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I have about $400CAD to spend on a new computer. I use Sony Vegas.
I have narrowed it down to the FX 6100($110) and the Phenom II X6 1045T($90). After reading a few reviews, it seems to close to call so I need some expert advice.

Ultimately I'd like to spend as little as possible and I'm open to going to States to pick up some components as I will be there in a couple weeks.

I intend on getting a 120GB SSD($90) and use my 1.5TB for storing files. Will using the SSD be a good investment or should I get a cheaper hard drive?
I wanted to use on board graphics and buy a GPU in the new year.

Thanks!

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I would go with the Phenom II X6 1045t, the FX 6100 needs a good overclock to perform as good as the Phenom. In addition, the Phenom has 6 real cores whereas the FX-6100 has 3 execution cores and 6 threads. Also if speed is important go for the SSD but I prefer traditional hard drives, I do not mind the wait but they last longer (much longer) than a SSD. If you want a good on-board video card then you should pick a good motherboard.
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880G chipset is excellent with its integrated Radeon HD4250. As long as you don't want to take advantage of GPU acceleration, I say scrap the GPU :) 

On a side note, do you need this rig now and is there a possibility of you increasing your budget? With the FX-8320 being around ~$160, it's a great rendering CPU for the cost. If you overclock it moderately, it'll be one heck of a performer as well.

You can't beat 8 threads munching on data :lol:  http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-r...
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If you can get a sandy/ivy bridge intel core i5 quad/i7 4c8t cpu then you will have a miles faster cpu taking a lot less electricity to run. I reckon this has to be the biggest gap in the history between amd and intel performance per watt wise and overall performance. Anyway even an old intel core 2 quad 45nm version compares with the cpu's you looked at but if you can get a very good deal on an amd computer then go ahead as if amd didn't exist intel cpu would cost a lot more.

Unfortunately the FX-8320 and I5 are just out of the question. Being an amateur, I can't justify spending all that money for a better system considering I have used some extremely SLOW computers to render video. The Phenom II with the 880G will be a HUGE upgrade compared to what I'm using now.

I was looking at those charts and I wouldn't be able to afford any of those or similar cards. If I were to get an HD 6670 will I notice any difference when using GPU acceleration?
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shifty11 said:
Unfortunately the FX-8320 and I5 are just out of the question. Being an amateur, I can't justify spending all that money for a better system considering I have used some extremely SLOW computers to render video. The Phenom II with the 880G will be a HUGE upgrade compared to what I'm using now.

I was looking at those charts and I wouldn't be able to afford any of those or similar cards. If I were to get an HD 6670 will I notice any difference when using GPU acceleration?


What are you using now? Look at the dell outlet to see any good deals.

A netbook for pictures and a 6 year old desktop for video. LOL I'm a pretty patient guy. The lag when using lightroom was bearable until recently and I won't even touch any of my video. I was trying to avoid buying a desktop but the time has come!
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shifty11 said:
A netbook for pictures and a 6 year old desktop for video. LOL I'm a pretty patient guy. The lag when using lightroom was bearable until recently and I won't even touch any of my video. I was trying to avoid buying a desktop but the time has come!


What is the 6 year old desktop as those amd cpu's could be beaten if its a top of the range inte l core 2 quad back then. Anyway tell me your 6 year old desktop specs. I reckin a laptop would be best suited for you and you can get them for £350-£450 with i5/i7 with 650m/7730m used on ebay
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shifty11 said:
Its an Athlon 64 x2 I believe.

if it is like a 6000+ then theres no real point upgrading to the choices you mentioned imo. I would uipgrade to the cheapest ivy bridge quad core or top end dual core cpu by intel as they are the most efficient cpu's out now.

Also these days laptop cpu's are so fast that mid range intel cpu like an i7 3612qm eats most desktop cpus around. Even an i5 3210m dual core and the cpu will be around 4-5x faster then your amd 64x2 cpu.
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shifty11 said:
Umm my X2 is a dual core running at 1.8ghz...

I will be going with the 1045T thanks for all the help guys!


That cpu is not that fast compared to todays processors and in single threaded tasks is super slow. IMO you should even get a dual core i5 as a top end dual core is even faster then the x6 you chose on everything. Single threaded tasks your cpu will be very slow as well.

Overall on anything single or dual threaded tasks your cpu will perform worse then a core 2 duo even at 2.4ghz.
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