Currently have Phenom II X4 940 BE O/C to 3.5 Ghz. Is it worth for me to upgrade..?

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choliscott

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I keep reading about these combo deals at Fry's involving the I5 & I7 cpu's & when reading benchmarks its showing the I7 being faster then what I currently have.

The one I'm kind of looking at is the I7 860, which from a few threads on here, appears the sweet spot on O/C is 3.7 ghz.

Overall I do video editing & some gaming.

So my question is, would it be a waste of money to upgrade or would I noticed a difference?
 
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Depends if the software would use all 8 threads

most likey it wount though so you'd probably see barely any difference.
 
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Yeah but if he already has an AM2+/AM3 setup, and he's video editing, why not go with the newly released AMD hex-cores? He doesn't need to worry about anything except checking to make sure his mobo's latest BIOS supports Thubans.
 
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Oh right that's a very good point.

OP: What mobo do you have? As long as your board supports 125W cpus you should be fine. Just need a BIOS update and then slot in one of these new X6 cpus.

If you have the cash you can even go for the top model as it is a black edition (at least I believe it is?)
 
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Wait for AT's Thuban review due in a few days. Initial reports are that this is a killer chip that OC's like a monster- so I'd wait and see what the reviews say and if it's all true- get one. Note you'll need a BIOS update beforehand so check with your mobo manufacturer.
 
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choliscott

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I currently have a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H. Also if I remember correctly, when i bought my cpu, it did mention it was 125W

My MB also uses DDR2, so I'm not sure if the new 6 core cpu's are also going to support that or if its going to require DDR3.

Phil1977 said:
Oh right that's a very good point.

OP: What mobo do you have? As long as your board supports 125W cpus you should be fine. Just need a BIOS update and then slot in one of these new X6 cpus.

If you have the cash you can even go for the top model as it is a black edition (at least I believe it is?)
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choliscott said:
I currently have a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H. Also if I remember correctly, when i bought my cpu, it did mention it was 125W

My MB also uses DDR2, so I'm not sure if the new 6 core cpu's are also going to support that or if its going to require DDR3.
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Don't worry the new cpu's will support DDR2 and are compatible with your motherboard.
 
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choliscott

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Ok based upon what other's have said, I'm going to wait until the reviews of the 6 core cpu's come out. When I originally wrote the question, the thought of finding out the 6 core cpu's being just as good or possibly slightly better hit & with my luck, if I did buy the I7 cpu, new MB & Memory, I would have found out that the new 6 core would have been a better value.
 
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Yea it should support these 6 core cpus fine!

But the bios update isn't out yet. So you need to wait for that to happen.

Shouldn't be long though. You could contact Gigabyte, they likely have a BETA bios ready.
 
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choliscott

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My mb is Ga-ma78gm-us2h NOT the Ga-ma785gm-us2h.


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I would wait for the 1055t reviews.

The Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H supports x6 cpu's already and is only 80$ shipped at Newegg.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products...rd&ProductID=3141&ProductName=GA-MA785GM-US2H

new egg link......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128394

I was lucky enough to put this board in my daughter rig with a regor x2 240 cpu a few months back.
Now if I can only borrow it off her ? Mabe I'll trade her for my rig?. :)
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IMO, if you have to ask that question then you do not need to upgrade. Upgrade when there is a call to do so. For instance, I bought a game(or two) and it's not running as fast as I'd like. THEN it is time to upgrade.

So just ask yourself what it is that you want to to faster/better. Find out what will make it go faster. Get upgrades if you decide it's worth the cost.
 
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OP, I'm like you. My current part is good enough for me, but I can't help but to think how an upgrade might be worth while. In our situation though, I think it does make sense to go to a hex-core Phenom and overclock it for all it's worth. I'm not buying right now, but I will certainly drop a hex-core in this motherboard before I retire it. i7's are certainly nice, but stretching out the AM2+ a bit longer seems like a pretty cost effective option.
 
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I did order the the 1090t, which I got a the Friday before last. I can say that I have defently noticed some differences. For instance, video conversion is faster, & when I watched a HD video file before, if I tried to skim thru the video, I might as well go & do something else before it would start to play in the new spot, now if I do the same thing, the video starts to play in the new spot a few seconds later.

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OP, I'm like you. My current part is good enough for me, but I can't help but to think how an upgrade might be worth while. In our situation though, I think it does make sense to go to a hex-core Phenom and overclock it for all it's worth. I'm not buying right now, but I will certainly drop a hex-core in this motherboard before I retire it. i7's are certainly nice, but stretching out the AM2+ a bit longer seems like a pretty cost effective option.
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