Looking for Phenom II x2 or higher...
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G80FTW
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I have a 939 Manchester dual core with an ASUS SLi-Deluxe board. The board Im not sure works anymore but the CPU does.
Then I have an AM2 Brisbane with about 4 AM2/AM3 boards with DDR2 RAM.
No Phenoms, but if your interested in any of that I can let it go cheap as all they are doing is sitting in my storage room.
I also have a bunch of P4s and older pentiums that are trash but I keep for some reason.
Im not 100% sure, but my socket 939 Manchester is probably not alot slower than an X2 Phenom since they are the same base architecture.
Then I have an AM2 Brisbane with about 4 AM2/AM3 boards with DDR2 RAM.
No Phenoms, but if your interested in any of that I can let it go cheap as all they are doing is sitting in my storage room.
I also have a bunch of P4s and older pentiums that are trash but I keep for some reason.
Im not 100% sure, but my socket 939 Manchester is probably not alot slower than an X2 Phenom since they are the same base architecture.
Virssagòn
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Virssagòn
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Where do you live? What's your budget?
clquestor
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US, east coast...looking to get something around $50...right now I have the 3.4ghz Athlon II x2 and I need to run Doom 4 when it comes out (or they at least give specs) I don't do a ton of gaming so I dont even know if I'll need more than the Athlon 3.4. Nothing I run requires more than a dual core, so I'm not sure if jumping to a phenom x2 will be better, and I am pretty sure jumping to a slower quad wont help at all.
G80FTW
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If you dont do any gaming, then I wouldnt recommend going from an Athlon 2 to a Phenom. As you wont see much, if any improvement in normal use. Even in gaming, I dont think the Phenom X2 is much faster than an Athlon X2.
In my opinion, I would stick with what you got and save your money.
clquestor
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Cool thanks, thats the info I was looking for. I'm considering trying a simple OC to 3.6ghz but I've never OC'd before so I'll take it slow.
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No point going from a Athlon II to a Phenom II X2. No difference other then the L3 cache. That is unless you get a Phenom II 555/565. They are the C3 stepping and are unlocked, overclock pretty good. Plus the board has UCC and you could have the chance to unlock it to a quad core.
A 965 is still a great processor though. You can still pick up a new one on Newegg for $100.
G80FTW
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But it wouldnt be a worthwhile upgrade for $100.
It's almost triple the jump going by Passmark's benchmarks. The Athlon is only about 1946 and the Phenom II 965 is 4316. Even when I upgraded from just a 555 to a 965 I saw a big difference.
+1
My 955 is a champ and is OC'd really high for being a 955. Great chips. Dated but still solid performance.
G80FTW
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For what he claims to be doing, he wont see any difference.
I would assume Doom 4 would use 4 cores since it isn't even released yet. Having those extra 2 cores would be beneficial. I'd look around on eBay for a used 955/965 and maybe toss in a good cooler to boot if you're motherboard is up to overclocking.
G80FTW
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If he is going to be playing the game with a 5750, going from his current processor to a Phenom X4 will make no difference.
linkin
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Try running GTA IV or ARMA 2
Thats why I upgraded, I just needed better performance, which AMD just doesn't have sadly
G80FTW
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Try running GTA IV or ARMA 2
Thats why I upgraded, I just needed better performance, which AMD just doesn't have sadly
I know how you feel. I used to be an AMD fanboy. My first build was an AMD. But when Intel released the C2D it was like they hit the nitro button and AMD has forever been lost
. I didnt even want to believe the C2D was that much faster than my Athlon, but eventually I had to face the facts and go to Intel.