AMD FX 4100 good cpu?

[mynameiskobe]

For my first build I'm really considering the AMD FX 4100. I like the 3.60 quad core for only 119.99 (tigerdirect)
My main use is going to be gaming.

 

[sarinaide]

Well my point was actually this; People are taking 4100's oc capability as the prime benefit over the 2100. This is completely untrue and fallacy, to overclock you need a reputable PSU with the right capacity, you need a motherboard which can support overclocking and you need a HS/F cooler or some form of CPU cooler. In essence it is a lot of extra buck for what is in hindsight little or non or worse performance.

In this entire arguement if I was to take a option of FX 4100 or I3 2100, I will take a 2100 with a H61, respectable PSU and something like a 560Ti and it will pump and be a lot cheaper than the AMD needing the above mentioned hardware.

 

[4745454b]

People are taking 4100's oc capability as the prime benefit over the 2100.

Did you read the Toms article I linked? Even OC'd it STILL can't top a STOCK 2100. There is zero point to buying the 4100 unless you already own the bits needed to make it work. If you are buying from scratch the 2100 makes a better chip.

 

[toolspaz]

AMD FX has world record

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_fx_series_worldrecord/

 

[rds1220]

Pff that was a joke. They did even have all 8 cores running. Plus it doesn't mean anything in the real world. Real world performance is horrible and it can't beat out the Phenom II or any of the I Core processors. The 4,6,8 core Bulldozer can't even beat out the dual core I3.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

AMD FX has world record

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_fx_series_worldrecord/

 

[rds1220]

Lol. I was looking for that picture. I was going to post the same thing.

 

[toolspaz]

I knew that would get all the Intel Fanboys replying and Um AMD still has the world record BooYah

 

[toolspaz]

Hey Guess what AMD has the world record Intel doesn't BOOYAH and go ahead and keep the chocolates for yourself.you'll need something to do while your waiting on your computer to boot up with that intel processor

 

[rds1220]

so what do you want, a Whitman's Sampler.?
http://www.russellstover.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=216
pick one and I'll send it to your IP Address..

it means absolutely nothing that world's record in overclocking.
all it's doing is clocking crap.
BooYah.

Yea. Like I said it doesn't mean anything. The fact is the Bulldozer is a piss poor performer and can't beat the I core processors right now.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Hey Guess what AMD has the world record Intel doesn't BOOYAH and go ahead and keep the chocolates for yourself.you'll need something to do while your waiting on your computer to boot up with that intel processor

Are you really stupid enough to think that matters? Do you understand the concept of IPC ? Do you realize the AMD FX4100 overclocked to 4.8Ghz is slower than a 3.1Ghz i3 2100 stock? Go troll somewhere else.

 

[rds1220]

Are you really stupid enough to think that matters? Do you understand the concept of IPC ? Do you realize the AMD FX4100 overclocked to 4.8Ghz is slower than a 3.1Ghz i3 2100 stock? Go troll somewhere else.

From his post he obviously is a useless troll. Probably an AMD fanboy with his head so far stuck up his rear he doesn't know if he's coming or going.

 

[sarinaide]

Hey Guess what AMD has the world record Intel doesn't BOOYAH and go ahead and keep the chocolates for yourself.you'll need something to do while your waiting on your computer to boot up with that intel processor

Have you booted up your AMD lately?

 

[toolspaz]

Oh, I'm the troll I have seen the you same people on every AMD post trolling.I am on a AMD processor right now and have been using AMD for years with no problems and they do everything I have ever needed to do.I figure by now I have saved thousands of dollars over buying Intel and maybe lost a few nanoseconds here or there.I will take the money in my pocket over a nanosecond in time any day.And as far as AMD having the world record it does mean something it means that AMD has the world record and Intel doesn't BOOYAH

 

[ctbaars]

I think toolspaz is malmental with a duplicate trolling account. 6 posts 1/30/12. I'm reporting you malmental. Very entertaining but against the Terms of Use.

 

[ctbaars]

Is that your icon giving me the middle finger? or are you endorsing ... tobacco ... dude.

 

[rds1220]

Someone please call the mental hospital and tell them we have two escaped mental patients on the loose. One is a guy that goes by the name Ctbaars and the other is toolspaz. Or maybe they're the same person with Multiple Personailty Disorder.

 

[sarinaide]

This thread is going places, nowhere good though.

 

[rds1220]

This thread is going places, nowhere good though.

No kidding. It shouldn't have taken 5 pages to realize that.

 

[ctbaars]

sarinaide spoke well. We're only on page 3, by my count.

 

[4745454b]

Who cares if they got their clock speed highest. While impressive it doesn't show anything useful. If they got the fastest encode time or fastest unzip then great. It's about performance, not clock speed. (didn't the P4 fiasco teach us anything??? Clock speed != performance!)

While I might be coming off as an Intel fanboy as of late I really feel that I'm not. I love AMD. I had hoped that BD would have put them back on top, but it didn't. I used AMD machines from my first Athlon 950 to my last 3500+. When it came time to upgrade again AMD simply wasn't the fastest anymore. And I am to broke to spend money on something just because of the name. I need performance, not a name inside my tower.

 

[sarinaide]

They set the record using sub zero cooling agents which no mere mortal can operate at there homes. Have you not considered the reason why Intel have not bothered to hook up a extreme processor and just oc the life out of it on the same cooling.

Perhaps your answer is a little more simple, it just doesn't really matter at all.

 

[amuffin]

AMD FX has world record

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_fx_series_worldrecord/

 

[amuffin]

Hey Guess what AMD has the world record Intel doesn't BOOYAH and go ahead and keep the chocolates for yourself.you'll need something to do while your waiting on your computer to boot up with that intel processor

A dual core 8150 at 8ghz can't outperform an i7-2600k with all cores activated. It would cost more money for the bulldozer system because you would have to be using liquid nitrogen and helium. SO for that amount of money you spend to get your fx to 8ghz I could have a nice custom liquid cooled 3930k.

 

[4745454b]

Sarinaide, the previous record holder was a netburst based Celeron using similar cooling. Both sides have been used to get the "crown". As I said earlier however its such a pointless crown that I see no reason to award points. Show me benchmarks of X chip outperforming all others and then I'll say winner.

 

[sarinaide]

Sarinaide, the previous record holder was a netburst based Celeron using similar cooling. Both sides have been used to get the "crown". As I said earlier however its such a pointless crown that I see no reason to award points. Show me benchmarks of X chip outperforming all others and then I'll say winner.

I am sorry if I created the impression that I supported such a folly test, to me it seems stupid and irrelevent and doesn't detract from the fact that the dozing bull is completely inferior to the Sandybridge.