Is the Phenom ii x6 Black Edition still worth it?

[The_Eddie]

I started volunteering at a computer place which takes donated computers, refurbs them , and gives them to the needy. The main technician was about to throw out a computer and I decided to look in it and found an AMD Phenom II x6 1090T Black Edition as well as a

Gigabyte motherboard (ga 890gpa ud3h). he ended up letting me take it and I just wanted to know if that configuration can still do well in today's modern titles before I spend money on a system around those parts. Thank you!!!

 

[CtW]

It should be fine. I'm pretty sure that the phenom does a pretty good job in games and if you're getting it for free, I don't see why you wouldn't use it! 

[Darkiiss]

I would use it. Definitely, but I think you would have trouble re-using it.

[Hashiyan]

Oh yea! It will do well in all games it is a true 6 core even tho its old it gets the job done! Btw where in houston? I live in Dickinson and the Galveston area and I would love to see where the place is!

[Ryan Leech]

That's still a beast. The IPC is on par with Piledriver and Kaveri. If you overclock it it should be just as good as another AMD cpu for gaming. It would be comparable to the FX 6300 and 6350

[TheNinjaNextDor]

It will do pretty well, I would pair it with an EVGA ACX 750ti

Depending on your budget, you can go with anything.

Edited March 11, 2014 by TheNinjaNextDor

[MbV93]

Yeah! It's almost on par with the FX 6300! It'll handle anything.

[The_Eddie]

Oh yea! It will do well in all games it is a true 6 core even tho its old it gets the job done! Btw where in houston? I live in Dickinson and the Galveston area and I would love to see where the place is!

Its near downtown, the place is called Comp U Dopt. The computer actually belonged to the technician and he was getting rid of it because he got something better. 

[The_Eddie]

Thanks for all the replies guys, I think I'm going to finally build my system!

[austin541]

thats pretty good for free. 

[DeViLzzz]

Would it not use all 6 cores for BF4 too?  I thought it took advantage as many as 8?  Correct?

[The_Eddie]

Would it not use all 6 cores for BF4 too?  I thought it took advantage as many as 8?  Correct?

Noice PC Specs lol, I have no idea!!

[Priller]

That's still a beast. The IPC is on par with Piledriver and Kaveri. If you overclock it it should be just as good as another AMD cpu for gaming. It would be comparable to the FX 6300 and 6350

 

Correct.

 

It would be very similar clock for clock with a 6300 down low. Unfortunately the 6300 can clock higher with the same voltage. So you might get 4.0-4.2 out of the 1090T with 1.5V while a 6300 will do 4.8-5.0 on the same voltage, typically. 

[harrynowl]

Make sure it has a custom CPU heatsink/fan though or you'll hate it very quick (those little 60mm fans @ 5k RPM aren't nice).

 

Other than that; yes it's perfectly adequate for gaming and other uses.

[TheProfosist]

Umm yea definitely. That thing beat out the 8 core bulldozer fx chips.

[harrynowl]

Well it's just one benchmark but the Phenoms crush their equal core FX counterparts in Cinenbech (Floating Point heavy- 6 FPUs vs 3/4 on FX6/8xxx). Pretty sure a X6 @ 4Ghz will be roughly equal to a 8350 @ stock and beats a 6300@4.5 or so.

[TNA_LoL]

Yeah! It's almost on par with the FX 6300! It'll handle anything.

Actually, if you can match the clock speeds, the 1090 will pull ahead of an FX-8350 in most scenarios.  It used a far more efficient design with 6 cores across the CPU vs 2 cores per module and 3-4 modules (FX-63xx/83xx). If you can get this guy to 3.6-4.0GHz it will be about the best you can get from AMD except for mayb

 

That's still a beast. The IPC is on par with Piledriver and Kaveri. If you overclock it it should be just as good as another AMD cpu for gaming. It would be comparable to the FX 6300 and 6350

The IPC/Pipeline ratio is a bit better than both of the referenced CPU's.

e an FX-9590.

