AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

[vaughan]

OK so has anybody got one yet?
What motherboard etc etc are you using?

I read that the choice is really between the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula and the Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7.

[NeoGen]

I believe Jason1478963 has one... he posted on my "dream NAS" thread :)

http://amdusers.com/forum/showthread.php?6358-if-I-built-my-own-NAS

[Jason1478963]

I have one of the X6 chips and was hoping it would work in my k9a2 platinum originally. I went with the MSI FXA890-GD70 and it seems like a nice board. I have a few other MSI boards that I liked so I stuck with MSI. I'm a little unhappy they didn't get the support for the K9a2 Platinum yet. I hear they are working on it and it's in beta, but should be out soon. We have four of these boards crunching with various quad cores and would like to update them in the future. I know the chipset isn't as good in the K9a2 Platinum, but how much does it matter for crunching? I believe lots of motherboards support this chip now going back to the AM2+ stuff. You just have to check your many AMD boards you have crunching to see how many you can upgrade ;)

[shotgunner101]

The phenom 2 x6 is only 300$ at newegg. It is going to be a part of my future desktop.

[NeoGen]

The phenom 2 x6 is only 300$ at newegg. It is going to be a part of my future desktop.
For around that same value you can also get a ATI Radeon HD 5850, it's not the absolute top of the line, but it's one hardcore cruncher! :)

[shotgunner101]

I know dude its amazing. I have a future pc design set up for when I get the money lol. :P

[Jason1478963]

but the 5850 cant crunch at WCG yet :(

[Bender10]

Not running a 1090T yet...Got this one though...

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W (115 degrees F w/stock fan)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO mb
Corsair TX-750 power supply
Ucck...Win 7 64 bit
Radeon HD 5770
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower (3-120mm and 1-200mm fans)
All quietly runs at 240 watts...

[Jason1478963]

Sounds like a nice setup Bender10 Is that running crunching with gpu and cpu? I think mine is around 330 with it crunching on one 4850 and 3.6ghz for the CPU and the pumps and fans.

1090T
4gb DDR3 Corsair
MSI FXA890-GD70
BFG 1000
xp64 with ubuntu running in vbox... I think this should be the other way around
Radeon 4850
Koolance case with 7 80mm case fans and pump

[Bender10]

I started plotting this new confuser when the X6 came out. Took me a while.

But, I do as much crunching as 3 of my X2, with less power, and beats my AMD quad+dual gpu (G92) for output, also for less power....

[Jason1478963]

very nice.... I've already sent my PSU back for mine and now have to return the memory as well as one stick failed and caused some trouble. I think I dropped to 240 watts with the GPU sitting idle.

[Bender10]

That's why I went with the 5770. Not top of the line, but speedy and ~108 watts.

[SuicideCabbage]

So I have been working some crazy overtime the past few weeks, and I think it's time to treat myself, and the DC community. I want to make a computer just for crunching, CPU (Clean Energy Project) right now but will add powerful GPUs in the future. Is this still worth buying, or should I hold out for a few more months and get the Bulldozer at its new launch date?

Before anyone tells me how I/O intensive CEP2 is, I know that already, and will be either RAIDing VelociRaptors, or getting a SSD to run this rig on. Let me know what you think, if the 1090T (or 1100T for that matter) is worth the money now, or if Bulldozer is just going to blow it out of the water later this year.

[Dirk Broer]

I agree with Bender, and look how much bang you get for your buck. And do not just stare at the purchase price, keep in mind that DC takes 24/7/365
That's why I am happy with my HD 4770: Not top of the line, but speedy, double-precision capable and a mere ~80 watts.
Doing MilkyWay it beats the s**t out of my GTX 260, which consumates a rough 210 watts (but deliveres stellar PrimeGrid performance)
Saving for a GTX 560 though: faster and only 150 watts.

The Bulldozer is likely to be better than the 1090T, but how much will a 6 or 8 core bulldozer cost (purchase and operation), compared to a 1090T?
If it's cheaper it's well worth waiting for!

[vaughan]

We don't know enough detail about Bulldozer's performance yet so its too early to say if it will be a Phenom I flop.