Hi,
I am upgrading my PC to the best of its abilities and I'm undecided on which CPU to go for.
Here are my choices:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz
or
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 2.7GHz
Here is the MoBo I have:
ASRock > Products > N68-S
I know there are both supported but I'm not sure what the difference it between the two in terms of speed? I know one is 3.4GHz and the other is lower but I dont know what the real difference will be.
Thanks :)
The X4 is faster and has 4 cores, the X6 has 6 cores. The one that's best for you depends on what you do with your computer. There aren't many programs that make use of 6 cores, but some CPU intensive programs such as HD video editing and such will. Games, there is no advantage as they don't really use 4 cores.
Not to be priggish, but are you sure that your motherboard supports those CPUs?
Asrock gives a list:
ASRock > Products > N68-S > CPU Support List
Neither of your choices are on it.
The 965 is a 125W TDP chip, which is higher than the highest approved ones (95W). That looks likely to be a problem.
I presume that the 1045T will be compatible, like the 1055t, although it'd be nice if it was listed explicitly.
Having just upgraded from that fine 965 I can recommend it with all my heart. The 1045 is a great choice as well but I don't have any personal experience with it. My 965 was stable on a sealed water system @ 4.1 and I think it had more to give with tweaking.
Hi,
My mistake, I was looking at multiple things.
What do you think about this one:
Advance Technologies AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 2.7GHz Thuban Core 6MB Cache 95W Retail HDT45TWFGRBOX
According to this benchmark site
PassMark Software - CPU Benchmark Charts
the X4 scores 4201 and the X6 gets 5000
I think in real life you will have more benefits from the higher clock speed of the X4 than from the 2 additional cores of the X6. And I would not stare at benchmarks. Those are pretty artificial and do not take the real daily used programs into consideration.
Yes, whs is right. If the choice was a faster quad core versus a slower 6 core proc, 99.9% of what you would do with the computer, would be faster on the quad, if all else was equal.
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