AMD Phenom X4 9650 upgrade

[NaeNae11]

How much of a performance boost will I get from upgrading from this old AMD Phenom X4 9650 to an AMD Phenom II X6 1045T?

 

[sadams04]

I assume you mean the Phenom II 965 (not 9650)... It would actually be slower with the X6 1045T. The cores at 2.7GHz (3.2Ghz Turbo) would lag behind the X4 965 at 3.4Ghz. The 965 is also a better overclocking CPU.

 

[NaeNae11]

No, it's the amd phenom 9650 not ii 965

 

[sadams04]

Then it would be a bit faster. the 9650 was a 2.3GHz processor with much less L3 cache. Also, keep in mind that you are comparing an AM2+ CPU with an AM3 CPU. Check your motherboard compatibility list before moving forward with that upgrade...

 

[imsqam]

Okay, you have the socket AM2+ Phenom X4 9650
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103288

and want to replace it with the socket AM3 Phenom II X6 1045T
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106012

The performance increase will not be huge but it will be significant, it is a three tier improvement.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Phenom-9650-vs-AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1045T/m5238vsm1873

 

[NaeNae11]

Would you say that it's better than the intel pentium g4400 in terms of multi tasking and gaming?

 

[imsqam]

The Pentium is only slightly faster with a much faster single core speed but a much slower multi-core speed.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1045T-vs-Intel-Pentium-G4560/m1873vs3892

But if you move to the 4400 you will need a new mobo, why not go for the G4560 or G4620? They have 4 threads vs 2 on the G4400.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/97460,88179,97143
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1045T-vs-Intel-Pentium-G4560/m1873vs3892

Gaming these days with two threads is not a good idea, you really need 4 threads minimum.

 

[dudeman509]

I had one of those first-gen Phenoms. It was slow at everything.

The X6 would be a bit of a bump, but it would make a HUGE performance increase all-around to jump to an i3 or G4560. Did this recently with a 9600 to i3-6100 that my dad was using, and he loves it.

 

[NaeNae11]

So would it be a wise choice to save up a bit more cash and get a cheap h110 motherboard with a g4560 and 8gb ddr4 instead of just getting a pheonom ii 1045t with 4 GB ddr2?

 

[dudeman509]

So would it be a wise choice to save up a bit more cash and get a cheap h110 motherboard with a g4560 and 8gb ddr4 instead of just getting a pheonom ii 1045t with 4 GB ddr2?

What are your intended uses of this machine? Everyday usage and even some gaming will be much faster with the first choice.

 

[NaeNae11]

I don't play much games, I really do want to play league of legends with constant 70+ fps, I multi task a lot, I watch YouTube, discord and that's about it. if I can get constant 60+ FPS on league of legends with the 1045T, it would be more than enough for me but I'm not sure if it's good enough.