[bamerx98]

 

I started volunteering at a computer place which takes donated computers, refurbs them , and gives them to the needy. The main technician was about to throw out a computer and I decided to look in it and found an AMD Phenom II x6 1090T Black Edition as well as a

Gigabyte motherboard (ga 890gpa ud3h). he ended up letting me take it and I just wanted to know if that configuration can still do well in today's modern titles before I spend money on a system around those parts. Thank you!!!

 

 

The phenom is an amazing chip its about the same as a 6300 around stock speeds now when both them are overclocked for 4Ghz the Phenom is faster but, the 6300 has good headroom to about 4.5Ghz and at that speed the Phenom is a slower chip. If you can get the Phenom less then a 6300 get it, if you can't I don't really seeing it being worth it. 

[LimpCurve]

Umm yea definitely. That thing beat out the 8 core bulldozer fx chips.

No, they were about even with the 8100 series and beaten descently by the 8300 series. Still though, definitely go for it if you can get it free.

[LimpCurve]

The phenom is an amazing chip its about the same as a 6300 around stock speeds now when both them are overclocked for 4Ghz the Phenom is faster but, the 6300 has good headroom to about 4.5Ghz and at that speed the Phenom is a slower chip. If you can get the Phenom less then a 6300 get it, if you can't I don't really seeing it being worth it. 

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[bamerx98]

Your build = My dream. <3 :3

Thanks man if you got the chip for free keep it man its an amazing CPU even with its age, I'd pair it with something 760 or something around that performance ratio and that PC will be able to max for anything. 

[TheProfosist]

No, they were about even with the 8100 series and beaten descently by the 8300 series. Still though, definitely go for it if you can get it free.

Use Win7 without the bulldozer hot fix the older phenom II 6 cores beat the 8 cores except in the most highly threaded stuff if I remember correctly. All I know is the performance was not astounding at all and wasnt near what they claimed or even intel's current offerings. Hell, their old offering were more compelling which is why I and many got a first gen APU.

[-rascal-]

The Phenom II X6 1090T is certainly still a good performing chip. In fact, a majority of the Phenom II line of CPUs are still quite solid.

I'm still rocking a Phenom II X6 1090T in my own system! From experience and the talks from the interwebs back then, 4.0GHz could be achieved quite easily. Beyond...it's a different story.

(Mine still needs to be fine tuneed to get 4.1GHz running 100% stable, but hey, I had it running at 4.0GHz 100% stable for 3+ years)

 

The Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H is based off of the 890GX chipset. The 890GX was a small step down from top-tier 890FX. It was basically the 990X (below the 990FX) of it's time. The GA-890GPA-UD3H is actually an amazing board considering it supported PCI-E 2.0 X8/X8 Dual Graphics Card support, 6Gb/s SATA ports, and USB 3.0. Even though it only sported a 4+1 power phase, it had no issues handling overclocked Phenom II X4 / X6's. For ~$130, this board had it all.

When I was searching for a motherboard for my Phenom II X6, this was the board I had initially decided to get (...until I changed my mind and went overboard, and got the ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Formula 890FX instead)

 

It's helluva deal if you're getting it for free!

 

The GPU shouldn't have much bottleneck issues for higher-end graphics cards. You can SURELY go beyond a GTX 760. Hell, I'm running an overclocked Radeon HD 7970 here.

(refer to ym profile for full system specs)

 

Uhh...I've actually got a FX-8350 coming my way - which should be here sometime this week or early next week. I can perform some FX-8350 versus Phenom II X6 1090T performance comparisons if you wish. Well, I was wanting to do it regardless  .

[Jack.EXE]

I'm still rocking a phenom. Not looking to upgrade any time soon.

[Analog]

I had that exact same chip a couple of years ago when it came out and I paired it up with a HD 6970, which at that time was pretty good. Then after a year or so I upgraded to a 980X and guess what, I saw a tangible performance increase anywhere from 5FPS to 15FPS from just switching the platforms. What I am trying to say here is that that processor is not the best for gaming today and will bring some bottlenecking to the graphics configuration which you decide to chose, especially considering the fact that getting a 4.2GHz overclock with an AIO (like I did) is remarkable, however since you are getting it for free you should hold on to it and upgrade to a 8320 when you have the chance later down the road.