Should i wait to buy AMD fx?

Question

I bought a Asus Crosshair Formula V , because i wanted to upgrade my old pc that got hit by lighting, so i bought this for a building block the day it came out, i bought a phenom II 560 BE duel core for it for something to have till the 8 core's came out, I have ddr3 1866 16gb ram and 60gb ssd agility 3, 1tb caviar black Wester digital, 750W corsair TX(might have to buy differnt power supply) dont like all the cables. xfx 6850 BE 1g video card. but i wanted to get the fx 8150 8 core but it sold out everywhere, and then everyone is having problems with it and it not really being too much better then a phenom II 1100t, so i was wanting to know should i just wait till amd comes out with the piledriver 10 core am3+ or the 2nd line of bulldozers, or maybe get a 1100t or a fx6100 or fx 8120. im not shur what to do, the 560 be duel core runs wow andblack ops fine for me, i also havea 42 inch lg 1080p 120hx tv hooked up too it , but it will be a 240hz 3d tv soon 46" probably, but what processor should i get or should i wait?

Answer 1

i5 2500 is better overall than any of those AMD processors

Answer 2

If you're X2 just isn't cutting it, I would actually get an Fx-4100 or 4120 when they come out. While they may only have 4 "cores", remember that games can only use 1 or 2 cores anyway. Overclocked, the Fx-4100 will reach higher clock speeds than any of the other FX processors on air cooling, and is relatively cheap compared to everything else.



Otherwise, I would wait till Piledriver (although don't expect massive improvements), wait longer till Haswell, and just be satisfied with what you have for now.



Also, SHAME on you for getting a 42" LCD. You want 3D? Get a 42" or 46" 1080p plasma. All of them have astounding refresh rates (around 600hz), better blacks, better viewing angles, better colors... they're just better than LCDs, but only once you get to 42" or above. Trust me, I've seen

one: they blow any LCD I've seen out of the water. They're also pretty cheap now.







EDIT: Your 6850 is probably the weakest part of your system. Buy a 2nd 6850 for crossfire, overclock your Phenom II X2 to 3.8ghz or more on a good Aftermarket cooler, and you'll have a competent gaming machine. My 6850 is a good card, but they struggle at 1080p at high detail.



Also, I do admit, Plasmas don't do well in the sun.



On paper, the FX-6100 should be better for games, where single threaded performance matters (in theory, the 3 modules have a more advanced architecture). However, I think the 1100T and the Fx-6100 won't be too far off, I would get the FX just to try it new. A 2500k would be ideal, of course.

Answer 3

Since you mention games, I'll assume that you are running windows. Windows 7 is just starting to implement some features to allow it to be minimally SMP-aware. But the Microsoft OS to fully use an 8-core processor most likely won't be released in the current decade. For any machine running Windows, the first core will be hammered hard. Some tasks will also be off-loaded to core number 2. Beyond core number 2? All cores will be idle. You can fix this by switching to unix or linux or something like that for an operating system. But if it's your hope to improve gaming performance, you won't be gaming on linux...



Now you know why your dual core processor is working so well for you. The 4 and 6-core processors are (basically) over-priced dual core processors. Well, other than for the few users who run linux and nothing but linux...

Answer 4

the new amd fx aka BULLDOZER is a complete waste of money its not even fast enough to beat the 2500k by a long shot and only some games like crisis 2 and battlefield 3 support 4-cores and there really isn't any other games that do so with 8-cores you pay extra so nothing if you want a good processor at a good price you should totalsaly check out the intel i5 2500k its really good and great for over clocking but ya the new amd processors are really bad you may need a new motherboard but its worth it its the best processor besides the 990x and 2600k and the 980 intel is just so good at making cpu so i would completely suggest check them out



hope i helped :D







oh wait 3d you need an nvidia gpu for 3d the nvidia 3d really is truly amazing i love it

Answer 5

Bulldozer is actually pretty terrible, so just go with a Phenom II 955 or something.



Also, why the heck do you have 16 GB of RAM? You won't be able to use it for another 5 years or so, and by then 16 GB of RAM costs the same as 4 GB costs today, so you're just throwing money away.

Answer 6

Alot of the time, amd comes out with a non fx processor it fairly is purely approximately as sturdy as their fx one and is lots greater value-effective. i could anticipate that except your rich or do no longer care that lots with regard to the money and could waste it besides.

Answer 7

Bulldozer was a huge disappointment. You should've gone Intel because the i5 2500k is CHEAPER than Bulldozer and still better.



Just get the Phenom 955 X4 because Bulldozer is a huge ripoff price to performance wise.

Answer 8

i7 2600k is better