Cpu advice please

[Oldschool61]

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.

It sounds like your not building this on your own?? Micro ATX is alright as long as you dont need the other PCI slots that the video card may block. Somw Micro atx have 2 PCI slots I think which depending on your vid card at least the first is blocked by the fan. See how much you can get with a higher end AMD setup, maybe you can get a phenom II for that price. The rough equivalent amd tothe i3 540 is the athlon II X3 445 and up cpu's.

[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.

[swiss]

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.

If hexa then 1090, it's BE and overclocks pretty well if needed.

Which mobo?

[danjama]

Yes, probably a 1090t, as they're pretty close priced anyway. I'll start looking at mobo's tonight, although someone at the ubi boards (oldbuzzard) recommended ASrock. But I need one with firewire (for sd video transfer).

[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
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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
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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!

[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

[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.