Just a quick one. Currently running the Asus Crosshair II Formula motherboard with the AMD Phenom II 940 BE CPU (running at 3.4) and the Radeon HD 5970 GPU and generally all running pretty well.
The Phenom II x4 cpu's have been discontinues but I have a chance to get the 965 still which is stock 3.4 and I guess I can get it to 3.7 or 3.8
Is it however worth doing this as I will not currently upgrade anything else. The GPU maybe at a later stage.
Thanks
Is it worth the upgrade?
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Is it worth the upgrade?
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Re: Is it worth the upgrade?
How much you going to pay for it? I am currently running a 925, but am getting my x6 1090T CPU next week. That will be a much better upgrade I'd say.
Just a little extra speed might make a small difference, but I don't think you'd notice it very easily. apart form benchmarks. If you had 2 extra cores though, you might notice quite a difference in a few applications. Those CPU's are also what the X4s should have been in terms of optimization and the turbo feature.
Just a little extra speed might make a small difference, but I don't think you'd notice it very easily. apart form benchmarks. If you had 2 extra cores though, you might notice quite a difference in a few applications. Those CPU's are also what the X4s should have been in terms of optimization and the turbo feature.
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Re: Is it worth the upgrade?
It would be better to save that money and maybe go for an i5 at a later stage.
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Re: Is it worth the upgrade?
Not really, won't make much of a difference
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Re: Is it worth the upgrade?
Thanks guys, appreciate the response.
I think I'll give that CPU a miss, maybe I'll look at the AMD Phenom II x6 1100T a little later and new graphic cards (either a dual GPU ATI card or a decent Nvidia GTX in SLi) - something that will outperform my current set-up, if possible
I think I'll give that CPU a miss, maybe I'll look at the AMD Phenom II x6 1100T a little later and new graphic cards (either a dual GPU ATI card or a decent Nvidia GTX in SLi) - something that will outperform my current set-up, if possible
Asus Crosshair II Formula
AMD Phenom II X4 940 (at 3600 MHz [240MHz x 15])
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500/1066/Reaper HPC Edition/Dual Channel (4 x 2GIG)
ASUS EAH5970
Creative Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro
Antec P180 & TruePower Quattro 1200W
Samsung SyncMaster T260
Logitech Peripherals
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X4 940 (at 3600 MHz [240MHz x 15])
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500/1066/Reaper HPC Edition/Dual Channel (4 x 2GIG)
ASUS EAH5970
Creative Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro
Antec P180 & TruePower Quattro 1200W
Samsung SyncMaster T260
Logitech Peripherals
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit