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Chance to upgrade?, need input

What ram are you moving to? Odds are the ram speed (i.e. from DDR3 1333mhz to DDR3 1600mhz) would be minimal and you would probably benefit from the extra RAM, either to prevent a bottleneck or to even use the extra ram as a ramdisk.
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reply to primeomega
What amd cpu, what 4core amd now.

If it was intel we could say YES! but it is amd, the 8core amd could be slower than the older 4core (rofl).

8core amds lost IPC vs the older ones (bad for games)

So give us more specs and we can help you better.

reply to primeomega
Have:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9Q-16GBRL

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX

Trade to:
AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

Motherboard will change too, but dont have to much info on it right now.

The only thing beating Bulldozer gaming wise was Thuban (1090T, 1100T) with heavy overclocks.

If you are going to do multithreaded application do the trade with no doubts, Bulldozers is great for that and will beat Deneb . You can always get more RAM when needed it is really cheap.
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reply to primeomega
It's a downgrade for gaming, and a sidegrade for everything else. Keep your ram and throw it on the new board.

If you're buying a new mobo, get an Intel i5-2500K. AMD messsed up hard with FX Bulldozer--they even miscounted the number of transistors on it, claiming it had 2bill when it had 1.2bill. IMO you shouldn't be looking at AMD CPUs if you plan to game.
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reply to primeomega
Thanks for the input. Gamign will see no real change. So not really consurned there. Its the video part I was looking at the most. Just did not know if losing 8gb of ram would really make a big diff. Sounds like it will not.

Think I might take the trade. And your right, can always upgrade the ram. And will do some oc of the cpu. Guess it has a very heavy am cooler.

Thanks!

You did post this in PC gaming tech, you know. Bulldozer would be an overall upgrade for video encoding if the program is multithreaded.

I still have no idea why you would trade 16GB of DDR3 1333mhz for 8GB DDR3 1866mhz.

I doubt you would see a difference.
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reply to primeomega
Here is an 8150...

»www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=434

idk if I would want to lose ram however, only you know how much you are using, myself, I can use 11gigs so 16 to 8 for me is bad.

I guess for free... meh... if you are paying...

Intel hands down.

reply to primeomega
I posted here becuase normally people here say what they want and will flame you all day long with there input.

That is what I needed. Wanted to get input from both sides, gaming and video encoding.

reply to primeomega
Want flaming? Here it is:

Why on EARTH would you waste the money on bulldozer? For the same price (roughly) you could change over to a 2600k (8 thread processor) and a new motherboard that supports lucid virtu technology (quick sync) that dramatically beefs up movie encoding times.

The 2600k also wrecks everything in sight when it comes to games.

There really is ZERO contest right now out there in the CPU world for consumers (servers is a different story) while Sandy Bridge is afoot and Bulldozer is the best AMD has. Don't believe me? Check the benchmarks. The 2600k eats the highest Bulldozer for breakfast.