Help with PC gaming build

[ZenfoldorVGI]

NJ5 said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

NJ5 said:

Flagship AMD CPU, you mean the Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz I suppose?

Nope, the AMD Phenom II x4 BE. To be honest, I pulled the term "flagship" from many of the reviews for the CPU. A lot of reviewers recommend this CPU over the 6 core due to the inability of the 6 core CPU to outperform the 4 core in certainly practical applications(such as gaming).

The 6 core is actually the PSP Go of the AMD line atm(unfair to the X6 but I'm trying to draw a parallel). I wouldn't call the PSP Go the flagship sony handheld though.

I'm just going by the user reviews for both processors though. I would have actually bought the 6 core no matter what the price, but I read via those reviews that the drawbacks were enough of a hassle to outweigh the benefits vs the higher clocked BE X4.

In the future though, as I've stated, I will upgrade to a better processor, but for my current purposes, the X6 is a sidegrade.

Interesting. I think the X6 can turbo to 3.6 GHz (allegedly when up to 3 cores are being used), but maybe there's some other difference that makes it a bit worse for some games.

I actually chose the X6 1055T, but that was due to a special situation (I wanted the highest number of cores possible in order to develop and test some multicore algorithms). Considering the price, I think most people would be better served with a quad-core these days...

Well, let me say that there is NOTHING wrong with the X6, and it is really NOT the PSPGo, lol. It is a great processor. In fact, if you gimp it and disable 2 processors it is actually overclockable above the X4, and a cooler 4 core processor.

It's just that for my needs(gaming only) and considering the price difference, the X6 was not for me. Also, the definition of "flagship" is subjective, and I've seen it in professional reviews for both processors. :P