Dev box: Phenom II x4 965 vs i5 750 vs Phenom II x6 1055t

One thing that might be taken into account is that going the AMD route would enable you to get a inexpensive 785G chipset based motherboard (under $100)with a great Radeon 4200 Integrated Graphics Processor.So if you want to save some money going the AMD route would be less expensive overall.

However the i5 750 is a more powerful CPU but with most LGA 1156 motherboards one would need an aftermarket Graphics Card (not too expensive though).
Intel Integrated Graphics well basically sucks.
Hard to say but if you want the more powerful CPU go the i5-750 route otherwise if you want to save money (and it would be an easier build with a 785G motherboard) go the AMD route.

amd has hyper-v.

if you're web apps are sql driven i'd go with the 6 core amd, my pov.

sorry for not mentioning this.. I am looking to connect 2 monitors (already have them one is 24inches and the other is older 17 or 19inches LCD monitors). so looks like AMD route is the cheaper route.

Yes 785G based motherboards have multi-monitor support.See here under the paragraph Visual Experience.
http://www.amd.com/us/products/des [...] ipset.aspx
You might need a secondary Radeon 3450 card though inexpensive under $50
I have never used the multi-monitor feature on a 785G board myself.

Not exactly, Eclipse is a pretty memory using program, i just suggested 8gbs because he can actually use dual channel and get the speed he wants, unlike triple channel, because then he can only run a single channel and a dual channel much slower

thanks everyone. If I am willing to do moderate Overclocking without much heat/wattage increase then which proc would be better? I hear 1055t is excellent for OC but wattage increases dramatically as well ?

Reading the forums more I see people mention/recommend buying 955 vs 965 since it is cheaper and almost identical ? Is that the case - what advantages does 965 have over 955 ?

if I am looking to OC without changing the voltages which amongst the following will provide the biggest leap ?

965 vs 955 vs 1055T ?

It's bad for gaming because the Thuban utilizes 3 cores during gaming not 4. Instead of the 955/965 and i5 750 that have solid 4 cores for gaming and multi-tasking.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=147

Look at the gaming benches, although the 1055T isn't really that much lower in FPS as games are more GPU dependent, the 955 still pulls ahead in all the Gaming Benchmarks.

please show me that the 1055t only uses 3 cores for games.

monitors are like 60 fps so if you have over 60 your monitor will not be able to use that extra refreshing. anything over 50 fps is good to the eye so its just being picky nad saying my gets this amount". who cares if its not really needed or the price tag is huge.

the fps are all good from the cpu's listed, so to say it is bad is crazy. again you can pop that 1055t to 4ghz easily and beyond. yes showing that bench mark one at 3.2 stock and one at 2.8 will be a little difference. But even with it not oc'd it still is plenty of gusto for only $199 and has more usable with the multi tasking,.

right now 2 cores at 4ghz will get you use for a long long time. make that 6 cores at 4ghz and your good to go for real long time. put a price tag on that at $179-$199 and i say *** intel and their $300-$900 chips!

don't need those high priced chips anyhow, not in these days, when we actually do they will be obsolete and cheap as *** then.

its a steal at that price and anyone who says is bad or slow is retarded.

[quotemsg=2162257,21,497688]God damn your a flamer, I said Bad because i was using your choice of words.

Plus I never said it was a bad chip, it's just that for the apps he's running he doesn't need to go into the 195$+ chips when a 145$ (955 because of the price cuts) is sufficient. Also do you even realize that Eclipse doesn't require more than a single core? App and web development don't require insane computing either. A quad is enough, you may be thinking future proofing but 955 is sufficient for his needs. Also not to support Intel or AMD but the benchmark you showed of the passmark scores prove nothing as the 750 beats 1055T in a lot more benchmarks

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/109?vs=147

When you account for the fact Adobe actually most of it's programs favor Intel CPU (Although i perfer AMD) Such as Photoshop and Flash. And asuuming he is in Web Dev. Dreamweaver is something that would favor the 750 as well. But since it doesn't require insane CPU computing the 955 is the best choice even the 945 would be good enough.[/quotemsg



i wansn't calling YOU a retard or anything, i know you were responding to what i had responded to another! to those that do say it is bad, that is who i was. Did i start off calling you a name like you did to me? nope! i never quoted you as saying it either or pointing it out as being BAD either.

point is that for like $30 dollars more you get 2 extra cores. you can boost the 1055t to 4.0 - 4.3 ghz with air and just a 3 minute tweak.

they are all sweet chips. most of the bencharmarks look good on paper, you don't see or really need anything the insanely priced cpu's offer. do you think you going to see or feel the difference between 100 fps and 140fps. No.

ps3 and xbox 360 use like 30-60 fps and you see no lag or breakdown.

its like buying a ferrari but only able to go(use) it to a certain speed(point). its all for show. who cares. For a chip $200 or less and being able to go longetivity and usefulness the x6 1055t is the best deal you can get to date.

out of all the chips out there id get the amd x6 - its the only one that make sense pricewise and cost ratio and uselfulness

just air the 1055t gets up to 3.2-3.4.

if you don't do any oc'ing then your talking about a .4 difference. one will have 2 more cores to help and the other won't. I don't think a .4 difference will make you regret buying the 6 core!

they are neck and neck. they are so close plus the x6 will give him an advantage to also do multithreaded stuff.

To up the multiplyer is no major task and anyone can do it. Get a m4a89gtd-pro or m4a88td-v-evo or m4a785td-v-evo and it has a simple push of the button approach to get to that. takes like 3 minutes

Dave your better off in the long run gettin the x6 for sure and it like $30-40 more. if you look you can get deals. the other day it was on sale for $179.

multitasking with 6 cores @ 3.2-4.2ghz is way better than 4 cores @ 3.2-4.2ghz very minor oc'ing .


yes it does stay stable without any problems at 4.0 easily and can go beyond that even!

1055t / m4a88td-v-evo/usb3 / 8 gb g.skill 1600 ----- perfect performace to price ratio.this is all you will truely need and with leftovers for a long long time. unless you think your cool having a overpriced cpu then spend away on $300-$800 chip that looks good on paper in benchmarks but not much noticable via eye or work load to justify the huge price gap.

If the apps aren't CPU intensive go for Athlon II x2/x3 throw saved cash into hardware you'll actually use.

If they are CPU intensive, but are single threaded and you aren't multi-tasking, i3 @ 4ghz stock cooler/volts is where i'd aim.