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Thread ID: 118471	2011-06-06 09:49:00	Performance difference between two CPU's	quark (15122)	Press F1

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1207296	2011-06-06 09:49:00	Hi Im building myself a new computer and was wondering what CPU to get. So I know Im getting a AMD CPU and was just wondering if there is much of a performance difference between the AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2GHz Black Edition Dual-Core and the AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz Quad Core? There's only $30 difference between the two. I will be using x64 version of Windows & so hopefully using the quad core will increase performance a bit. So if anyone has any advice to which one is better or whether the quad-core will be better their advice would be much appreciated. Thanks	quark (15122)
1207297	2011-06-06 20:40:00	www.tomshardware.com	pctek (84)
1207298	2011-06-07 22:26:00	for $30 two extra cores is worth it in my opinion. In multithreaded applications or even if you like to have a lot of things running at once the quad core is much nicer. The black edition is for overclockers really but even overclocked it is still 2 cores down. Of course I think you're crazy and should either wait for bulldozer or build an i5 :P	dugimodo (138)
1207299	2011-06-07 22:33:00	If you're building a budget gaming machine, the X2 BE. Anything else, the X4.	inphinity (7274)
1207300	2011-06-07 22:38:00	Id rather get an i3 if going budget $167 v $134..... www.anandtech.com i3 is all over the X2 like a rash, and thats at stock!	SolMiester (139)
1207301	2011-06-07 22:45:00	the i3 also beats the x4 btw, and in some cases the x6 www.anandtech.com	dugimodo (138)
1207302	2011-06-08 05:21:00	Cheers for your help. I would like to get an i5 bt dont have much cash ta spend so just settling for a AMD x4 at the moment. I just need something to be able to do some Photoshop on and convert music, dwnload stuff and a little bit of light gameing so not going all out on a comp yet. So I think il settle on the AMD Phenom II X4 840 for the moment. Thanks	quark (15122)
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