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Answer» 1. currently have a msi 790 gx-g65 mobo with 3.2 ghz phenom II x2 processor. thinking of getting a phenom II x6 2.75 ghz, would that be significantly faster/better? Free 8GB desktop memory w/ purchase, limited offer MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 Desktop Motherboard - AMD 990FX Chipset - Socket AM3+You could put in a AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX for about $ 200 also from New Egg. Why anybody would want eight cores? Link to the Motherboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130677 I was going to upgrade to a Phenom II x6 AM3 CPU myself not too long ago, but my motherboard did not support 125watt CPU and 4 cores maximum support, so I am sticking it out with Athlon II x4 620 2.6Ghz quadcore. I also looked into the 8-core CPU with new motherboard, but decided for myself that I am going to hold off since there is no need to have anything any faster. The Dual-Core Phenom II x2 is not a bad CPU. The biggest area for improvement with your setup would be a video card upgrade. That alone would make a world of difference. A good way to find out of you need more CPU is to monitor your CPU when running applications. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium and have a CPU gadget that I USE to watch my cores and it also has a graph, so I can be full screen into a serious hardware intensive game, and hit my windows key to back out to desktop and while the usage drops immediately due to game minimized, the graph shows the history of the last 30 sec or so of CPU usage. You can also look at this info without the gadget, by pressing ctrl+alt+delete and selecting Task Manager and then click the Performance Tab, and then go into your game that is intensive, and then windows key back to desktop and look at the graph history. If its running 90->100% then you will want a better CPU, but if its not breaking a sweat, then there really is no need to get a faster CPU. I have a friend in Canada who I am AMAZED at the fact that he is able to play modern MMORPG games on a old Single-Core 1.7Ghz Pentium 4 with 2GB RAM running Windows XP Pro 32-bit, and plugged into his AGP port is a GeForce 9800GT AGP 8x video card. He is able to play World of Warcraft 5.2 MoP as well as Aion for free from NCSoft on this system and while the games dont load as fast as they would on a modern computer, the gaming experience is without graphics lag because of the power of the video card itself running the brute of the processing in these games. *This is not to say that this 12 year old CPU would be able to play everything since some games require more CPU to run, but I find it impressive that this old single-core paired up with a good video card is able to run these games. Quote from: STC on April 25, 2013, 12:30:06 PM 1. currently have a msi 790 gx-g65 mobo with 3.2 ghz phenom II x2 processor. thinking of getting a phenom II x6 2.75 ghz, would that be significantly faster/better? Better in what way? Much faster in multithreaded apps, sure, but in games it won't be too much of an improvement as most use 3-4 cores at most and the X6 you're thinking about runs at a slower clock speed. Which particular CPU is it you're looking at? I can't seem to remember one running at 2.75GHz. Quote 2. looking at a 2 gb gtx 650 gpu, Pcie 3.0 x16. I know that i have pcie x16 but I do not know if its pcie 3.0 .... should that matter at all? if i get the card should it work okay and be better/faster? currently have a radeon 5670 hd 1gb. PCI-E is backwards and forwards compatible, with a few rare exceptions. So PCI-E v1 cards will work in PCI-E v3 slots, PCI-E v3 cards will work in PCI-E v1 slots, etc. No problems with compatibility. The GTX 650 isn't a particularly strong card though and I would URGE you to consider at least the 650Ti, as the Ti has twice the shader cores and is therefore significantly faster. Quote All this on a 450w PSU, should be fine right? What brand/model? On a good one, yes, on a bad one, no. |
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