Upgrade from Athlon ii x3 445 to phenom ii x4 or x6 worth it?

[faithleo]

Hi first post, read alot when i was building so am sure you will be able to help me out with this one.

Was wondering if it would be beneficial to upgrade now to a phenom ii x4 or x6 from my current athlon ii x3 445, how much improvement i would see or whether i should wait?

Thanks in advance

 

[o1die]

No. If you want to upgrade, try selling your old cpu first, and see what offers you get for it. If you can't sell it, then don't upgrade it. Most folks don't need the extra cores and won't benefit from them.

 

[Wisecracker]

An upgrade to a PhenomII quad-core would be a significant upgrade, especially when cranked to 3.8GHz+.

An upgrade to a PhenomII hex-core would be a significant upgrade if your software can put the extra cores to work in video conversion, 3D modeling, etc.

With the X3 445 you could get a nice boost with an over-clock, especially to the IMC/NB, but the higher you go when compared to the PhIIs the distinctions actually grow larger due to the lack of L3.

An over-clocked PhII quad is quite a potent processor and can push today's finest video cards to their highest levels.

 

[simon12]

You didn't say what you use the PC for.

 

[faithleo]

I use the PC for gaming mainly, i have an XFX 5830

 

[simon12]

The 6 corer AMD cpus are not great gaming processors a quad core is just as good, but I don't think the 445 will hold back a 5830 anyway.

 

[cronos177]

Same here I was considering to upgrade as well, but I think like o1die said if you sell it first then see. If not I was thinking wait until prices come down. Or wait until September and sell the CPU/MOBO get a new AM3+.

 

[faithleo]

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[Mousemonkey]

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