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| Thread ID: 114582 | 2010-12-09 04:33:00 | Help me choose a mb & cpu | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 1160126 | 2010-12-12 21:04:00 | What's wrong with the HSF that comes with the 955? I thought a fan had to be purchased separately. Now I see in the specs (pricespy.co.nz) that it comes with a fan but it does not state what brand. As long as it is quiet and good quality I will be happy. I dont really think you would notice the difference between 6 & 4 core unless you spend most of the time encoding...However the new Phemons do have a better turbo mode than the others, which means while only a few of the cores are used, the CPU will speed up a couple of bins for automatic clocking which will give a speed bump....For an extra $70, the turbo would be nice! www.maximumpc.com First I was set to get 6 core, and a Phenom, but reading various reviews it now looks like an Athlon 4 core will be about equivalent for video/sound/photo work. According to this review (www.techpowerup.com) the video encoding speeds, etc. for the Athlon 645 is excellent (sometimes better than Phenoms). It seems that Phenoms are more for gaming. The specs on Phenoms are impressive, however. Take note that my knowledge of cpu's is minimal, so if you PF1 experts say that a Phenom is the way for me, then OK; the extra cost is minimal, only $30 or so. I am not on a strict budget so I don't mind spending more, but as I do not need a blazing fast game machine it will not make sense to throw $$ away when not needed for my purpose. ?? Athlon II x4 645 (3.1 Ghz) ... or ... Phenom II x4 955 (3.2 Ghz) ?? Nice mainboard and RAM....ya going well mate! :thumbs: My choices reflect the help I have been given on this thread. :thumbs: |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1160127 | 2010-12-12 21:09:00 | If you arent gaming, I would go for an AMD X4 or X6 with 4-8GB and x64 W7 and a dedicated sound card if editing sound files. ... This may well show my ignorance, but I thought sound cards were only for producing better sound quality to speakers. Would a sound card speed up the process for sound editing/encoding? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1160128 | 2010-12-12 21:22:00 | Athlon II x4 645 (3.1 Ghz) ... or ... Phenom II x4 955 (3.2 Ghz) The Athlon II will do the job fine. The Phenom 955 will do it faster. This one really comes down to how much you care about performance - personally, I would go with the Phenom, it's only about $35 or so difference. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1160129 | 2010-12-12 21:49:00 | This may well show my ignorance, but I thought sound cards were only for producing better sound quality to speakers. Would a sound card speed up the process for sound editing/encoding? Here is a quick article that may help you decide...personally, Im no audiophile, so id rather spend the money on a better GPU, however..... www.tested.com |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1160130 | 2010-12-12 21:59:00 | [QUOTE=Strommer;975039 First I was set to get 6 core, and a Phenom, but reading various reviews it now looks like an Athlon 4 core will be about equivalent for video/sound/photo work. According to this review (www.techpowerup.com) the video encoding speeds, etc. for the Athlon 645 is excellent (sometimes better than Phenoms). It seems that Phenoms are more for gaming. The specs on Phenoms are impressive, however. Take note that my knowledge of cpu's is minimal, so if you PF1 experts say that a Phenom is the way for me, then OK; the extra cost is minimal, only $30 or so. I am not on a strict budget so I don't mind spending more, but as I do not need a blazing fast game machine it will not make sense to throw $$ away when not needed for my purpose. ?? Athlon II x4 645 (3.1 Ghz) ... or ... Phenom II x4 955 (3.2 Ghz) ?? :thumbs: My choices reflect the help I have been given on this thread. :thumbs: [/QUOTE] You have to look at the right benchmarks.... There is no Athlon X4 here, but here you can see the extra cores showing 33% increase over the X4 Phenom....which has 200mhz speed advantage....For me, the ole adage, get the best you can afford still rings true for PC building.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1160131 | 2010-12-13 03:52:00 | I have made the order, mostly from Computer Lounge. Decided to go with the Phenom, and added a 1T Seagate, 32Mb. :thanks Thanks everyone for your help. :thanks BTW, it is possible that my old ASUS mobo died because I failed to do the routine twice-a-year cleaning - there was a great deal of dust in the cpu fan so maybe this created heat in the mobo. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1160132 | 2010-12-13 05:19:00 | PF1ers have recommended Computer Lounge, and I can see why... I ordered the Corsair RAM, but after placing the order on Computer Lounge and making payment, Computer Lounge sent me an email 10 minutes later to inform me that it was out of stock - BUT that I could have the 4 Gb Corsair 'Vengeance' (www.computerlounge.co.nz) for the same price! Well, maybe sometime I will play around with overclocking to take advantage of this supercharged RAM. :cool: |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1160133 | 2010-12-13 06:29:00 | The stock fan for your CPU will be OK but if it's anything like the one for my Phenom II 945 and you want decent cooling you should probably get something better. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1160134 | 2010-12-13 07:05:00 | The stock fan for your CPU will be OK but if it's anything like the one for my Phenom II 945 and you want decent cooling you should probably get something better. Depends, I am using the stock AMD BE cooler that came with my 955, and with an ambient case temp of 38*C, it keeps the CPU at around 52*C under load, and thats clocked up from the factory 3.2GHz to 3.6GHz. Boy am I itching to get my hands on a 970BE :/ |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1160135 | 2010-12-13 07:14:00 | What is the stock 955 cooler like? The one for my 945 is quite small, no heatpipes or even copper insert. |
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