Phenom II X4 820 vs Athlon II X4 620 - Need For Speed: Heat R9 290X - Game Performance Benchmarks

Safe AMD phenom ii x4 820 tempHi is 30c idle to 58c full load ok for an AMD phenom ii x4 820 Full specs areAMD r7 360 2gbG.skill 16gb ddr3 1866Thermal take 1000w power supply Stock case and mobo for hp pavilion p6620f1tb had1 additional 130mm case fan

58°C in load is perfectly normal if your CPU is running in stock with stock cooler. If you would be getting 80°C and more I would be concerned and considered cleaning the cooler from dust and replacement of the thermal paste between CPU and heatsink.

AMD Phenom II x4 820 @2.8 GHz bottleneckHey guys , i have AMD Phenom II x4 820 @2.8 GHz in my pc and im planing to buy a 760 GTX , i cant overclock it because of the OEM motherboard . so will my CPU bottleneck my 760 GTX. im not upgrading it for next one or two years.(if you have any way to overclock a cpu in a motherboard that doesn't support overclocking please tell me!) THANKS!!!

Um... no, most games will do better with a higher CPU clock. If what you are trying to imply is true then my ATI HD5770 is bottlenecked by my CPU which is an AMD 965BE. Sorry but my CPU is not my bottleneck. There is a big misconception that the new GPU's need a new CPU to not bottleneck and unless you have a weak quadcore cpu you will be fine. Of course there are exeptions to this like the Titan and 690 that could potentially bottleneck many CPU's.I agree that you will need to make sure you have an ample enough PSU to upgrade to that card.

Upgrade from Phenom II X4 820Hello everyone,I currently have an HP Pavilion with an AMD Phenom II X4 820 @ 2.8ghz.I am looking to buy a new desktop.I am looking at configurations with the following processors:1. AMD FX-43002. Intel Core i3-43303. Intel Core i3-4350Please note that I am not much of a gamer. If I do play any games, they are older games, or flash based games. I'd like to know which processor would be better overall for movie watching (Netflix, Hulu Plus, etc) music listening, audio encoding, web surfing, office uise, etc).One such example I am looking at is this on TigerDirect:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8925380&pagenumber=1&RSort=1&csid=ITD&recordsPerPage=5&body=REVIEWS#CustomerReviewsBlockAlso this one with FX-4300:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2546170&CatId=1887The 3rd option is a customized HP business PC with 8gb RAM, 1gb video card, windows 7 and an intel core i3-4350 processor for $498.Please note that I'm trying to get a system with Windows 7 64 bit preinstalled.Thanks!

Im on the same boat with you trying to use less power since my electric bill is 280$ for aug and september when its hot in AZ. Now its only 170$ since i replace my card motherboard and power supply all there is left to replace is the CPU for me but i only get paid if i fix someones computer in my area for 15$ or a pack of cigs.I3 would be great if you want the lowest power consumption and heat output so it doesn't trigger the air conditioner if you use one like me. 4300 is 95W so your ranging around 80-115W light usage and i3 is 55W cpu uses around 60-70ish light usage.