AMD!

[dirk-tooth]

HEY The new amd tripple-core is out!!
I was thinking of buying the Amd socket AM3 Tripple-core 720 Phenom 2 x3 Black edition (2.8Ghz) but I'm not so sure? what do you think about it??

 

[Dan C]

Should be trippple-core. Good CPU for the price.

 

[Nameite]

can the new tri cores be unlocked to quads?

 

[Strobemeister]

Only if you're lucky, apparantly. I read an article where certain batches used faulty ones, and other batches used ones that can be unlocked.

 

[Chevron]

For the price it's awesome. It hits the sweet spot when it comes to gaming too. You can also overclock it to about 3.8ghz using air cooling.

 

[Natedogg]

Im also going with the AMD AM3 Tripple-core 720 Phenom 2 x3, the price is really a lot cheaper than anything that intel offers....

 

[dirk-tooth]

Im also going with the AMD AM3 Tripple-core 720 Phenom 2 x3, the price is really a lot cheaper than anything that intel offers....

The cheapest one I could find was at Rebel tech for about R1950? Is it a good price or can you find it any cheaper ?

 

[Juggy]

I had one clocked to 3.7 for a little while but found the sweet spot at 3.5 "200*17.5 @ 1.45 vcore"

Very good chips

They've been around for a few months already so they're not really new. I think they're the first AM3 chips so they support DDR memory controller.

 

[Dan C]

The cheapest one I could find was at Rebel tech for about R1950? Is it a good price or can you find it any cheaper ?

Much cheaper at Take-2

http://www.take2.co.za/electronics-amd-phenom-ii-x3-720-black-edition-2-80-ghz-4321784.html

 

[dirk-tooth]

I had one clocked to 3.7 for a little while but found the sweet spot at 3.5 "200*17.5 @ 1.45 vcore"

Very good chips

They've been around for a few months already so they're not really new. I think they're the first AM3 chips so they support DDR memory controller.

WOW! 3.5 that's Awesome! whats your temp on idle and under load???

 

[dirk-tooth]

Much cheaper at Take-2

http://www.take2.co.za/electronics-amd-phenom-ii-x3-720-black-edition-2-80-ghz-4321784.html

Fair price only problem "Supplier Out of Stock"

 

[SlyFly]

There was a rumour running around that the new 2Core AMD CPU's will have 2 dorment once and SOME motherboards would be able to unlock the other 2... Maybe thats even a better buy? I mean pay for 2 get 4 Rather than paying for 3 and getting 4...

 

[dirk-tooth]

There was a rumour running around that the new 2Core AMD CPU's will have 2 dorment once and SOME motherboards would be able to unlock the other 2... Maybe thats even a better buy? I mean pay for 2 get 4 Rather than paying for 3 and getting 4...

That sounds affordable where did you heard that?

 

[Chevron]

Unlocking those extra cores has a very low success rate. I really wouldn't bet on it.

 

[Juggy]

Idle was around 27 and full load was under 50.

I was using the Asus Triton 79 AMAzing cooler which is almost as good as the TRUE.

WOW! 3.5 that's Awesome! whats your temp on idle and under load???

 

[cerebus]

I'm a bit out of touch here - why would you want three core cpus?

 

[milomak]

I'm a bit out of touch here - why would you want three core cpus?

as opposed to single, duo or quad?

 

[Chevron]

I'm a bit out of touch here - why would you want three core cpus?

Because they are better than dual cores. Games actually use 3cores. 4cores are a waste for gaming. That extra core comes in handy with over stuff that make it worth it over a dual core.

 

[milomak]

Because they are better than dual cores. Games actually use 3cores. 4cores are a waste for gaming. That extra core comes in handy with over stuff that make it worth it over a dual core.

which game makers has made use of 3 cores when 2 and 4 cores were the norm?

 

[cerebus]

Well obviously three cores is better than two or one - but you already have a healthy quad core cpu segment. Why would I want to get tri-core as opposed to quad? More cores is always better.