What is the best AMD CPU to date

[AdamDBurns]

HI,
I am looking to upgrade my AMD Based system i have a good motherboard which can support AM2/AM2+/AM3 What is the best CPU for this
Oh and i have 140W cpu support
so what is the best AMD Cpu at the present Moment?
Thanx.

 

[mi1ez]

Phenom II X4 940 I believe...

 

[C-130]

From the benchmarks I have seen it would have to be the Phenom. Below is benchmarks of it in comparisson to the i7:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119.html

The i7 being a strong processor the phenom does not lag too heavily behind it. However I am not fully familliar with the AMD architecture so the Phenom may not be compatible with your motherboard.

 

[AdamDBurns]

Is the Opteron any good and what socket does it use?

 

[loneninja]

Phenom II 955 @ 3.2Ghz is the fastest AMD has right now.

 

[AdamDBurns]

From the benchmarks I have seen it would have to be the Phenom. Below is benchmarks of it in comparisson to the i7:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119.html

The i7 being a strong processor the phenom does not lag too heavily behind it. However I am not fully familliar with the AMD architecture so the Phenom may not be compatible with your motherboard.

i see the phenom does lose and it is definantly compatible with my MOBO but im not prepared to go intel as it is seriously over priced. i think intel is rubbish, yes i am a gamer and yes im using AMD but my point is to everyone (that does gaming for that matter) is that you dont need an i7 as most of your graphics depends on the GPU im not going to spend all my money on a 965 and findout im not even going to use it
This is my opinion so if u have an objections please feel free to keep it to yourself.

 

[Devastator_uk]

Yes, the Phenom II 955 is the best they do, became available about a week or so ago.

 

[AdioKIP]

I run an AM2+ board that use to run a dual core X2 600+ and am now running a Phenom 2 940. The two best AMD processors are the 940 and 955 but for your setup go with the 940. The main difference between the 940 and 955 is the 955 is AM3 so can use DDR3 Memory, but your board being AM2+ means that it runs DDR2. Other then that the 955 is only clocked 200mhz faster then the 940 and the 940 can easily be clocked to match it. If you were doing a new build and were going with an AM3 motherboard then the 955 would be a better choice but for an upgrade in an AM2+ board (even though they do support AM3) for the money you're better off going with the AM2+ 940.

 

[The Third Level]

Go with the Phenom II X4 955 , or if you wanna spend a bit less, go with the Phenom II X3 720.

Both are very good processors, black editions, and overclock very well.

 

[smithereen]

If you don't overclock, the 920 is the best quad-core value, but the 955 is the best, has DDR3 support, and is overclocks awesomely.

 

[Outlander_04]

what motherboard are you using ?

 

[jennyh]

The 940 is amazing value right now.

 

[fazers_on_stun]

"What is the best AMD CPU to date"

Personally I wouldn't date any CPU, whether AMD or Intel

However the X3 is a good value esp. if you can unlock the 4th core.

 

[AdamDBurns]

what motherboard are you using ?

Asus M3A78-T

 

[AdamDBurns]

"What is the best AMD CPU to date"

Personally I wouldn't date any CPU, whether AMD or Intel

However the X3 is a good value esp. if you can unlock the 4th core.

LOL Good one!

 

[amdfangirl]

"What is the best AMD CPU to date"

Personally I wouldn't date any CPU, whether AMD or Intel

However the X3 is a good value esp. if you can unlock the 4th core.

Not many board still can tho...

 

[fazers_on_stun]

Not many board still can tho...

I wonder what the overall percentage of successful unlockings is? Seems a few people here have succeeded.

 

[amdfangirl]

Lower than before, those early BIOSes than did work, now don't, retail boxes that are new don't either... not a good chance.