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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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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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ahh seems i was reading them wrong then haha

so the i5 is better than a AMD 6 core, will it always be like that ? what with games and apps using more cores now and in the future, i dont wanna buy these parts and in 2 years time have to upgrade again wanna get my moneys worth from them.
 
beejjacobs said:
i5 is the best chip to get IMO. Even if apps use more cores, the i5 still has 4 very good ones. I imagine it'll last a good long while yet. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 was released beginning of 2007, and people still use them today. The i5 is like a modern equivalent so you should get several years use no problem :)
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I like the sound of that, is that the general consensus then will it last at least 4 years ?
 
Davedree said:
I'll be honest and say that with your current setup is there anything that it struggles with that you just can't bear with it any longer? The reason I ask is because you seem to have a standard 955 . I ran an unlocked b55 at 4.2ghz with a nb of 2500 using ddr2@1000mhz.
and i benched all my apps against the i7.

In gaming at 1920x1080 there was very little fps gains from the i7, but in games that did the i7 would give out 5-8fps more than my amd.
In handbrake the i7 would literally take half the time to encode than the amd.

A dual core I3 wont outperform a phenom II X4 in conventional encoding unless it uses quicksync. Again everything is relative to the actual applications you use.

Another factor which people always forget to mention on these forums is the resolution of the monitor you are gaming on,
Because sandybridge shows a big fps advantage when at 1680x1050 or below compared to any amd, But at 1920x1080 that gap closes right up with the sb sometimes offering a little advantage.
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Doesn't struggle with anything at all (yet) i do need to upgrade my GFX at some point, but as i said i am only doing this so my daughter can have a better PC at the moment her pc can only browse the internet lol so i want to give her a good computer, all my gaming is done at 1920 x 1080 res sometimes 1680 just depends.
 
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