[Help] Core i7 or AMD Phenom II X6

AMD Phenom II X6 or Intel Core i7 Hex Core

  • AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz Hex Core

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • Intel Core i7 970 3.2GHz Hex Core

    Votes: 4 57.1%

  • AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.5GHz Quad Core

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • Intel Core i7 960 3.2GHz Quad Core

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    7
rick0909 said:
Very true. I get dizzy thinking about all the specs of the various components a system makes up. To use CPU and/or memory as a starting point for why a system is bogged down is easier for me to understand and maybe explain to others. From a technical point, that doesn't tell the whole story.

But if I explain to someone that a CPU/MB/Memory upgrade is going to improve performance, they will get hopefully a MB with faster I/O. And all is well !!!

EX: I can show someone task manager and the CPU usage. They can use there system normally watching the CPU graph go up and down. If CPU usage is frequently at 50 percent or better and they are wanting better performance, I would do the CPU/MB/Memory upgrade/replacement suggestion. If they do and move up a step or 2 in CPU technology, I think they will see that CPU usage goes down considerably and they can FEEL the better performance.

A step in CPU technology to me is single core to dual core.

You seem to do well in getting things in proper perspective..

Rick
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yeah, i know, if the MT/s speed is slower than CPU can push out you won't feel the full speed of the CPU, to fully optimize the performance of an i7 980x OC'd, you'll need a very good MoBo to handle the speed.
 



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