Cpu advice please

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by danjama

Max budget is 450 bones. Id like all new components ideally, but will be using my 8800gts temporarily, so I can later afford a newer card. I've seen an i3 540 for 350 with a monitor, but its micro atx, which isn't ideal.

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[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by danjama

Well, i've pretty much settled on a 1055t/1090t X6 based system. Does anyone have any experience with those?

They seem great for price vs performance, and benchmark marks are high.

gotto go to work, but i will post something later you NEED to know !

S!

[danjama]

I'm intrigued.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by danjama

I'm intrigued.

if your going AMD then buy this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131644

or one from this list
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20482

as they are claiming that these boards will be able to use the new bulldozer chip when it come out so you will be able to upgrade down the road and save your self some money

if you feel like dropping $1500 look here
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=20447&page=2
post #12

S!

[TheEditor]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

if your going AMD then buy this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131644

or one from this list
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20482

as they are claiming that these boards will be able to use the new bulldozer chip when it come out so you will be able to upgrade down the road and save your self some money

if you feel like dropping $1500 look here
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=20447&page=2
post #12

S!

Why not get a 2500k for the same price as 1090t? No games care that you got 6 cores! Plus you can clock the balls off a 2500k!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

if your going AMD then buy this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131644

S!

Now that would be really foolish.
He's on budget and the AM3 socket reached the end of it's lifetime - there's no need to spend that much cash on a mobo which will be outdated in 8weeks.

2 the OP: AM3+ is due to arrive at the e3, you would probably need a bigger budget though, therefore AM3 is ok for another 12-18 Month, and you can still upgrade the CPU.
Well, if you can wait a few weeks for the AM3+ mobos to arrive, pick one of those. They're downward compatible and accept AM3 cpus, which should see another drop in price.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by swiss

Now that would be really foolish.
He's on budget and the AM3 socket reached the end of it's lifetime - there's no need to spend that much cash on a mobo which will be outdated in 8weeks.

2 the OP: AM3+ is due to arrive at the e3, you would probably need a bigger budget though, therefore AM3 is ok for another 12-18 Month, and you can still upgrade the CPU.
Well, if you can wait a few weeks for the AM3+ mobos to arrive, pick one of those. They're downward compatible and accept AM3 cpus, which should see another drop in price.

really? did you miss the part where u can put a AM3+ cpu into that board with a simple BIOS update?
http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/AM3_PLUS_Ready/
he is already going for a chip that is $200 alone why not get a board that will increase the life of his rig?

So he buys the X6 and 4gb of ram and a mid/hi range vid card and a good PSU and in 1 year when the bulldozer drops in price and he do an up grade (double the ram,crossfire and bulldozer) as opposed to buying a new rig....

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by TheEditor

Why not get a 2500k for the same price as 1090t? No games care that you got 6 cores! Plus you can clock the balls off a 2500k!

your right but he has more options in the future with the MB i posted

[danjama]

Decisions, decisions! The i5 2500k really is appealing, but it would be a pain to the wallet - hmmm.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

really? did you miss the part where u can put a AM3+ cpu into that board with a simple BIOS update?

In fact I did.


edit: hm? http://hothardware.com/News/Mud-In-T...M3-Compatible/