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Athlon 64 X2 or Phenom X3 ?

  • 22-02-2009 1:20pm
    #1
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭


    How's it going lads.

    Building an HTPC sorts. Looking for your opinions on the CPU.
    I won't be playing games at all, but I will be encoding video / DVD authoring..

    Would you go for:

    Phenom X3 Triple Core 8650 @ 2.3GHz
    = three lanes of traffic, each lane travelling at 2.3ghz

    *or*

    Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3GHz
    = two lanes of traffic, each lane travelling at 3.0ghz

    Apologies if those analogies are n00bily wrong - I'm not even sure if I understand it correctly myself.


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  • #2
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    What's your budget? And do you want/need a drop-in upgrade for an existing AM2 motherboard? Neither of those are exactly A-ranked CPUs and if you wound up with an older stepping 6400+ the heat output and energy waste would be horrifying for a HTPC (125W!) Finally, what software will you be using for video editing and how much will you be using it?


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