Surprised at Phenom vs Phenom II Benchmark...

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thenorthernline

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Hi. I'm throwing together some old hardware with a new SSD for a build that will **only** be used to rip DVD/BD disks. I have both Phenom II X3 B75 & Phenom X4 9850 CPU's to pick from (AM2+ board). I thought it was a no-brainer to go with the newer B75, but CPUBenchMark shows it at the lower 2851 vs 2948. And within Windows rating I see the older Phenom at 7.1 versus 6.9. Is the older CPU in this case really going to be better for my purpose?
 
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it does have an extra core, check the single thread bench, the 9850 got a 842 and the B75... well maybe i'm doing it wrong but all i can find is the Phenom II x4 B73 which got a 968 and since you wont be doing any gaming i think its safe to say the tri core will do better for you.
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it does have an extra core, check the single thread bench, the 9850 got a 842 and the B75... well maybe i'm doing it wrong but all i can find is the Phenom II x4 B73 which got a 968 and since you wont be doing any gaming i think its safe to say the tri core will do better for you.
 
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It looks like both within the margin of error as to how fast they are comparatively. I wouldn't worry about which one went into it if the machine was ONLY used for ripping movies, I don't think you'd notice a difference. I'd go the 4 core phenom one over a 3 core phenom 2 depending on if your compression software is multi threaded, if not, go with the 3 core with more speed per core.
 
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thenorthernline

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Thanks guys. I went with the B75. Single threaded apps are a no brainer on that one. Multi-threaded would just sort of depend. The 9850 is a BE black edition --so I could easily overclock it-- but then I would have to deal with the heat and add more fans. The B75 is 95 watts vs the 9850 at 125 watts. The last variable here was that I can throw the 9850 up on ebay and it looks like I'll get a little more for it. Final note is that the B75 is indeed an odd one, but you can find it via part number HDXB75WFK3DGI.
 
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Also the B75 is a tri-core, amd tri-cores are just quad cores with 1 disabled, for various reason, match demand or a bad ish cpu that cant function with 4 so they make it 3. if your lucky you can unlock that 4th core and have a quad core.
 
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