AMD Phenom II X6 or AMD Phenom II X4

Hello there Geeks!, i am building a computer soon, and i want help from you guys. I want to buy a good CPU/Processor for my new computer, but which CPU/Processor, i should buy!

First choice: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Price: $199.99

Second choice: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Price: $159.99

thank you so much in advance for a honest answer!

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asked Feb 17 '11 at 13:29

Franky Juarez
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You asked this the other day.

http://lockergnome.net/questions/117931/which-cpu-processor-i-should-buy

The answer was the X6.

You should watch:

X6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-qsSqTSgmg

X4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W43791JKvWQ&feature=relmfu

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:20) SignOff

Thanks dude!, but i need more info before buying the CPU, once again thank u! :)

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:37) Franky Juarez

3 Answers:

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If you can spent the money, just go for the X6. For $30 difference I would just go for that one. Tip: Watch the motherboard you buy if you go with the X6. The older motherboards may have problems with the X6.

Edit: it's a $40 difference :P Still, if have the money I'd go for the X6

answered Feb 17 '11 at 13:37

Mitte
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edited Feb 17 '11 at 13:52

I am planning to buy a ASUS motherboard, which is the "ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard", i hope that will work with the CPU.

(Feb 17 '11 at 13:55) Franky Juarez

That's one of the boards I'm using and yes it will support the X6. It also supports core unlocker which allows you to take a basic 2 core and unlock the 2 sleeping cores. Just a thought.

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:00) David

Wow!, good to know that you using it!, i have a question about the motherboard....should i leave the "MemoOK" on? and also "Turbo Key" and "Core Unlocker", is it recomended to leave them ON?....thank you so much! :)

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:09) Franky Juarez

I am actually running both of them (two separate machines by the way) and I have yet to see a difference in performance. I just don't have any processes that will truly open them both up. Truthfully, you can do pretty much whatever you want and save about $40.00 by going with the Phenom II X4.

answered Feb 17 '11 at 13:39

David
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Thank you David!, i am kind of confuse about, which i should go for!, but what's the difference between a X4 and X6?! thank you!

(Feb 17 '11 at 13:56) Franky Juarez

The X6 has 6 cpu-cores and the X4 has 4 cpu-cores.

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:02) Mitte

so, the more cores, that cpu will be faster, right?!:)

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:10) Franky Juarez

Not necessarily. The more cores, the more info it can process. If you look at the clock speed of the two processors you will see that the X4 (four core) actually has a higher clock speed.

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:13) David

Wow!, why the X4 has more Ghz 3.4 than the X6 3.2 Ghz?! really interesting! :) i really appreciate your time David!

(Feb 17 '11 at 14:15) Franky Juarez

I'd pick the Phenom II X4 965 Black Editon

(It just broke the world record in overclocking!)

Why?

Because it's $160, that's why!

Now onto something more important...

BULLDOZER ZAMBEZI is the name to learn about mate, before you go with an old processor..

answered Feb 19 '11 at 02:22

_GTech
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edited Feb 19 '11 at 04:20

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