Socket 1156 pentium

[computernugget]

Is the Pentium for socket 1156 any good. I never really saw anything on it. not a single review. I know its there and I know its cheap. how does it compare to the Phenom II 555.

 

[dogman_1234]

Hello, and welcome to THG.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116283

Apparently, many users say it goes neck to neck with the PII 555.

 

[computernugget]

thanks!

so would you recommend this or the PhII 555? I know the 555 can unlock to a quad core if lucky.

 

[computernugget]

lol I just found this

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-ii-x2-555,2540.html

 

[king smp]

would be a great way to cut cost on a new 1156 build and would give you a great
upgrade path later on with a good motherboard

between choosing where to put the money
I personally think a spending more on the motherboard now
and going a little cheap with the CPU is better
as long as it is a viable socket then you can always change out with different CPU
and I series hopefully should drop in price with sandybridge and ivybridge being released

 

[photonboy]

It depends on HOW the computer is being used.

No single-GPU graphics card requires more than an i5-750 CPU to run games at full.

On the other-hand, many compression and video transcoding programs are now capable of using EIGHT THREADS completely at 100%.

I bought the i7-860 a while ago because I occasionally transcode video but I also expected to get a faster graphics card in a couple years so I thought it worth the extra $100 versus the i5-750 in case I bottlenecked it.

Anyway, if you want to play games, you need to start with the graphics card. The best bang-for-the-buck is the GTX 560Ti which modern CPU's of $150 or higher can handle completely.

Most motherboards are fairly reliable now and $100 can get a lot.

 

[king smp]

Yea kinda of an old school way of thinking I guess
Years ago there was a big difference in mobos
When P4 were big there was a point where you had your choice between an IDE/AGP
vs a Sata/PCI-E so the mobo investment was crucial
I guess as long as the board has usb 3.0 and sata 6.0 and a decent chipset
your ok
back in the day you paid more for Intel Chipsets

 

[marcellis22]

The 1156 is a dead end...

 

[computernugget]

this wont be for gaming. any gaming will probably be emulators and maybe minecraft. maybe some really old games too. but thanks anyways guys. i didnt expect so much feedback.

 

[king smp]

How do you use your computer?
If your an browser and email person than that Pentium will be great
If you are a encoder/transcoder video/audio person then you NEED more cores especially if it is time critical
If your a multimedia streamer and recorder the Pent will work but more cores
would be an extra bonus

 

[computernugget]

Yeah I'm mostly just a broswer person. checking the facebook, youtube vids. music. the most editing i will do is in Paint. and maybe take a screen cap from a movie and editing text to it. thats really I will ever do.

oh yeah, I forgot to ask. will this be good to run my Total war games very clean like?

 

[king smp]

A core2duo around 3.0 can still play any game well except maybe
MS FlightSim and a couple of other CPU intensive games

it is really your video card that matters

I have never played Total war
but my older E4500 at 2.93ghz/OCd HD4650 plays BioShock 2, Crysis Warhead and Left 4 Dead 2 at 1920x1080 with medium to high settings depending on game

I am planning on getting a HD5670 512mb GDDR5 to bump up the graphics
a little
Not the most powerful card but fine for how I play

 

[computernugget]

the 5670 is a great card, i recommended it so some really cool old dude who wanted to improve the visuals of his Oblivion. so he upgraded his ram from 1gb to 4gb and bought a 5670, he said he was gonna call to give us feedback to see how smoothly it ran. and he never did. he mustve been to busy playing. lol

 

[king smp]

the HD5670 really has a great spot in the video card ranks
while it is not a super powerful card it does pretty good from everything I read
obviously you cant play super high res all maxed out
but
at a $80 price point on US Newegg
and
the fact it is a low wattage card that doesnt need a power connector
it is perfect for multimedia guys,OEM tower owners with weak PSUs
etc

It is probably one of the better selling cards out there

I need a low profile no PSU connector card for my Dell
and it totally meets all my requirements

I am okay with 1920x1080 med settings
I mainly do office work,downloading,multimedia,light duty encoding/rendering
video editing and am a light duty gamer
I have the Sapphire HD4650 1gb DDR2 now so it will be a nice upgrade
and I am going to stick with Sapphire
the HD5670 will be my fourth sapphire card
I still have a Sapphire ati 9600xt 256mb agp running in my wifes computer
been over five years and has been OC mildly the whole time

I do like the look of the Asus with DirectCU cooling
I wish they had a low pro hd5670 with DCU

 

[computernugget]

Best answer selected by ComputerNugget.

 

[davcon]

Yeah I'm mostly just a broswer person. checking the facebook, youtube vids. music. the most editing i will do is in Paint. and maybe take a screen cap from a movie and editing text to it. thats really I will ever do.

oh yeah, I forgot to ask. will this be good to run my Total war games very clean like?

You need some pretty good gear to play Napoleon or Shogun 2 i wouldn't recommend less the an i5 750/760 and a 5770.
Who knows i could be wrong but my i7 860 and 5850 has had issues at times with those games.
Probably more to do with funky game code and gpu drivers though.