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| JDFan:
I've got an PII X3 720 CPU (unlocked the 4th core and running stable at 3.2GHz. for over 3 years now) in my system with a 5770 GPU and it runs things pretty well -- only thing is they are pretty hard to find. I'd go with the best you can find cheaply on the list and go from there -- It seems it supports pretty much any AM2 socket chip. @keilmillerjr -- the quote you posted is from 2008 and was before the newer Athlon II and PhenomII chips were released so is a bit out of date ! |
| DeLuSioNal29:
So a Phenom II is recommended over an Athlon X2? I did some more homework and came up with this: http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/491/AMD_Athlon_64_X2_6400+_vs_AMD_Phenom_II_X4_945_%28125W%29.html DeLuSioNaL29 |
| JDFan:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on October 14, 2013, 02:53:35 pm ---So a Phenom II is recommended over an Athlon X2? --- End quote --- Phenom II has the l3 cache so will out perform the Athlon II of the same rating by about 5-6% overall with some benchmarks getting as much as a 20% boost -- so if the price point is similar go with the Phenom II ! EDIT : Sorry thought you said Athlon II x2 -- the Athlon X2 is much older so are even slower in comparison ! |
| Fursphere:
Numbers don't lie. Others have already done the work for you. :) http://www.cpubenchmark.net/ |
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