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Overclocked E5200 vs X3 440

jmp_78

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Disregarding motherboards and memory, would I be likely to see much of a performance increase between these two processors:

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 @ 3.7GHz (current CPU)
AMD Athlon II X3 440 @ 3.2GHz (proposed CPU with realistic OC)

This particular comparison is what I am most interested in, so am not too bothered about people suggesting spending more money on different CPUs. Usage would mainly be gaming, and generic Windows 7 tasks. My plan would be to upgrade again in approx 18 months time for a Phenom II X4.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Probably not tbh. The only time will be if you do heavily multi threaded tasks like encoding. Might as well wait and see what chips come out this year.
 
Do you already have a AMD board? If not, then my suggested upgrade would be to buy a second hand Q6600 or Q6700. These should cost you about £20 more than an X3, but you get a quad core and don't have to buy a new motherboard.

When you next upgrade in 18months, everything will have changed - so getting the new motherboard then would make the most sense.
 
jmp_78 said:
AMD Athlon II X3 440 @ 3.2GHz (proposed CPU with realistic OC)
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Hey jmp_78,

that is a "low" clock for that chip? . . . considering it has a 15x CPU multi then a lot more processing speed could be had! :)

  • 15x 200.00 = 3000MHz
  • 15x 213.33 = 3200MHz
  • 15x 233.33 = 3400MHz
  • 15x 240.00 = 3600MHz
  • 15x 250.00 = 3750MHz*
*Chip becomes the limit most likey
 
i would imagine that any program that can utilise the 3rd core of the x3 would be a lot faster on that chip but in most other programs they would be fairly similar at the speeds you listed.
 
Big.Wayne said:
Hey jmp_78,

that is a "low" clock for that chip? . . . considering it has a 15x CPU multi then a lot more processing speed could be had! :)

  • 15x 200.00 = 3000MHz
  • 15x 213.33 = 3200MHz
  • 15x 233.33 = 3400MHz
  • 15x 240.00 = 3600MHz
  • 15x 250.00 = 3750MHz*
*Chip becomes the limit most likey
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Sounds good to me Big Wayne! I understand that overclocking targets can never be exact, but hadn't got too much experience of this chip. So you think at least 3.5GHz is realistic?
 
I don't see why not? . . . 15x multi is great, makes it easier to clock the chip without going bonkers with the HT ref. Clock (FSB) . . . this is the less expensive AMD® Athlon™ II X3 425 which has a lower 13.5x Multi . . .


Click for stability . . .
 
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