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Help with building a tower
vuzedome:
Well you'll be better off with a nice after market CPU cooler since you plan to OC, just to be on the safe side.
Having a stable OC but with temps of up to 80C isn't really a good thing for the processor, especially on a long term basis.
kitamesume:
overclocking the phenom II X6 1055T can take you to 3.7ghz easily at 1.35vcore (click to show/hide)
cant say how much faster the X6 is over the X4 but it helps with multi-threaded application, specially on video editing. video encoding|transcoding
i just dont like the current phenom performance, they look disappointing, the only thing i liked on AMD was their Athlon II X4 for being so cheap of a bargain for a quad.
i'd really suggest to wait for the bulldozer to come out and compare them to each other, and it`ll be worth the wait because the phenoms would drop it's price too.
PS: any type of overclocking, even if its mildly(i.e. 10% overclock), would need you at least a decent aftermarket cooler. heck i`d even buy myself an aftermarket cooler even if i`m running it on stock just to make it run cooler. cheapest decent aftermarket cooler that i know of starts at 33$ Scythe SCSK-1100 100mm Shuriken. ohh yea, reviews about them that says "fan died" and shoot teh egg count to 1 are fags that dont know how replace the fan.
note: its the diameter of the fan that you should be concerned about when replacing the fan, not the thickness.
vuzedome:
I don't know much about AMD CPU OCs but I think you'll be needing beefier, in other words faster, RAMS.
kitamesume:
lol 8gbs of 1600mhz ram is enough. these rams can be overclocked as well you know, by up to 20% with the same timings or loose to be safe.
@OP ohh yea, about your question about patriot being cheaper than G.Skill, not entirely, they're pretty much a match on pricing. in the first place, i thought G.Skill was cheaper but when i looked closer the one that looked cheaper was actually a slower ram.
[85$] Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL9 VS [85$] G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL9
Lupin:
--- Quote from: kyubixmunky on June 07, 2011, 02:16:32 AM ---probably from newegg. or if i can find them at a micro center near here.
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microcenter has great deals with intel processors. I say screw amd and get a sandy bridge i5 or i7 if you see good deals from them.
--- Quote from: kyubixmunky on June 07, 2011, 02:16:32 AM ---I'll wait till around October/November probably buying the parts as they go on sale.
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If this is the case, wait for the release of BD. There's not much sense picking processor/mobo this early when there's a new uarch to be released soon. Intel will probably slash prices by then, either because BD outperforms SB or because they want to further reduce AMD's already small market share. Even if intel doesn't slash prices, AMD's BD will faster that their current ones. You can also get PhenomIIs at lower prices by then
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