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Now that bulldozer is finally out.....

Which one should I get for my build

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bamdaman14

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So now that bulldozer is out, im ready for a new build. I was waiting for it to come out to see how it would go against a 2600k. But I'm disappointed because the results are not as good as i expected. Im going to be using this pc for gaming, browsing and a little video editing.


CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Tu... or AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cac...

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/... or this Open Box: ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+ AMD 990FX ... (if i go with bulldozer)

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR...

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 R...

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance L...

Video Card: MSI N580GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 580 (Ferm...
 
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Jack Doph

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No offense, but it seems a bit silly asking a question to which you already know the answer ;)
 
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bamdaman14

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I mean is it still worth getting based on the price, and the 8 cores can be useful in the future
 
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Jack Doph

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TBH, I can't see the benefit in that at all. By the time BD is seemingly a good desktop CPU, the next gen will be out and handily beating it.
What you want is performance *now*, not some unknown time-frame in the future..
 
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Depends on what you are doing right now. Buying Bulldozer in hopes of a magical fix is kinda throwing your money away.

An i7-2600k will be a beast right now, and for the foreseeable future.

If you aren't going to be doing a lot of video editing and encoding, then an i5-2500k might be better, and save you a few bucks. You could use the savings to get an SSD for your OS and your favorite apps.
 
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depending on what hardware you have now; it may benefit you to not go cutting edge on the cpu.

I have a 965be and was waiting for bd to come out to drop prices on the thuban. im going to wait about 2 months, buy a 1100 thuban(which in gaming performs almost as good as BD) for pennies and just drop it in and go. 15 minutes...done.

It will buy me plenty of time til the next gen amd chip comes out.

From what i have seen BD is pretty much only around 10% better than the current gen amd chips in real world applications however if someone was planning on building a network file server on a budget; i would go BD all the way.

Some reason it seems to be a beast in that respect but average in everything else. Then again it is a first gen chip; i never expected it to be badass first time around.

However if money isn't an object go with the intel chip. I just prefer AMD for longevity in the sense that I dont have to change my mobo every time I want to upgrade and im willing to bet am3+ will be around for a while.

For most consumer applications the AMD chips can easily run any application out there.

My Vote:

Thuban

edit: with the money you save you can get a good ssd.
 
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