Anyone tried the new phenomII platform?

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2009/04/18 08:29:43 (permalink)

Anyone tried the new phenomII platform?

Hi I'm thinking of upgrading from my old AMD4200+ 2.2 dual. I looked around and got my eye on the new Phenom II 940 3.0 gh quad.
For 270$ it is a steal! And the specs look good also. I was woundering if anyone here already tried it.
Thanks

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    wogg
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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/21 10:36:17 (permalink)
    Phenom II is excellent for the money. They generally perform toe to toe with the Intel Core 2 Quads in general tasks, and will outperform them in large sample bank performance.

    Intel I7 spanks it performance wise... but costs a whole lot more

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    Jim Roseberry
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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/21 12:03:02 (permalink)
    Intel I7 spanks it performance wise... but costs a whole lot more


    As a point of reference:
    The top end PhenomII is just a smidge faster than the Q6600.

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    Adji
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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/21 12:20:09 (permalink)
    what? I jsut upgraded to the phenom 1!! lol. technology moves to fast for my simple mind.
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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/21 22:44:37 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: Jim Roseberry

    Intel I7 spanks it performance wise... but costs a whole lot more


    As a point of reference:
    The top end PhenomII is just a smidge faster than the Q6600.



    Well, the Phenom II 940 runs at 3.0 mhz as for the q6600 runs at 2.4. Phenom has a bigger cache, a faster throughput... I would say that it resembles more the q9650. From what I've heard, it's basically a q9650 at the price of a Q9700

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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/22 02:32:21 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: zblip

    Hi I'm thinking of upgrading from my old AMD4200+ 2.2 dual. I looked around and got my eye on the new Phenom II 940 3.0 gh quad.
    For 270$ it is a steal! And the specs look good also. I was woundering if anyone here already tried it.
    Thanks


    I just picked up an Intel Q9400 for $179.00 at Microcenter (in store pickup only) and coupled with my Asus P5Q SE2 board and 4 G 1066 Crucial RAM it was a great budget system that seems very fast to me.

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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/22 09:59:36 (permalink)
    the answer is
    IF you have a motherboard that can take the newer Phenom 940 then yes
    if you have to buy a motherboard/processor and ram then NO.
    the price diff is minimal and the preformance loss is not worth the $150 or so.

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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/22 22:27:47 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: Adji

    what? I jsut upgraded to the phenom 1!! lol. technology moves to fast for my simple mind.


    keep an eye on www.ebuyer.com for cpu's etc. since your in the uk.

    and obviously the benchmark sites , tom's hardware guide tc
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    RE: Anyone tried the new phenomII platform? 2009/04/23 20:55:43 (permalink)
    And how would you guys like your eggs?

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