xfxrising
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System Name | .. |
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Processor | Pentium E6700 @3.20GHz |
Memory | Kingston 667Mhz 3GB DDR3 |
Power Supply | 250w |
Building a new pc and i was gonna get a phenom 960t and try to unlock it (Im on a strict budget and i can get this for £70 which is great Price/performance) and im 15 so ya know, living with parents and all and because we now have a 4th child in the family, money is a little tighter than before xD So i was wondering how much of an impact it will have on electricity costs compared to what im using at the moment.
I do a lot of video rendering so im spending like 4 hours+ a week at full load however 960t will probably finish these renders in like 1 hour and a half or less so im spending less time in load which should = less electricity being used over time right? And ill probably keep it at 4 cores during general use and unlock the other 2 when im editing/rendering so that im being more conservative on energy. May even see if i can underclock it if i need to
So im guessing my real question is how much it would add to the electricity cost per month using the 960t compared to what im using now? im guessing it won't effect it too much but i wanted to ask anyway just to make sure.
*Additional Question: Would i be able to unlock the cores on a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P mobo? It supports EC AOD-ACC but in the description it only mentions overclocking and nothing about unlocking*
Sorry for the crappy writting and rambaling aha
I do a lot of video rendering so im spending like 4 hours+ a week at full load however 960t will probably finish these renders in like 1 hour and a half or less so im spending less time in load which should = less electricity being used over time right? And ill probably keep it at 4 cores during general use and unlock the other 2 when im editing/rendering so that im being more conservative on energy. May even see if i can underclock it if i need to
So im guessing my real question is how much it would add to the electricity cost per month using the 960t compared to what im using now? im guessing it won't effect it too much but i wanted to ask anyway just to make sure.
*Additional Question: Would i be able to unlock the cores on a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P mobo? It supports EC AOD-ACC but in the description it only mentions overclocking and nothing about unlocking*
Sorry for the crappy writting and rambaling aha