runs every game i play easily enough at 1080p, i was going to change to an i5 but what is the point lol all you really need is a GPU upgrade, i would save your money until your CPU starts struggling. Then upgrade to intel.

That is what i intend on doing.

I know, but the fact im getting such a powerfull graphics card, the phenom will be a big bottle neck towards it.

 

[TomProx]

as a comparassion moving from 1090t @ 4ghz to an i5 @ 4.7ghz using the same 8gb of ram and the same card @ the same clocks [7970] my 3d Mark vantage score [graphics] moved from 29k [amd] to 41k [intel]

which proves that the 1090t was bottlenecking my card. i can only speculate but would expect you to see quite a large improvement

The 1090t is better than my CPU yeah so I hope it'll be a huge improvement everyone seems to thinkso

 

[TomProx]

Something along the lines of this will do you.

Re-use your old RAM and your current PSU will be fine

What's your budget?

Thanks for your help, ordered the parts + a new modular psu, now it's te waiting game for it to arrive

 

[TomProx]

and it still a year away. For 10% I'd buy now which you've done so all is well.

It's also better technology, I'll be able to over clock it higher also, and to wait a year for a new one, is just crazy, I'd rather get a good CPU now rather than wait I can't wait to install it