PhenomIIx4 955 upgrade option

[haxartus]

OSad fact is if you have 955BE and FX8350 both running at 4GHz they're both doing same single thread performance.

I think the 8350 would be worse.

[MyndZero]

Go for the 9000 series in FX CPUs if you want to stick with AMD, no point going for older technology.

WoW does support more than 4 cores as well.

[fixx]

I think the 8350 would be worse.

The difference is within 1% in the few tests Ive seen so could go either way really

Go for the 9000 series in FX CPUs if you want to stick with AMD, no point going for older technology.

FX-9k chips require very expensive motherboard because of the stupid power draw. It would be cheaper to go for Intel instead, and you'll get 50% higher WoW framerate too..

[Vash The Stampede]

I think the 8350 would be worse.

The 8350 is currently AMD's best single threaded performance CPU. Besides the 8370 and 9590.

Go for the 9000 series in FX CPUs if you want to stick with AMD, no point going for older technology.

WoW does support more than 4 cores as well.

No please, stay away from the 9000 series CPUs. They get really hot, and require a $200 motherboard to run effectively. There's no reason ever to get one.

[Stormspark]

The 8350 is currently AMD's best single threaded performance CPU. Besides the 8370 and 9590.


No please, stay away from the 9000 series CPUs. They get really hot, and require a $200 motherboard to run effectively. There's no reason ever to get one.

This. Some of them use over 225w, while being significantly slower than the i7-4790k (which only uses 84w). Also, the 9000 series ARE older technology. They are overclocked 8350's. That's it. Everything I've seen shows the 4790k beating the fastest 9000 series by almost 40%.