Suggestion to pick up AMD FX-8120. 8 cores, slightly faster and all the latest instruction sets supported.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
What is your max budget for the motherboard?
Suggestion to pick up AMD FX-8120. 8 cores, slightly faster and all the latest instruction sets supported.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
I5 2500 k is better thn AMD x6 n Bulldozer too . Take I5 2500k + Z68 mobo
Hi upto my believe virtualization needs dedicated cpu core to be alloted More the better. But In most case intel virtualization are top notch . But my advise if you are cpu hungry go for intel as its fastest of all when you overclock its a beast. And even one core will do the needfull. So you can run upto 3 environments. Still one will be there for other browsing. If more than 3 then go for amd as you can have 3 more.
Get the following:-
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE @ 9.2K
Asus M5A97 @ 6.9K/MSI 890GXM-GD65 @ 6.8K
Exactly 16K
1st of all 1090T is a BE processor and when overclocked around 3.8/4 GHz it can give BD FX8120 or Intel 2500K a tough time in threaded apps as well as in games. it has very good support for Birtualization and it is just 9K.
For motherboard, my choice is the MSI 890GXM-GD65 over the Asus 970 based mobo. The reasons are:
i. It is based on 890GX chipset, so offers more number of PCI-E lanes.
ii. It has support for full range of Bulldozer AM3+ processors
iii. good build quality
iv. Very good layout although it is a Micro-ATX board
v. USB 3.0 and SATA III 6 Gbps ports
vi. Supports Crossfire at X8-X8 speed. good for gaming.
The board is rock solid and offers tremendous Oceing but I don't think it is something extraordinary for its price. It offers performance just for its price.
And Lionking, check the review of 890FXA-GD70. It is also a rock solid board. I was planning to buy this one after doing lots of research but settled down for Sabertooth due to the unavailability of this board and dedicated AM3+ platform in case of 990FXA Sabertooth. Now my dream has been shattered after the not-so-good performance of Bulldozer.
Slightly faster than 1100T. If not, then it will get.faster than wht ?
thanks