For gaming: i7 860 versus x6 1055T

I have seen that option on bios for turning off cores and wanted to try it once but was afraid to go ahead with it without further knowledge.
Would it harm my CPU in any way once i turn on all the cores
 
mihir said:
I have seen that option on bios for turning off cores and wanted to try it once but was afraid to go ahead with it without further knowledge.
Would it harm my CPU in any way once i turn on all the cores
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Unless you have a 980x, it shouldn't
 
Intel_man said:
Thank you "just a noob" for posting pictures to prove to him that my reply to him is correct.


So my theory is correct. He does talk out of his ass most of the times.
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I am going to pretend I didn't read that. I suggest that you not make asinine comments like that. So I was wrong, big woop! 99% of the time I am right on the money.
 
jarlmaster47 said:
I am going to pretend I didn't read that. I suggest that you not make asinine comments like that. So I was wrong, big woop! 99% of the time I am right on the money.
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Again, no you're not. Your fanboyism in the other parts of the forums especially the video card section is ridiculously hilarious.
 
Gabe63 said:
To the original question it looks like the i7-860 or or i5-750 are faster for games.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed/1

The 6 core barely beat the i5-750 in any benchmark and lost in as many. If you want 6 cores AMD does seem like a better value.
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just a thought which actually only just occured to me, with the hex core processors, does windows automatically set the affinity to have all 6 cores on an application? If not, if you were to set it to all 6 cores, would it then utilise the full power and blow the quads out of the water :confused:
 
OMG of course you disable cores. Hell, I've done 1 core 1 thread, 1 core 2 threads, 2 cores 2 threads, 2 cores 4 threads, 3cores 3 threads, 3 cores 6 threads, 4 cores 4 threads, and 4 cores 8 threads on my old I7 860. It can do any configuration.

As for gaming, I would go with the I5 750 honestly. Hyper threading does nothing for gaming, unless you only have a dual core like an I3 ;)

Just a Noob, plenty of P55 boards are cheap. My personal favorite is the ASRock P55 pro for $110. You can only use a single x16 slot with that though, you have to buy the P55 extreme for 8x/8x SLI/Xfire which is $140...except of course right now there's an open box extreme for $80 on the egg. A steal of a deal with an I5 750 and 4gb of G.Skill ddr3-2000 cas 9 memory would really kick ass for gaming. I personally like just running one strong card instead of SLI or Xfire, so have full 16x/16x is pointless. There's no game at any resolution a GTX480 or a 5970 can't play.

The Phenom II X6 is just that, a lame Phenom II with 2 extra crappy deneb cores stuffed on the same die. There's only a hand full of games optimized for quad cores, it won't be for most likely 1-2 years before games will utilize more than 4 cores and even in the beginning a super strong quad like the I5 won't bottleneck you if you overclock it. I ran mine at 4.0ghz 24/7, a beast of a gaming CPU.
 
To the OP! If you are going to choose between those 2 I'd go with the x6. It's cheaper than an I7. You will get very good gaming performance, AM3 is still getting new CPUs next year. Having 6 cores is more future proof. As games start to use more cores your games will run better with the x6 over the i7. Just my 2cents, hope it helps.

Also check online for a Mobo that will work well with the x6, see what other people are using and if they have any troubles if you decide to go that route.
 
Bulldozer will be on AM3. Probably AM3+, but AM3 none the less.

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I believe that chart has already been debunked.....AMD realized they couldn't produce bulldozer on only 938 pins.
 
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