New processor

Dudderz123456 · 17 Jul 2011 at 15:03

Hi people, just recently come into about £90 and was thinking of upgrading my cpu from this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-268-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1946

to this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1943

would it be worth and would i see a boost in performance?

Cheers guys

Jordan97 · 17 Jul 2011 at 15:05

What do you use the computer for?

Dudderz123456 · 17 Jul 2011 at 15:07

Gaming mainly but I'm starting uni in September and will be doing some coding and stuff then.

Jordan97 · 17 Jul 2011 at 15:09

Well you would definitely see an improvement, but for coding, you would see a much greater improvement going SB.

I would wait until Bulldozer comes out, hopefully very soon, and see what it performs like. Then you can base your upgrade upon that.

Dudderz123456 · 17 Jul 2011 at 16:01

Well I was thinking of getting a new system at the end of 2012 so I was thinking this cpu would help tide me over until then. Was thinking of getting a new gfx in September when I get my student loan to go with it.

kristmace · 17 Jul 2011 at 16:09

This is not precise as I've used the 965 and the 645 for comparison so it shows some gaming benchmarks, but these are the sort of gains you're looking at:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/188?vs=102

Dudderz123456 · 17 Jul 2011 at 16:17

Hmm not that much better but I was planning get a 570 in sept and my current processor would bottleneck it.

Jony27 · 17 Jul 2011 at 16:24

how about a hex core for your encoding?

Dudderz123456 · 17 Jul 2011 at 16:30

Never really though about a hex core, would have wait though for the funds for a hex core. There isn't any difference in gaming between a hex and quad though is there?

panyan · 17 Jul 2011 at 17:12

Dudderz123456 said:
Never really though about a hex core, would have wait though for the funds for a hex core. There isn't any difference in gaming between a hex and quad though is there?

nope, and the suggestion is poor becuase i doubt you will start coding using six cores anyway

dont bother with a six core, it isnt better for gaming or coding, i'd go for a 2500K if you have the funds or the quickest X4 you can afford

Jordan97 · 17 Jul 2011 at 17:28

panyan said:
dont bother with a six core, it isnt better for gaming or coding, i'd go for a 2500K if you have the funds or the quickest X4 you can afford

Well really for coding you'd be better off with the i7 as coding would use hyperthreading.

olivier renault · 17 Jul 2011 at 18:40

I would save the money towards something else.