I would choose the phenom 1045 over 980 for editing easily and the 1045 only consumes 95watts where as the phenom 980 consumes 125watts.

I would get a hyper 212 evo(cpu cooler) and overclock the 1045 and try and hit 3.4ish since the multiplier isn't unlocked it will be harder but after doing so it should perform even better! Also in editing extra cores always help for editing so get the 1045

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TTG_Code wrote I would choose the phenom 1045 over 980 for editing easily and the 1045 only consumes 95watts where as the phenom 980 consumes 125watts.

I would get a hyper 212 evo(cpu cooler) and overclock the 1045 and try and hit 3.4ish since the multiplier isn't unlocked it will be harder but after doing so it should perform even better! Also in editing extra cores always help for editing so get the 1045

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thanks alot man, I'll take a look at those, just gotta make sure my power supply is gonna be happy with all the voltages, do you know if there is a tool to determine my power usage? or do I still have to do it the manual way?

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TTG_Code wrote I would choose the phenom 1045 over 980 for editing easily and the 1045 only consumes 95watts where as the phenom 980 consumes 125watts.

I would get a hyper 212 evo(cpu cooler) and overclock the 1045 and try and hit 3.4ish since the multiplier isn't unlocked it will be harder but after doing so it should perform even better! Also in editing extra cores always help for editing so get the 1045

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thanks alot man, I'll take a look at those, just gotta make sure my power supply is gonna be happy with all the voltages, do you know if there is a tool to determine my power usage? or do I still have to do it the manual way?

What power supply do you have right now?

TTG_Code wrote

dude2410 wrote

TTG_Code wrote I would choose the phenom 1045 over 980 for editing easily and the 1045 only consumes 95watts where as the phenom 980 consumes 125watts.

I would get a hyper 212 evo(cpu cooler) and overclock the 1045 and try and hit 3.4ish since the multiplier isn't unlocked it will be harder but after doing so it should perform even better! Also in editing extra cores always help for editing so get the 1045

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thanks alot man, I'll take a look at those, just gotta make sure my power supply is gonna be happy with all the voltages, do you know if there is a tool to determine my power usage? or do I still have to do it the manual way?

What power supply do you have right now?

it's a 480 watt, it's this computer, but with 8Gb of RAM,
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It should work fine because both systems are 95watts and your motherboard is already am3 so you should be fine

TTG_Code wrote It should work fine because both systems are 95watts and your motherboard is already am3 so you should be fine

ok thanks a ton for all the help and fast responses.

Get the second one. 3.7 gHz to 2.7
Plus, its the 980 black edition, which means it can be overclocked.

BUT make sure you have a cooling device! The 980 doesnt come with one!

Puurplezz wrote Get the second one. 3.7 gHz to 2.7
Plus, its the 980 black edition, which means it can be overclocked.

BUT make sure you have a cooling device! The 980 doesnt come with one!

Don't listen to this tool, he obviously didn't read the part where you said you wanted a render/editing cpu, and you can still overclock the 1045 just it doesn't have a unlocked multiplier, quite a bit of people have gotten there phenoms up to about 3.8ghz with all 6 cores activated so don't say that you can only overclock 980. The only tasks that the Phenom II X6 processors are ideal choices for are video editing/encoding or 3D design work which you want. For gaming, higher-clocked Phenom II X4 processors like the 965 and 980 perform better than slower-clocked X6 processors.

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Puurplezz wrote Get the second one. 3.7 gHz to 2.7
Plus, its the 980 black edition, which means it can be overclocked.

BUT make sure you have a cooling device! The 980 doesnt come with one!

Don't listen to this tool, he obviously didn't read the part where you said you wanted a render/editing cpu, and you can still overclock the 1045 just it doesn't have a unlocked multiplier, quite a bit of people have gotten there phenoms up to about 3.8ghz with all 6 cores activated so don't say that you can only overclock 980. The only tasks that the Phenom II X6 processors are ideal choices for are video editing/encoding or 3D design work which you want. For gaming, higher-clocked Phenom II X4 processors like the 965 and 980 perform better than slower-clocked X6 processors.

Im the tool? I have an i5, which stock is 3.3 gHz, and that had an insanely short render time. I dont think that theres a huge difference between those two processors. im sure you can overclock the 2.7 to be fast, but it will run just about the same. With my i5, i didnt notice a difference between it being 3.3 gHz or 4.8 (which is what im overclocked to right now) So im pretty sure it wont make a huge difference. The 980 is one step lower than the 1045, but the 980 uses more wattage.

If your using stock cooling, the highest the 1045 can OC to is about 3.4.
The highest the 980 can go is about 4.5

Theres your answer, "tool."