why do you need a six core?
if your answer is gaming you dont need it, also if you are going to go down that route of saying " i need more power" wait 2 weeks and get a sandy bridge i7 for an amost identical price but it will be considerably better
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| Author: | iRPAx [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 4 core vs. 6 core |
I've been thinking about this for quite a while since the 4 core I'm currently setup for costs the same as the 6 core, but which is best? What makes a 6 core better than a 4 core? Been looking at some specifications over the two processors and they seem alike for the most part. The processors are: AMD Phenom2 Quad 965 3.4GHz AM3 S-940 AMD Phenom2 X6 1090T 3.2GHz AM3 |
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| Author: | Mr_Twister [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4 core vs. 6 core |
You've got to be kidding, that X6 1090T normally costs at least 50% more than the X4 965 and is definitely superior. Pretty much the same clock frequency, but it has 6 cores, a bigger L2-cache and consumes less electricity. Of course, the real question is : do you really need a 6-core CPU ? What will you use if for ? If the answer is "gaming", then I'd definitely advise to save on the CPU and invest your money in a good graphics card. |
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| Author: | iRPAx [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4 core vs. 6 core |
This is my current setup: CPU AMD Phenom2 Quad 965 3.4GHz AM3 S-940-303/AMD Phenom2 X6 1090T 3.2GHz AM3 Motherboard ASUS M4A87TD USB3 Socket AM3 DDR3 ATX RAM 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Kingston HyperX (4x2GB) GPU 1280MB MSI Nvidia GTX470 PCI-E HDD 1TB Samsung 7200rpm 32MB SATA2 Case Antec Nine Hundred Two u/PSU Powersupply 1000W Energon EPS-1000 140mm CPU Cooler Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro S-939/940 DVD Disk 48x16x Lite-On DVD Sort PATA OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (Dansk) I'm ordering the PC through a website instead of buying the pieces individually, so the processors are probably priced high? There isn't any money to save either way - only 303 DKK or £34 (at the current exchange currency). And yes, I'm going to use it for gaming. |
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| Author: | Tofu [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4 core vs. 6 core |
why do you need a six core? if your answer is gaming you dont need it, also if you are going to go down that route of saying " i need more power" wait 2 weeks and get a sandy bridge i7 for an amost identical price but it will be considerably better
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| Author: | Tom [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4 core vs. 6 core |
SSD 
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this. i personally am waiting to see what people will produce for sataIII 6gbps drives before i fork out on 2 256GB ones for RAID 0 |
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| Author: | frog [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:18 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://www.box.co.uk/Intel_Core_I7-2600 ... 42506.html http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/ |
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| Author: | iRPAx [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4 core vs. 6 core |
I won't consider buying SSD yet because they aren't worth it. A 40gb SSD costs twice as much as a 1T HDD, so why bother? Well, at least from the site I'm looking at. Although Intel make really good processors they cost a fortune, and I quite like having two kidneys. |
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| Author: | Bolt [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 4 core vs. 6 core |
So true. My 5200 rpm hdd is a pain in the arse, really burns me on games with streaming like Oblivion. Need to get something a little more high spec soon! |
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