CPU question

[wayneP]

I'm assembling the components to upgrade this machine (it is a 939 mobo with
a nForce3 chip and early releases of Windows7 didn't play well with the
chipset). I'm not a gamer, I don't need the latest and greatest cpu and I
don't plan on any overclocking. The most demanding things I do are video
recoding of HDTV, some audio recoding and some simple image editing.

I already have a mobo that takes AM3 processors and DDR2 memory. I'm
considering a Athlon II x4 or a Phenom II x3 both running at 2.6. They are
about the same price and the only difference, other than the cores, is the
L3 cache. The Athlons don't have any and the Phenoms have 6 MB.

What are your opinions? Will I see any difference in the performance in my
real world situations?

TIA,

Wayne

 

[Guest]

I'm assembling the components to upgrade this machine (it is a 939 mobo with
a nForce3 chip and early releases of Windows7 didn't play well with the
chipset). I'm not a gamer, I don't need the latest and greatest cpu and I
don't plan on any overclocking. The most demanding things I do are video
recoding of HDTV, some audio recoding and some simple image editing.

I already have a mobo that takes AM3 processors and DDR2 memory. I'm
considering a Athlon II x4 or a Phenom II x3 both running at 2.6. They are
about the same price and the only difference, other than the cores, is the
L3 cache. The Athlons don't have any and the Phenoms have 6 MB.

What are your opinions? Will I see any difference in the performance in my
real world situations?

TIA,

Wayne

At least according to this:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-athlon-ii-x4-620-review-test/10

The Athlon would be faster. But a lot depends on how your
particular video and audio apps are written: some take much
better advantage of L3 cache than others.

You may wish to ask your question in related video etc groups.

 

[wayneP]

Thanx for the link and suggestion. There are a ton of video related
newsgroups but I didn't anything that might be appropriate. Suggestions?

I looked through a lot of reviews but I didn't see the linked article.
Either I didn't use the correct search terms or I overlooked the article.
Most of the review articles are heavy on gaming and I understand that most
people building their own machines are doing it for gaming.

I can probably buy something off the shelf for less than the components I've
assembled but I enjoy building my own as a hobby.

 

[Guest]

Thanx for the link and suggestion. There are a ton of video related
newsgroups but I didn't anything that might be appropriate. Suggestions?

rec.video.desktop might be a good start.

 

[John Doe]

I think he was talking about the other one.

Thanx for the link and suggestion. There are a ton of video
related newsgroups but I didn't anything that might be
appropriate. Suggestions?

I looked through a lot of reviews but I didn't see the linked
article. Either I didn't use the correct search terms or I
overlooked the article. Most of the review articles are heavy on
gaming and I understand that most people building their own
machines are doing it for gaming.

I can probably buy something off the shelf for less than the
components I've assembled but I enjoy building my own as a
hobby.