Here's my new system and I couldn't be happier:
-AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 core
-ASUS MOBO M4A87TD
-EVGA 01G-P3-1366-TR GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi)
-Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z
-Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
-LITE-ON iHBS212 Blu-Ray burner
A major upgrade from my old Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz w/HT. I am running Windows 7 64-bit. I just burned my first movie that required compression and I was blown away. I was able to burn in main movie mode on the fly (not to HDD) and it was done encoding and compressing in less then 45 minutes. Similar burns before on my old system (with same burner) took anywhere from 4 to 8 hours. Haven't watched the movie yet to see the quality but I will try to comment on that later.
All 6 cores stayed pegged in 88% to 95% in task manager now that's bang for your buck. This is my first AMD system (and the last one my last Intel build). If you are on the fence about buying this CPU don't be it's worth every penny. IE loads in a blink. The build took me about 2.5 hours POST'd and worked from the first try. Or maybe go out and spend $800 more on a Pentium multi-core. I built my whole system for about $700.00.
-AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 core
-ASUS MOBO M4A87TD
-EVGA 01G-P3-1366-TR GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi)
-Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z
-Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
-LITE-ON iHBS212 Blu-Ray burner
A major upgrade from my old Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz w/HT. I am running Windows 7 64-bit. I just burned my first movie that required compression and I was blown away. I was able to burn in main movie mode on the fly (not to HDD) and it was done encoding and compressing in less then 45 minutes. Similar burns before on my old system (with same burner) took anywhere from 4 to 8 hours. Haven't watched the movie yet to see the quality but I will try to comment on that later.
All 6 cores stayed pegged in 88% to 95% in task manager now that's bang for your buck. This is my first AMD system (and the last one my last Intel build). If you are on the fence about buying this CPU don't be it's worth every penny. IE loads in a blink. The build took me about 2.5 hours POST'd and worked from the first try. Or maybe go out and spend $800 more on a Pentium multi-core. I built my whole system for about $700.00.
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