Phenom II X3 720 overclocking review when compared to the E7500 and Q6600

Interesting review:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...ii-x3-720-be/6

Even though the E7500 overclocks better it is slower in many of the benchmarks.

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Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH

Even though the E7500 overclocks better it is slower in many of the benchmarks.

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But it's faster in games which is the main thing right? :p

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Originally Posted by kalniel

But it's faster in games which is the main thing right? :p

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The Phenom II X3 720 seems to be much faster than the E7500 in Crysis and Far Cry 2.

I think that AMD needs to release its 45nm dual cores as quickly as possible though. The X2 7750+ and X2 7850+ are excellent processors but consume too much power and do not overclock as well as the E5200.

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Originally Posted by kalniel

But it's faster in games which is the main thing right? :p

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I noticed in Anandtech's review of the new X2 4850 they pretty much said games is the only thing it was good for. Well, that and heating the room up :)

Linkey

Those core2 chips need lots of cache to feed them.

Oops sorry I misread the bit I was quoting, meant to say that the phenom is faster in games and that's all that matters :)

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Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix

I noticed in Anandtech's review of the new X2 4850 they pretty much said games is the only thing it was good for. Well, that and heating the room up :)

Linkey

Those core2 chips need lots of cache to feed them.

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You mean X2 7850 don't you?! :p

The X2 7850 is a 65nm processor based on the older Phenom architecture.The newer Phenom II is a 45nm processor with more cache and higher clockspeeds which has much lower idle and load power consumption. At stock speeds the X2 7750+ and X2 7850+ are actually faster than the E5200 in most benchmarks:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...-cpus-review/5

The E5300 is still over £60 at most retailers still. The X2 7850+ is well under £60(and the X2 7750+ is under £50 now) and has some excellent budget AMD(760G,780G and 780V chipsets) and Nvidia(8200 and 8300 chipsets) motherboards available for it for around £50 to £60.

For under £250 you could build the following AMD based system:

X2 7750+ ~ £49

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

J&W 780G motherboard with 128mb of DDR2 for the HD3200 integrated graphics card ~ £55

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/JandW...RAID-uATX-HDCP

The IGP seems to overclock very well and can reach the performance level of an HD3450(not bad for light gaming).

2gb DDR2 ~ £27

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-(...d-CAS-4-4-4-12

Coolermaster Elite 340 case with 460w PSU ~ £54

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=944400

Akasa 120mm PWM case fan ~ £6

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120mm...WM-Cooling-Fan

Samsung 250gb hard drive ~ £36

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/250GB...ache-89-ms-NCQ

Samung SATA DVD writer with Lightscribe ~ £18

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Samsu...k-OEM-plusNero

Total ~ £246

You could also add a cheap 20" LCD monitor and a keyboard and mouse combo and have a total system for around £350.

Cheap 20" monitors for under £100 too :

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158795

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/162389

Cheap wireless keyboard and mouse combo:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Kensi...aser-Mouse-Set

Install a copy of Windows 7 RC1 and you will have a great system for not much money.