On Saturday, 13 April 2024 12:12:04 BST Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Saturday, 13 April 2024 08:58:50 BST Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> As most likely know, I have a older box I use for backups. The hard > >> drives are encrypted which likes the CPU to have AES support. The > >> Phenom CPUs don't seam to support AES from what I've seen. The specs > >> for the mobo says the mobo does support the FX-6300 CPU tho which has > >> AES support. Since the biggest thing I use that system for is my > >> backups, would it be better to have the FX-6300 CPU which supports AES > >> or the Phenom 1090T? Mobo only shows it supports the FX-6300 and no > >> other FX series CPU. Could be that it doesn't support anything else, > >> could be the list hasn't been updated. I dunno. > >> > >> Given the FX-6300 has a higher clocks speed, 3.8GHz versus 3.2GHz for > >> the Phenom, I'd think the FX would be a upgrade, quite a good one at > >> that. More L2 cache too. Both are 6 cores according to what I found. > >> Anyone know something I don't that would make switching to the FX-6300 a > >> bad idea? > >> > >> https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-770T-USB3-rev-10/support#suppo > >> rt-> cpu > >> > >> You may have to click on CPU support to see it. Sometimes it goes to it > >> directly, sometimes not. :/ > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > I can't find where the link you provide mentions FX-6300, an AM3+ socket > > CPU, being compatible with GA-770T-USB3-rev-10, an AM3 socket MoBo. The > > FX-6300 would definitely be a noticeable upgrade (higher base and boost > > frequency, plus AES crypto), assuming you can find a MoBo to fit it on. > > You'll probably find the cost of buying just the CPU of unknown > > provenance, which may well have been cooked with overclocking, will more > > or less equal the cost of buying a suitable MoBo + CPU + RAM already > > assembled. Or even a whole PC ready to run: > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/166707210724 > > > > You could get a better result if you start with a budget in mind and then > > fish for the best performance combo you can bag with it. > > Your right. I misread that somehow. Good thing I asked. I could have > ordered a CPU that won't fit. It's a FX-4130 I should be looking at. > No idea where I got the FX-6300 from. As you point out, it's not listed > on the specs page. Still, the FX-4130 shows a faster clock and other > stuff I mentioned except it has 4 cores instead of 6. I got it right > except for the model of the CPU. According to this page it supports AES > for encryption as well. > > > https://www.amd.com/en/support/cpu/amd-fx-series-processors/amd-fx-4-core-bl > ack-edition-processors/fx-4130#! > > > Now that I got the right model of CPU, still be a improvement? I'm > mostly wanting to use this mobo I already have. I just wish the > encryption was faster. The loss of two cores may slow it down a lot, > despite having AES built in. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
I think the FX-4130 should give a noticeable improvement on crypto and a small improvement on single thread processing (higher frequency and larger cache). On the other hand it'll suffer on parallel tasks. TBH I'd rather spend the $10 or so for a used FX-4130 on a more modern MoBo plus CPU, than throw good money after bad.
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