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linwelin

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Going to give me computer to my daughter (she needs a new one) and it gives me an excuse to build a new computer :P

I have been looking at

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T "95W Edition" 2.80GHz
AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz

i know the bulldozer is a faster clock, but besides that, is there much difference between these CPUS ? or would i be better with an 8 core.
 
linwelin said:
I have a AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHZ but as i said my daughter needs a new computer.
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The 960T is the same (Thuban) core as the 1055T but has 2 of them locked. With the right mobo you can unlock the other cores making it X6. Mine runs with @ 45oc max with auto voltage and the relevetly small OC of 3.7
 
JaffAWood said:
The 960T is the same (Thuban) core as the 1055T but has 2 of them locked. With the right mobo you can unlock the other cores making it X6. Mine runs with @ 45oc max with auto voltage and the relevetly small OC of 3.7
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overclocking is something i have never even attempted to try, so not sure about that.
 
linwelin said:
Going to give me computer to my daughter (she needs a new one) and it gives me an excuse to build a new computer :P

I have been looking at

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T "95W Edition" 2.80GHz
AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz

i know the bulldozer is a faster clock, but besides that, is there much difference between these CPUS ? or would i be better with an 8 core.
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You'd be better with a Sandy Bridge :D
 
Before we make suggestions. What is it going to be used for? What is the budget? (total budget if you like, and we can help you choose the whole PC)
 
Calm down guys be nice :D

Is more cores not better though ? with games using more cores now and even application's, surely it is better to have more cores ? But what ever i get has to be better than what i have now, which is:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
 
More cores SHOULD be better, but most games don't use more than 2 at the moment. Encoding video/editing etc... will use more cores effectively but for most 2 is fine. Are you building a whole new PC? What is your total budget? What will you use it for?
 
beejjacobs said:
Before we make suggestions. What is it going to be used for? What is the budget? (total budget if you like, and we can help you choose the whole PC)
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Will be used for gaming, photoshop (i am an inker), video editing (family vids :D) and browsing the net.

My budget is around £350 might be able to stretch it to £400, i have a case PSU HDD and a GFX cardf AMD HD 5770 (upgrading that in the summer) only things i need is CPU motherboard and ram, oh and maybe a new case, to save me taking all the parts from the old computer :P i have been looking at the Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case.

Cheers guys.
 
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beejjacobs said:
Easy. This is what you want:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
Total : £321.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).



What PSU do you have? Don't want to run an expensive system on a cheap PSU. They are known for breaking!
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How about AMD ?

XFX Pro 650W
 
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beejjacobs said:
As lovely as that is, that's a waste of money getting a motherboard like that really. And P67 is old now! Z68 is the way to go. and 1600Mhz RAM is not much more expensive
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That motherboard is one f the best bang-per-pound SB mobo's there is, Regardles of chipset.

Z68 offers nothing that of any use to the OP that P67 doesn't...

And that board has the minerals when it comes to overclocking as well, Easily doing 5Ghz+ daily if you have the CPU that will do it.
 
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