Is AMD Athlon x3 455 @ 3.3Ghz better than Core 2 Duo e7400 @ 2.8 Ghz for Dolphin?

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 03-15-2012, 09:46 AM by NaturalViolence.)

Quote:ok it has logic, but if I'm going to save money would be for an i7 2600k cpu, how much is the performance compared to an i3?

If you overclock, very significant.

Go for an i5 2500K instead. It's a lot cheaper and performs the same with dolphin and most applications.

PaRaDoX_94 · 03-15-2012, 09:57 AM **#32**

(03-15-2012, 09:46 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:
Quote:ok it has logic, but if I'm going to save money would be for an i7 2600k cpu, how much is the performance compared to an i3?

If you overclock, very significant.

Go for an i5 2500K instead. It's a lot cheaper and performs the same with dolphin and most applications.

any good motherboard (cheap and with OC suport)?

**Zee530** · 03-15-2012, 06:49 PM **#33**

i5 2500k with Z68 motherboard

**ExtremeDude2** · 03-15-2012, 11:07 PM **#34**

(03-15-2012, 06:49 PM)Zee530 Wrote: i5 2500k with Z68 motherboard

More like P67 (he said cheap)

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 03-16-2012, 08:59 AM by NaturalViolence.)

Z68 and P67 cost about the same on most sites. Both will do fine.

**ExtremeDude2** · 03-16-2012, 09:31 AM **#36**

(03-16-2012, 08:59 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Z68 and P67 cost about the same on most sites. Both will do fine.

Well then get the Z68 Big Grin

LugiazSoul · 03-16-2012, 11:22 AM **#37**

If you guys wanna overclock on Motherboards that don't support overclocking, then try Clockgen. On my old rig, I overclocked my Athlon II x2 from 2.0 to 2.5.

StupidStories · 03-16-2012, 01:28 PM **#38**

Clockgen can't raise the CPU multiplier, which is the only way Sandy Bridge CPUs can be overclocked. On LGA 775 boards it can cause nasty issues with the NB straps.

PaRaDoX_94 · (This post was last modified: 03-16-2012, 03:24 PM by PaRaDoX_94.)

umm the motherboard that Im looking for is one cheap (compared to high-end motherboards) that support OC and if you can recomend me a good cpu-fan will be great
I think im going to boy the i5 with a cheap asus motherboard

so the AMD FX series are bad for Dolphin? is there a benchmark comparing the Phenom II with the FX and i5/i7?

PaRaDoX_94 · 03-16-2012, 06:15 PM **#40**

I just overclock my athlon @ 3.552 Ghz and it works great in most games with openGL, exept the metroid prime saga and mario kart wii, those runs @ 60-25fps depending on the area, ssbm and ssbb at full speed, and the zelda games (WW, TP & SW) runs perfectly... how much performance will the i5 give me in those games, if most of them run fine or playable?