Which processor?

[raatorotta]

I have Asrock M3A UCC motherboard and AMD Athlon II X2 250 processor. I'm looking to buy new processor because Skyrim.

 

 

I have looked for 2 options for my motherboard:

 

AMD Phenom II X4 970 black edition 3,5ghz Price: 147,83€

or

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2,8ghz Price: 158,93€

 

Which i should buy?

[hoofhearted4]

if you can just get the AMD x6 1100T. its the best Phenom on the market. roughly $190 (dunno how many euros that is) if not, id say the 1055T.

 

but honestly, between the two, neither is a bad choice

[raatorotta]

if you can just get the AMD x6 1100T. its the best Phenom on the market. roughly $190 (dunno how many euros that is) if not, id say the 1055T.

 

but honestly, between the two, neither is a bad choice

 

Thanks for answer, i'm buying the x6. Been looking some sites and i think it keeps me from updating computer longer than x4.

 

Another question, is 550W power supply enough for that system with geforce gtx 460 and 4gb of ram, one dvd station and 2 old harddrives (im using also win xp, does it matter?)

Is there site where i can build system and look how much it needs power?

[Illuna]

ye x6 is better. and yes 550W should be good. its about 200W per hight power device so 1 GPU + 1CPU = 400W so 150W left for rest should be good

[raatorotta]

ye x6 is better. and yes 550W should be good. its about 200W per hight power device so 1 GPU + 1CPU = 400W so 150W left for rest should be good

 

Thanks :smile:

[hoofhearted4]

this gives a nice rough estimate on how much power you need.

 

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

[PowderdToastMan]

The 980 is actually a better processor than the 1100

 

check it - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/362?vs=203

[Erik005]

For skyrim I would recommend a quad core either the 975 or 980

 

The game cant use 6 cores so if you are just buying it for skyrim get the quad.

[raatorotta]

this gives a nice rough estimate on how much power you need.

 

http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

 

Thanks :)

 

 

And about the 6-core 1055t, i already ordered it yesterday and get the package later today. I'm bit impatient :pinch: Well it will have more future use anyway.

 

Thanks for comments. Can't wait to buy skyrim today.

Edited November 11, 2011 by raatorotta

[raatorotta]

Now, my processor is installed and all, but it keeps a horrible noise? Is it normal? The fan is swinging on fullspeed. Why is this?

 

The Default cooler that came with processor is horrible! It's annoying noisy! and not even cooling the processor enough!

Edited November 14, 2011 by raatorotta