Bulldozer CPUs

[MeistroUK]

I was building a new system, don't need the most powerful one... i know they've been said to be not as good as supposed to be but are they good value - i was wondering about these two:-


FX-4100 for £89 + £10 back from amd promotion or

FX-6100 for £105 without cashback ?


and was going to get a 9 series motherboard with it.

[blackstar]

i'd be more inclined to get an i3 2120 and a p67 board - least you have some upgrade path there (ivy bridge, or sandy bridge 2500K maybe second hand when prices drop)

be worth looking at benches comparing the i3 to the fx 6100, depends what apps you run. price similar, though.

[red_dog007]

Go AMD only if you feel like finacially supporting them.
From AMD, I had rather pick up a Phenom II 960T and hope that it unlocks to a Hexcore.

[tinomen]

Go AMD only if you feel like finacially supporting them.
From AMD, I had rather pick up a Phenom II 960T and hope that it unlocks to a Hexcore.

I have an 8120 and it really is not a bad cpu, I seem to spank 6 cores in real world situations, maybe not in synthetic benchmarks...but meh, I don't run synthetic benchmarks all the time.

I did only buy it because I already had a very nice amd mb though and my phenom 2 wouldn't unlock.

That said, Bd really isn't a bad cpu in real world conditions, certainly not as bad as everyone would have you believe.

If you can put it together cheap, you won't be disappointed I wouldn't think.

[red_dog007]

Yeah, BD isn't a bad chip at all. But considering what Intel has to offer now and in the near future...

[tinomen]

Yeah, BD isn't a bad chip at all. But considering what Intel has to offer now and in the near future...

For more, to a lot more money.

I'm going to get a 2600k and do a direct side by side comparison here within the next month or so.

[QuadDamage]

Yeah, BD isn't a bad chip at all. But considering what Intel has to offer now and in the near future...

Incorrect. BD is a bad chip.

[Ninja7]

Incorrect. BD is a bad chip.

Id agree, and I use mainly AMD cpus and have done so for the last 10+ years.

Bulldozer needs a few changes before it becomes a decent option to what Intel is offering. It desperately needs better power efficiency. The performance it offers just doesnt cut it for the heat it outputs and power it uses.

The only reason to buy one is as Redog says Go AMD only if you feel like finacially supporting them.

[blackstar]

The only reason to buy one is as Redog says Go AMD only if you feel like finacially supporting them.

nah, just tell people to read reviews before buying anything.

then, BD will fail (obviously) but people might discover they dont have to have a slow ass atom netbook (brazos), or they can get a very fast HTTPC for peanuts with great video output (llano).

personally if i was buying anything with ops budget it would be second hand from classifieds or ebay anyway - then its just a case of whats on sale at the time.

[Meaker]

I have an 8120 and it really is not a bad cpu, I seem to spank 6 cores in real world situations, maybe not in synthetic benchmarks...but meh, I don't run synthetic benchmarks all the time.

I did only buy it because I already had a very nice amd mb though and my phenom 2 wouldn't unlock.

That said, Bd really isn't a bad cpu in real world conditions, certainly not as bad as everyone would have you believe.

If you can put it together cheap, you won't be disappointed I wouldn't think.

I'm sorry, but a well tuned X6 running at 4ghz with a decent NB speed is going to trash it in games.

You can get another 5-10% performance in games with NB tweaking the phenoms, then add in a per clock advantage and higher FP performance and it just gets ugly.

Oh and that 5-10% is to the actual FPS not the CPU performance.