Amd phenom ii x4 965 or bulldozer fx-4100?

[jock1092]

hi i am looking for some help as i am building a new low cost gaming pc i already have an ASUS m5a78l-m/usb3 motherboard ,hdd and 650watt psu allthough when checking for a cpu i was originally planning the fx-4100 but after reading a few reviews am now wondering if i should get the phenom? i can get them both around the same price so more just wanting to know which will perform better or be more versatile?

 

[skitz9417]

get the phemon

 

[sarinaide]

of the two the 965BE

 

[sheepsnowadays]

965

 

[06yfz450ridr]

6300 lol

 

[noob2222]

phenom or 6300.

 

[Derza10]

Get the FX-6300 or FX-4300 the 6300 is only $10 more than the 4300 so my vote is FX-6300 they cost right around $140.

 

[diablo34life]

hi i am looking for some help as i am building a new low cost gaming pc i already have an ASUS m5a78l-m/usb3 motherboard ,hdd and 650watt psu allthough when checking for a cpu i was originally planning the fx-4100 but after reading a few reviews am now wondering if i should get the phenom? i can get them both around the same price so more just wanting to know which will perform better or be more versatile?

get the 965, BUT if ur mobo supports it get a fx 4300 its way better then the 965 and 4100 same price to about

 

[Derza10]

get the 965, BUT if ur mobo supports it get a fx 4300 its way better then the 965 and 4100 same price to about

Yup i checked his mobo it is AM3+... Get at least the FX-4300, but keep in mind the FX-6300 is only $10 more.

 

[lazyboy947]

that motherboard supports almost all fx series and phenoms as only one phenom reaches 140watts, and the board does 125, and the only 140 is one of the two 965 BE versions.

Recommend above 6300 or 965, $140 vs under $100, for two more cores a 95watt or 125 watt, and 4 physical core is 6 core with modules, either one is a good choice, the 6300 in games benchmarks usually better than the fx 8150

 

[ASHISH65]

Get fx 6300 instead of fx 4300.fx 6300 is good at gaming and multitasking.

 

[rds1220]

There is no point in getting the 4100 Bulldozer was/is absolute crap. At best it is a sidegrade but I would say it is a downgrade from the Phenom II. If it between those two and that is it go with the PhenomII. I don't see why though you wouldn't just go with Piledriver.

 

[ZeroWhite]

965BE any day. Bulldozer architecture is garbage, FX-4100 is a "quad core" but in reality is 4 cores with half has much floating point power (4 cores, 2 floating point units) 965BE is (4 cores, 4 floating point units) which is a true quad core.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

965 all the way out of those two but the Pd triples if supported would be slightly better still
Moto

 

[jock1092]

right thanks think i'll go with the phenom was planning one of them last year just decided to delay it looks like thats where im back to now

 

[Blahman11]

Get the Phenom 965, it's the same price as the FX 4100 in the UK (£75) and it'll be a darn sight faster too. If the FX4300 and FX6300 are in range get that.

 

[timil]

4100 is dual core

 

[lazyboy947]

4100 is dual core

Wrong, do some research, all fx cpus are what they say even with module, its basically similar but not much similar to hyper threading, where module performance just isnt as high as the physical cores are, as many say HT performance like modules not a 1 to 1 ratio for the logical cores, some where like 1.6ish to 2 maybe im off on my numbers still gets the point thru, but if it were between the 4100 and 965 BE, the physical 4 cores is best choice

 

[stantheman123]

6300>4300>965>4100. Go for the 6300 its a nice fast cpu for the price. best bang for the cpu imo atm

 

[jerry6]

4300 0r 6300 would be best

 

[diablo34life]

Wrong, do some research, all fx cpus are what they say even with module, its basically similar but not much similar to hyper threading, where module performance just isnt as high as the physical cores are, as many say HT performance like modules not a 1 to 1 ratio for the logical cores, some where like 1.6ish to 2 maybe im off on my numbers still gets the point thru, but if it were between the 4100 and 965 BE, the physical 4 cores is best choice

well ur somewhat right, the fx cpus do have all true phyical cores. the fx4100 does have 4 phyical cores, just each 2 core shares the same floating point and decoder. but the 4 cores are all there phyically

 

[madbiker]

6300>4300>965>4100. Go for the 6300 its a nice fast cpu for the price. best bang for the cpu imo atm

WINNER!!!!

 

[lazyboy947]

well ur somewhat right, the fx cpus do have all true phyical cores. the fx4100 does have 4 phyical cores, just each 2 core shares the same floating point and decoder. but the 4 cores are all there phyically

Was close for performance wise lol

 

[sarinaide]

If you can get a FX6300 then do it.

if not then the 965BE of the two is way better.

 

[jock1092]

thanks everyone going for the phenom as trying for the lowest cost with best results with a good upgrade potential as usually a console gamer but wanting to take a shot with the pc so ive got more controll of how i improve quality instead of waiting for a new model