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?

[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!

[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.

look at my sig

[senseispcc]

Originally Posted by danjama

Hi guys, I'm on a budget. For SD vid editing and processing, and gaming, il2 cod, Ro2 at some point, r factor2, ROF, which will be better for 2/3 years:

I3 540 3.06ghz

Or

Athlon II X2 250 3.00ghz

I notice the i3 does better on benchmark sites. Any advice before I shell out?

If you are on a budget, a little one, I should say look for a AMD with ATI graphic card they go well together.

[JG14_Jagr]

I am using a rig I bought and built from scratch a month ago..

Intel 2500K @ 4.2 Gig ($219)
MSI P67A-GD65 (Has OUTSTANDING "Auto Overclocking" feature.. can't rave about it enough) ($179)
8 Gig Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 ($99)
WD Caviar 7400 RPM $49.00
Samsung DVD R $20
FXF 6970 2 Gig VRAM $350
Cooler Master HAF 932 Case $139 (Has LARGE fans that make almost no noise)
RaidMax RX 850 AE PS $119 (I Heard mixed reviews about the "Maker" but have seen good reviews on this particular PS and hasen't had an issue)
Scythe SCMG-2100 Sleeve CPU Cooler $39 Big.. I mean BIG! But almost silent and keeps my CPU at 38' under load so how can you argue?

So if you are short of cash you could get the Mobo, CPU, RAM and a new Power SUpply for about $650 US (Assuming prices are what they were a few weeks ago) Carry over your DVD/HDD or get new ones, they are alsmot free at this point..

The big expense will be the G Card.. It was 1/3rd of my purchase price.

Also a word of advice.. if you are "saving up or trying to buy things a piece at a time, buy RAM whenever its cheap... everything else, and I mean everything will cost the same or less if you wait.. you are better off buying it all in a big lump when you are ready..

[danjama]

What could I consider cheap for 2x4gb? £70ish?

I have an order down for a 1090t bundle but it's on hold while I think about the i5 situation. It's driving me crazy. On the graph on page 1, they're basically equivalent to each other, but the i5 users are much louder than the x6 users, so it's hard to decide.

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by danjama

What could I consider cheap for 2x4gb? £70ish?

I have an order down for a 1090t bundle but it's on hold while I think about the i5 situation. It's driving me crazy. On the graph on page 1, they're basically equivalent to each other, but the i5 users are much louder than the x6 users, so it's hard to decide.

The i5 are intel fanboys and the X6 users are amd fanboys just not as many of them.

[TheEditor]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

The i5 are intel fanboys and the X6 users are amd fanboys just not as many of them.

Ive had both amd and intel. I'll jump ship if I see a amd out with a intel killer at a good price.