Amd phenom ii x4 965 or bulldozer fx-4100?

jock1092

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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
 


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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 


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
 


Was close for performance wise lol
 
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