New Phenom Processor?

[Mudit Sathe]

Hello Guys.
Currently I am having Athon II X4 620 on M2N68-AM PLUS.
Which should I buy -
Phenom II X4 965
Phenom II X6 1055T
Phenom II X6 1090T
Main work of my computer is gaming.I want to overclock my CPU too.
If I go for X6 models should this motherboard will support them or not.If not please suggest me a good one for them having good overclocking potential.

 

[robin banks uk]

Phenom II X6 1055T =good for C,A,D=not good for games
Phenom II X6 1090T =good for C,A,D=not good for games


Phenom II X4 965= i asked what to get people said 955 for gaming=over clocking is a pice of cake look on you tube

 

[c_schwab]

Have you tried overclocking your current CPU? It shouldn't be too hard to get it up to 3.0GHz or higher. If you want to upgrade, go for the 965.

 

[abhishekk89]

+2.. why get the new cpu.. u can overclock ur present one and extract more performance from it... visit the overclocking section in forums for more help...

 

[Raidur]

If you're stuck with 95w CPUs the Phenom II 945 95w will do ya fine.

Like said, try overclocking. The Athlon IIs are pretty good gaming chips once you pump a little juice into them.

 

[loneninja]

Your looking at a small performance gain upgrading the cpu, Phenom II is less than 10% faster than Athlon II when clocked the same,what is your current video card set up?

If you really want to upgrade, grab a Phenom II X4 955, the 965 isn't worth the price increase and if you overclock you'll get the same end result with either processor. Don't grab a Phenom II X6 for gaming, due to slightly lower clock speeds they actually loose to the Phenom II X4 955/965 in some games at stock speed, and overclocked perform no better because the games don't use the extra 2 cores.

 

[daship]

OC and spend the money on a GPU, buying a different processor aint gonna help much at all. Too little to notice.

 

[enzo matrix]

Your looking at a small performance gain upgrading the cpu, Phenom II is less than 10% faster than Athlon II when clocked the same,what is your current video card set up?

If you really want to upgrade, grab a Phenom II X4 955, the 965 isn't worth the price increase and if you overclock you'll get the same end result with either processor. Don't grab a Phenom II X6 for gaming, due to slightly lower clock speeds they actually loose to the Phenom II X4 955/965 in some games at stock speed, and overclocked perform no better because the games don't use the extra 2 cores.

Just make sure the 955 you get has C3 stepping.

 

[Mudit Sathe]

At Asus site it says that it is compatible with X6:
http://event.asus.com/mb/2010/m4_6cores/
The last one.
What is meant by the C3 stepping of 955?

 

[Mudit Sathe]

How to determine that it has C3 stepping?Is this written on the box or processor?

 

[notty22]

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGMBOX , is the C3 stepping, notice the M, before box.

This is the C2 stepping
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=955+&x=0&y=0