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Sable Wanderer   10-11-2008 at 02:53:11 PM

is an AMD 9600 quad core black editon better than a e7200? I will be using this system for audio recording and some gaming.

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Grimmy   10-11-2008 at 03:22:34 PM
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Get both..

Use the 9600 on audio, and E7200 for gaming.

:pt1cable: :pt1cable: :pt1cable: :pt1cable:

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thogrom   10-11-2008 at 03:26:36 PM
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get the 9600

actually get like the 9950...

or better yet

get a q6600 and oc it to 3 ghz b/c you can on STOCK EVERYTHING

and that will beat everything =P

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Sable Wanderer   10-11-2008 at 05:01:56 PM
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The only reason why i was asking was because they are currently the same price on newegg so it doesn't make much sense to get a dual core when i can get a quad core. Also i was originally looking at getting an Intel CPU so i don't know what chip set is good for AMD any suggestions on motherboards?

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Sable Wanderer   10-11-2008 at 05:03:11 PM
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Grimmy wrote :

Get both..

Use the 9600 on audio, and E7200 for gaming.

:pt1cable: :pt1cable: :pt1cable: :pt1cable:


How much worse will the AMD be for Gaming then the e7200?

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zenmaster   10-11-2008 at 05:28:55 PM
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When you OC both, the AMD will be much worse.
The 9600 is one of the older models that does not OC well.

Personally I would never considre a Phenom, but Frys has the 9950 for $150 or so those who would

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Grimmy   10-11-2008 at 06:04:38 PM
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Sable Wanderer wrote :

How much worse will the AMD be for Gaming then the e7200?



I dunno...

I do know, I use an E4400, which is a dual, and a Q6600, which is a quad... so why can't you have both?

:oops:

Just google for reviews like:

AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition

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jerreece   10-11-2008 at 06:27:23 PM
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If you want a Quad Core (which is preferable for video and audio encoding since most of that software uses multiple cores now days) get an Intel. The AMD Phenoms aren't what they should have been. Intel is definitely superior as far as Quad Cores are concerned.

You can get into a Q6600 for like $189, and normally can find motherboard/CPU bundle deals on major sites (www.tigerdirect.com or www.newegg.com)

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