Havok1978, on 17 August 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:
price is not to be left out of a discussion concerning if an upgrade is *worth* it or not...
"im not entirely sure about the memory bench though cuz my memory is running in intel XMP2 mode which shows it to be running at 2133mhz where this benchmark says 1800"
No it isn't, not for some of us
.... And yes I did say it wasn't an issue, but I should have said "for me" to begin with.
Chip versus Chip, I don't see a reason to upgrade from a Phenom II x6 1100 Thuban to a FX-6300, the performance gain isn't worth the time to apply the thermal paste.. I'm sitting quite nicely where i'm at 4.27 to 4.3GHz on water, I have zero perfomance issues, so it doesn't make any sense "TO ME", and if the OP is still rocking a Phenom II x6 1100 Thuban (or other P2 6 core), then my advice would be just wait a while, and build something else... Who knows, maybe the FX series chips will drop even further in price than they already have, that in itself is a telling statement right there.. When things go on a fire sale, then you know something is up.
By the time I will need to upgrade, the FX-6300 will have outlived it's possible usefullness to me at least, and I will not be building another AMD CPU based machine.. I will be putting togther an Intel system about March 2014.
You're FX-6300 doesn't butcher an Intel 3770K x4, it doesn't butcher a i7-4770K x4 Haswell, or the i7-3970X (6)core
If all you're going to go about is price then i'm sorry..
Like I said, if you really want to compare performance, then be fair, and put the Intel (6) core up against the AMD (6) core, and see where that duck lands.
Also you need to back it up about fanboyism, I have run nothing but AMD CPUs since 2007-08, but the time to make a switch after seeing first hand what AMD has for current offerings is here for me...
Other than saving some money, AMD has nothing to offer over Intel..
Side Note: Just because the XMP profile is 2133, doesn't mean the RAM is running at 2133, you might want to go into your BIOS and set everything (MHZ, Timings, Voltage, etc..etc..etc..), just plugging your RAM into the Mobo doesn't guarantee it will run at stated speed and timings, as a matter of fact I have had to set every single set of RAM manually in BIOS every time.
Corsair Dominator 2000MHz at 1.65v, Timings 9-9-9-24.. <--- I lowered the Timings then OC'd from 1866 in BIOS, my Mobo supports 1866, but OC'd to 2000MHz and change. Officially my CPU only supports 1600MHz if I remember right.
EDIT: Your RAM is 2133 I take it, so set your RAM to 1866, you may have to loosen you timings slightly.
When you overclock it you will most likely be sitting at 2133 or so with ease. It's really quite simple.
Important, ----> Officially your FX-6300 memory controller supports 1866MHz, but you can get 2133MHz no problems if you do it right. Also your Mobo will have a memory standard which it officially supports, but most decent Mobos will allow you to OC past this, mine does.
Mobo: Asus Crosshair V 990FX
CPU: Phenom II x6 1100t
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT DDR3 2000MHz, Tweaked a bit up from 1866 to 2000Mhz and some change.
PSU: Corsair TX850M 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92
(2 x 4+4-Pin 12V CPU) <---- Helps Stabilize OC, not needed but not hurting. I have an 8-PIN, and an additional 4-PIN power for CPU.
DOUBLE EDIT: The last time I downloaded Sandra SiSoft for free on C-Net it tried to install a bunch of creepy toolbars, and such.. LOL
TRIPLE EDIT: Prime95 it after your done to see if you throw any errors.
Edited by Odins Fist, 17 August 2013 - 12:31 PM.