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#support-> >> 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-black-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 :-) :-)
