Hi to all my question is do think its worth upgrading from a 1100T be to a FX 8150? i dont do any gaming motherboard is a G/byte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev 1.0) Thanks in advance
TBH I'd stick with the 1100T, maybe just try and OC it a little. I know you say you don't game, but an OC can help with increasing the speed of renders etc. Realistically, BD is a flop, it doesn't deliver anywhere near the amount of performance it should for the clocks it has and the amount of power it uses. If you're after a huge increase in CPU power for rendering, etc, try sandy bridge E if you can afford it. That platform has an insane amount of computing power, not just for games, or maybe even just a 26/2700K.
I would wait until Bulldozer II hit the light of the day. If you cannot wait, take an X6 1100T and cranck it to 4.5 GHz :3eyes:.
It depends. BD ain't that bad. Software just needs to support it. If u use Photoshop CS5, Video editing and 3D rendering programs you will see a healthy performance increase.
The 1100T is still an excellent chip. Easily trades blows with the i5 2500k, but you don't need to spend extra money to keep it.
My bad, i thought you wanted to upgrade from an FX-8150 and not downgrade to it. :nerd: As others have stated, your 1100T is more than enough. The 8150 struggles even with the simplest of tasks and are mostly beaten by previous X4 Phenom II's not to mention X6's. If you really want to go down the Bulldozer route, i would advise to wait for newer revisions. The current revision FX'es have a Phenom 1 smudge on them.
Hi tommyk2005, the reason i purchased the 6950 1gb card was that i wanted a very good card that will be more than ample to handle hi def video and the likes without stretching or maxing out the capabilities of the card yes it may be overkill but an imac runs a radeon 6970m 1gb card. so in a simple way i copied this idea some what because i like to photoshop and edit video's, and that was my choice which im happy with. the card is never maxed out so its less stress on the component, which increases longevity
why not? I got mine at 4.4 Gigs but went down to 3.9 as I need better cooling. At 4.5 you need water cooling but not an H60 like I have, a real water cooling setup :3eyes:.
Sol, check out this site http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...nce-Scaling-Charts-max-OCs)LN2-Results-coming! They are are very objective and give better feedback. The guys that have bought BD say it's great and feels the same if not smoother in real world use. Many guys have 2600k builds and compare it to that. Many people say negative things about BD but have never really used or tried one. It has flaws but it doesn't suck as bad as people make it out to be. The reason for so few sighting of BD is due to the lack of supply due to bad yields.
It sucks not because of its performance, but sucks due to it having little to no improvements over Phenom II from about 4 years of development. In OP's case, he wanted to know if there's any benefits from his PII X6 1100T. Could you really point out a review where an FX-8150 excels over a PII X6 1100T on Photoshop and video editing?
Please try and be educated. Don't just bash something. See link below: http://www.techspot.com/review/452-amd-bulldozer-fx-cpus/page8.html
So, an 8-core @3.6GHz (FX-8150) beats a 6-core @3.3GHz (PII X6 1100T), and yet still getting beat by a 4-core @3.3GHz (15-2500K). And from the prices (Newegg), going FX-8150 (from a PII X6 1100T) just doesn't make any sense. The OP might as well sell his current AMD system and go with an i5-2500K. Gigabyte's UD3 series prices for 990FX, P67 and Z68 aren't too different from each other on Newegg, and with the original price for the 990FX being actually higher than the other two. Both 990FX and Z68 chipsets currently have a $20 MIR & free shipping on Newegg. Please try to be able to see with another perspective. Don't just read articles.
Read the OP. He is talking about getting a 8150. Not a 2500k. The 8150 isn't an 8 core cpu in the traditional sense. See it rather as a 4 core with 2 clusters per core. I won't even go into OC'ing capabilities... I see where you are coming from. To each his own. Some people like AMD and want to stick with AMD. That's their choice. This post was always about AMD vs AMD. If your rig isn't purely for gaming the 8150 is a definite upgrade. And believe me, i don't just read articles. I very active on various forums. If i ever want a HW enthusiasts opinion i'd rather go to xtremesystems.
why would you wanna do that? i bet you won't notice a difference even if you had phenom x4. Waste of money. I say wait for some sort of stock 4Ghz 12 cores