I'm looking to upgrade my AMD Phenom II X6 processor but am having trouble deciding between a few choices. Would going from this processor to an Intel 3570K be a downgrade? I mostly use this computer for Premiere Pro and Photoshop, some gaming in there too. I'm also looking at the AMD 8350 but am thinking about power consumption at the same time. I will also consider the i7 3770K as well but it'll take some convincing. What will give me the better performance overall?
Upgrading AMD Phenom II X6 1045T Processor
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david cassar
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In gaming an i5 is the best bet. Also it wouldn't be a downgrade and it will give you a performance increase in photoshop. If you game occasionally but mostly use it for premier pro and photoshop as you stated which are both multithreaded apps an i7 or an fx 8350 would be a bit better.
I5 vs phenom x6: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=147
I5 vs i7: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=551
i7 vs 8350: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=551
I5 vs phenom x6: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=147
I5 vs i7: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/701?vs=551
i7 vs 8350: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=551
I've been looking at the 3770K and it's pretty affordable from Micro Center. However, I just came across the Intel E3 1230V2 that is pretty close to the 3770K without the onboard GPU. I don't think I need the onboard GPU as I already have a GTX 560Ti. Just want to make sure that is correct? Also, I read on some of these processors they only work with ECC ram. Will the 1230V2 work with regular ram? Specifically the G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB.
For the motherboard I'm looking at either ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA - GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H - ASRock Z77 EXTREME4 just haven't really researched them yet.
Just want to make sure that's all compatible. Taking any recommendations, I do a lot of video editing/processing, graphic design stuff.
For the motherboard I'm looking at either ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA - GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H - ASRock Z77 EXTREME4 just haven't really researched them yet.
Just want to make sure that's all compatible. Taking any recommendations, I do a lot of video editing/processing, graphic design stuff.
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wait for steamroller 
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Exactly what I'm thinking! Haswell is not a big jump. Honestly I wouldn't even consider upgrading your CPU until steamroller, its rumored to be a 30% performance increase! Your current CPU is still quite powerful
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kirilmatt :
daerohn :
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Exactly what I'm thinking! Haswell is not a big jump. Honestly I wouldn't even consider upgrading your CPU until steamroller, its rumored to be a 30% performance increase! Your current CPU is still quite powerful
Haswell is rumored to overclock to 6GHz on air.
Steamroller is rumored to be 30% faster than Bulldozer, not Piledriver.
henydiah
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keep your money do overclcok up to a maximum, it will better, that is still pretty good and rare ... .. while waiting streamroller / haswell / and waiting too IV-E and pillerdriver/ bulldozer / drop price maybe free for you and wait DDR4 release
.. while waiting streamroller / haswell / and waiting too IV-E and pillerdriver/ bulldozer / drop price maybe free for you and wait DDR4 release 
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You might aswell do a background check on the cpu's around the globe atm and see how much difference you are getting on the programs you are using, i am gaming with a phenom II 555 and i am ok playing in medium graphs with a gtx 260, so gaming is not your problem here. Check if premiere pro and photoshop actually take advantage of hyperthread before you move to i7 of upcoming haswell i7 cpus. Other than that i5 3570k is atm the best seller with lower watt consumption (77w) and i guess your editing programs draw all the cpu power so yeah 8350 will be at max WATT (125w) while you do your work.
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kirilmatt :
daerohn :
wait for steamroller )
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Exactly what I'm thinking! Haswell is not a big jump. Honestly I wouldn't even consider upgrading your CPU until steamroller, its rumored to be a 30% performance increase! Your current CPU is still quite powerful
Haswell is rumored to overclock to 6GHz on air.
Steamroller is rumored to be 30% faster than Bulldozer, not Piledriver.
Funny, seems like a troll has arrived! Just like Pentium 4 would be clocked at 10ghz right? No its a 30% increase over piledriver
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Do you even know what "troll" is?
AMD never stated if the 30% projected improvement is over Piledriver (give source if you are not the one trolling here).
It will most likely be 30% over Bulldozer and ~15% over Piledriver at same clocks. Since it might clock higher at stock, Steamroller might be 30% over Piledriver as in 5GHz SR vs 4GHz PD.
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That might happen is one or two specific AMD favoring apps. But as Tom's own article shows, 3770K not only is using less energy, but it also completes tasks faster than 8350 on average which gives these final results on power consumption:
Add overclocking into it and you'll end up with 2x as much electricity used to complete the same task with 8350 over 3770.
henydiah
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i had 1055T and 2500K for rendering not different too much just @minutes and game same finish untill game over as well , keep keep
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kirilmatt :
rmpumper :
kirilmatt :
daerohn :
wait for steamroller )
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Exactly what I'm thinking! Haswell is not a big jump. Honestly I wouldn't even consider upgrading your CPU until steamroller, its rumored to be a 30% performance increase! Your current CPU is still quite powerful
Haswell is rumored to overclock to 6GHz on air.
Steamroller is rumored to be 30% faster than Bulldozer, not Piledriver.
Funny, seems like a troll has arrived! Just like Pentium 4 would be clocked at 10ghz right? No its a 30% increase over piledriver
Source? 30% over bulldozer makes sense. But over piledriver? I'm very skeptical of that....
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kirilmatt :
rmpumper :
kirilmatt :
daerohn :
wait for steamroller )
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Exactly what I'm thinking! Haswell is not a big jump. Honestly I wouldn't even consider upgrading your CPU until steamroller, its rumored to be a 30% performance increase! Your current CPU is still quite powerful
Haswell is rumored to overclock to 6GHz on air.
Steamroller is rumored to be 30% faster than Bulldozer, not Piledriver.
Funny, seems like a troll has arrived! Just like Pentium 4 would be clocked at 10ghz right? No its a 30% increase over piledriver
Source? 30% over bulldozer makes sense. But over piledriver? I'm very skeptical of that....
Honestly its just something I've heard in forums and stuff, there's no official stuff, personally I'm thinking 15-20% probably
rmpumper :
That might happen is one or two specific AMD favoring apps. But as Tom's own article shows, 3770K not only is using less energy, but it also completes tasks faster than 8350 on average which gives these final results on power consumption:
Add overclocking into it and you'll end up with 2x as much electricity used to complete the same task with 8350 over 3770.
Obviously the i7 is a much better cpu overall, but for the price the FX is competitive in mutitreaded tasks and is much better then the i5 with which it competes
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http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-pushes-steamroller-and-excavator-forward-bullish-about-performance-increases/17088.html
http://techreport.com/review/23485/amd-cto-reveals-first-steamroller-details
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/29/amd_papermaster_steamroller_seamicro_opteron/
Sounds like 30% over PD to me...unless you think the CTO would lie to the press?
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I'll look at 2013 sources. Thanks for the outdated info.
If Haswell overclocking rumors turn out to be BS, I will wait for Steamroller to upgrade my 1055T, but I doubt it will be any better vs. Haswell as Piledriver vs. Ivy is now.
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Outdated? 6-8 months ago is outdated? They haven't talked about steamroller much lately...other than to say that Kaveri is coming. Plus, Jim Keller is the head of that project, he designed the K7/K8 architecture back when AMD was well ahead in terms of performance. Apple stole him away for a while, but we stole him back
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