Roodogg Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Hi all, the question is in the title really. I'm looking at the following processors: Intel Core i7 2600k Quad Core @ 3.4GHz AMD Phenom II X6 6-Core @ 3.3GHz I know the i7s are awesome but I'm wondering if the 2 extra cores in the AMD are better for rendering? Note they're going to be overclocked to 4.5GHz (Water-cooled). Thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 That i7 is faster. The 4-digit i7 models are the newest, they're faster on a per-total-ghz basis than anything else currently available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roodogg Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Cool. So I'll get the i7 then... should do for my rendering needs! I'm still using a Core2 Quad at 2.4Ghz (not overclocked). I'm thinking an i7 2600k overclocked to 4.5Ghz will be roughly three times as fast? Or not that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 That would be a hell of a lot faster than what you have. How fast, I wouldn't care to estimate. Be very, very, very careful when trying to OC that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roodogg Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Haha, thanks. It's from a reputable seller and comes with a 3 year warranty so I assume it's all good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeggy Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Hi, I personaly am after the AMD Phenom II X6. Mostly because of the price. Rendering with 6 cores with overclock to 4GHz is for me a big improvement comparing it with my i5 450m 2 cores at 2,4GHz which was enough to me not so long ago but now it is getting just sad Anyway, maybe the i7 is a bit faster than the Phenom X6 but is it worth for the double price for the processor? And probably I would wait for the 8 core AMD Bulldozer overclocable to 4,5GHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinger Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 BD was delayed bc of fab issues. Also, I believe the preliminary benching of them were not better than current Intel SB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roodogg Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 All signs point to Intel as usual. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branskyj Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You can use AnandTech's bench comparison between many different CPUs. You can even choose what software will be used for the comparison. I would personally choose the i7 2600k since in this case is the clear winner. If you are getting the CPU for anything else but heavy workloads choose either. Phenom II X6 6-Core is a perfectly good CPU for gaming as well. For video editing and 3D- i7 2600k. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roodogg Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 I have ended up with the following Spec. It's more than enough for my needs and seems at least 3 times quicker than my last machine: Intel i7 2600k (OC @ 4.7GHz) AMD Radeon HD6950 (Boosted to 6990 speed) MB - Gigabyte Z68X-UD5 Corsair H70 Advanced Water cooling. 16Gb Heatsync DDR3 Ram 1TB SATA 3 HDD (SSD is too pricey still for me!) It's great. It looks and sounds like a spaceship and for the 3D I produce is fast enough. Thanks all for your kind advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 That's some aggressive overclocking. Be sure to monitor both CPU and GPU temps very carefully. (Though unless you game I wonder whether it's worthwhile to be that aggressive with the GPU...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erkutacar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Cool. So I'll get the i7 then... should do for my rendering needs! I'm still using a Core2 Quad at 2.4Ghz (not overclocked). I'm thinking an i7 2600k overclocked to 4.5Ghz will be roughly three times as fast? Or not that much? i use that with a custom water cooling system and works very stable and fast.. i recommend gigabyte ud7 p67 board with that processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roodogg Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Funny you should mention this today. A Fed-Ex man is picking it up to be taken back under warranty as it is no longer booting! I only have the Gigabyte UD5 -I was assured it would be fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erkutacar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 maybe ur item was produced faulty.. mine never caused any problems.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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