Phenom v Bulldozer

[SkidMarkKing]

Hello, just see a "AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4130 Black Edition 3.80GHz" CPU for sale and wondered if its worth upgrading for £25 from my "Phenom II x 4 965 @ 3.4GHz" ?

Thanks

 

[Flashheart]

It'll overclock better, but if you leave them at stock it's not worth it.

 

[SkidMarkKing]

It'll overclock better, but if you leave them at stock it's not worth it.

Think ile upgrade the cooler first then

Currently using a noctua nh-d14 but I bought a bitfenix prodigy m case and there isn't much room in there at all, lol

 

[cheesyboy]

The phenom kicks its arse

 

[Smoogels]

Not really worth it. At least get a 6300, the quad core Bulldozers/Piledrivers are a tad sucky.

 

[SkidMarkKing]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Maybe I should upgrade my GTX460 first then to something like a GTX760/770.

Then the watercooling loop to save room in my case then worry about CPUs

 

[biuro74]

Hello, just see a "AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4130 Black Edition 3.80GHz"

It's why AMD, retailers and rest should name this CPU 2M/4T, or simply 2-modules CPU. One should explain to such customer what's the difference between real quad core and so-called quad core, and why both are being sold as quad cores

 

[pandem0nium]

not worth it at all. I'd upgrade the graphics before the processor for better gaming performance.

 

[joeyjojo]

At stock speeds they've got about the same performance, so no not worth it.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/102?vs=700 (this is the 4300 which is piledriver, but not much difference).

A 6xxx would be a nice little upgrade if the board supports it, as would an 8xxx obviously but check the max wattage on the mobo.

Still, money probably better spent on the GPU first.