• AMD Phenom II X6 1055T or X4 965BE?
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I can't decide between these two processors for my upgrade. The [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851"]Phenom II X6 2.8GHz 1055T[/URL] or the [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727"]Phenom II X4 3.4GHz 965 Black Edition[/URL]? I am primarily a gamer, but occasionally do things like render videos, compile source maps, etc. I am planning on getting a separate cooler ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125"]this[/URL]). I am also planning on overclocking, at least a little bit. I am upgrading from an Athlon X2 6000+ 3.0GHz that's not overclocked. Because I already have 6GB of DDR2 memory, I am going to get an am2/am2+/am3 motherboard, unless there's a good reason I should get a solely AM3 motherboard that only has DDR3 support? However, if I get a DDR3 motherboard, I will get a much cheaper quad core AMD CPU in order to cut down on costs. The graphics card I have is an ATI 5850, which is probably being bottlenecked really badly. I think my current CPU is getting worse or my card is going bad, because I used to get 200 FPS on L4D2 with my current setup, but now I get around 45. :saddowns: If you want, you can also recommend a good motherboard to me, because I haven't made a final decision. I don't want to spend very much over $100 on one though. Thanks for the help.
X4 965 especially if you are gaming a lot and doing some render videos, etc... That's sufficient for you.
[QUOTE=ADT;23734211]X4 965 especially if you are gaming a lot and doing some render videos, etc... That's sufficient for you.[/QUOTE] That's what I thought and that's what others have told me, I just needed a second opinion. Thanks.
the 965 is a 955 with a tiny overclock save some money, go with the 955
If you can overclock, listen to reapaninja For your motherboard go with a good ASUS 890GX (with USB 3.0-SATA III features for future upgrade)
Alright, then I guess I'll get the 955, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and the 890GX, and until I get more money I'll stick with the stock cooler and only 2 gigs of RAM.
[QUOTE=ADT;23734484]If you can overclock, listen to reapaninja For your motherboard go with a good ASUS 890GX (with USB 3.0-SATA III features for future upgrade)[/QUOTE] Can you SLI with that mobo?
[QUOTE=xxncxx;23735305]Can you SLI with that mobo?[/QUOTE] You can Crossfire but not SLI.
You can't SLI on AMD mobos, except some ones, but it's rare.
nForces you can, I found one anyways. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130236[/url]
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