am2+ upgrade help

I am kind of in a tight spot. I have started to experiment with video editing (also do moderate gaming right now playing The Witcher) and my x2 3800+ just isn't cutting it for vid editing and I wanted to upgrade my cpu. I'm on a tight budget around $150 usd .

I have Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H 780g chip skt am2+ which on their website supports up to Phenom X4 9750 (no 9850)
cpu cooler I have ocz vendetta

So my dilemma is I found a deal on the Phenom 9600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103244
at the egg for $135 shipped I was wondering if this is a good deal and a good upgrade or if I should scrap upgrading and just save more money and wait. I do realize that this one has the tlb but at 135 it seems to be a good deal. The next quad would be the 9550 which is $40 more and out of my budget. I also thought about the tri-core but they don't seem to be a good deal to me (or are they). Any recommendations? Thank you for your time

with video editing in mind those apps do benefit ALOT more from a quad core than a dual core... if 9600 is what you can afford i would go for that.

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I agree, probably your best choice. Just don't expect to overclock it much.

You could also get a 5000+BE and overclock it to 3.2Ghz pretty easily. It's cheaper and should give a performance boost for all apps, not just those that will fully utilize a quad core.

Don't know how long you can hold out but June was the last month that distributors could order 125w Phenom 9750s and 9850s.

95w versions are supposed to be available by Q4.

For $135 the 9600 is a great deal. promo code EMCAHBABH

AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103244


If your video software (Premiere Pro with MainConcept encoders?) will run 4 parallel threads you will be smokin' fast.

VideoStudio 11.5 Plus uses MainConcept and can be purchased from Amazon for $60
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satel [...] 5714229272

Get the 9600.You might be able to OC it.I have a 9500 and only game ,and have no issues with mine.

Definitely get the 9600. It's a great CPU at that price. Be warned though. I got no overclock out of mine .

x4 would be the best for encoding.......but if cash is an issue, then u could get a x3

Thanks for all your help. Still a hard decision.

I wouldn't get the 9600 because you might run in to the errata one of these days. Or you might not. Most people haven't.

What I recommend to you, over a 9600, is the 8650:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103253

By the time you'll see great benefits from the 4th core, it will be time to upgrade, and then you should be able to go Deneb with a bios update.

I have a similar situation. I bought a Gigabyte 780G board and was going to put a 95 watt B3 Phenom in last spring but I couldn't afford DDR2 1066 until after the vacation, so I decided to hold off till spring and get an 8750 and DDR2 1066 all at once.

Here's an old review of the 8750 that includes the 9600 for comparison:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/ [...] enom_8750/

Here's another review from the same time period:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/re [...] 8750/7.htm

The 8650 for $145 @ 2.3 will be a bit slower, but not by much and it should still equal the 9600 in most cases without fear of the errata.

The 9600be isn't bad, but kinda like playing roulette when it comes to overclocking. I wouldn't worry too much about the TLB errata, other than making sure the fix is disabled in bios. Anything phenom based will also improve the performance of the IGP since it will be running of HT3.0 instead of 2.0.

With a good video card, and decent 1066 ram, any of the phenom based chips will also be able to game well too.