Hey,
I'm postponing purchase of new rig for another year until DDR4 and DX12 become more standard, so I decided to upgrade my old PC.
Got a cheap GTX580, pinned max RAM (8gig), got Hyper 212(very silent) and now I'm left with Athlon 64 X2 4000+ CPU.
MB is Asus M2n68-AM Plus, and it can house up to 95W AM3. Terrible at overclocking - there are +3% + 5% + 7% profiles. I tired my hand at manually boosting that Athlon to 3GHz, but it's very unstable, and most of the time can't even boot. Even at much lower clocks. Could be my fault thou - I'm noob at overclocking
So, what should I get instead? 1065T is the fastest that could fit, but it's so rare and costs +$200.
1045T is half the price, but do I really need 6 cores?
I'm using is mostly for Photoshop, gaming and surfing the net. And in Photoshop, rarely am I kept waiting while CPU is doing something. It's mostly a whole bunch of shapes and layers (up to 100) composing web design.
As for Gaming - I'm not trying to set new benchmark records. As long as it's smooth, I'm good.
I've been looking at 960T, but I doubt I can unlock those 2 locked cores with my MOBO. Still, it has higher clock than 1045T, (3.0 vs 2.7). Both have 6MB L3 Cache. How important is that?
Basically, I need an AMD expert to tell me what is the best 95W AM3 CPU for the buck.
No need to spend $100 on X6 if I won't be using it, and I could get better performance, out of higher clock X4 for less $. Or perhaps X6 is the way to go - I'm no expert
Thank you!
I'm postponing purchase of new rig for another year until DDR4 and DX12 become more standard, so I decided to upgrade my old PC.
Got a cheap GTX580, pinned max RAM (8gig), got Hyper 212(very silent) and now I'm left with Athlon 64 X2 4000+ CPU.
MB is Asus M2n68-AM Plus, and it can house up to 95W AM3. Terrible at overclocking - there are +3% + 5% + 7% profiles. I tired my hand at manually boosting that Athlon to 3GHz, but it's very unstable, and most of the time can't even boot. Even at much lower clocks. Could be my fault thou - I'm noob at overclocking
So, what should I get instead? 1065T is the fastest that could fit, but it's so rare and costs +$200.
1045T is half the price, but do I really need 6 cores?
I'm using is mostly for Photoshop, gaming and surfing the net. And in Photoshop, rarely am I kept waiting while CPU is doing something. It's mostly a whole bunch of shapes and layers (up to 100) composing web design.
As for Gaming - I'm not trying to set new benchmark records. As long as it's smooth, I'm good.
I've been looking at 960T, but I doubt I can unlock those 2 locked cores with my MOBO. Still, it has higher clock than 1045T, (3.0 vs 2.7). Both have 6MB L3 Cache. How important is that?
Basically, I need an AMD expert to tell me what is the best 95W AM3 CPU for the buck.
No need to spend $100 on X6 if I won't be using it, and I could get better performance, out of higher clock X4 for less $. Or perhaps X6 is the way to go - I'm no expert
Thank you!
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