X2 555 or X3 445 vs X4 955 for Gaming

Ayanu

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Probably going to be building a new machine on a budget to play games (aion being the most intensive of the games I play). Would be best if I could stick to one of the first 2 processors for the build because of costs.

My question is basically that assuming no cores unlock, how much of a difference would I notice between the 555 or 445 and the 955 for gaming? And if I can at least get 1 core out of the 555 to make it a 3-core it would outperform the 445 because of the l3 cache correct? It is kind of appealing anyway since it's a BE.
 

Ayanu

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Yeah I don't think they can even use all 4 cores, which is why I liked the idea of the 555 since it was a BE and would be easier for me to OC higher than the 445.
 

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Too bad that you missed out on the OEM 3.0 Ghz AM3 Phenom II X3 740 BE on sale here ($68.99) on the 26th and 27th if you lived either in Canada or the USA.It was completely sold out.Maybe they will have a sale again.Here are the Passmark Scores for this CPU.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Phenom+II+X3+740

A pretty high rating performer.

Here is it's value (performance vs price).On the top of the list (If one got it on that sale)
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html