Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition CPU Review

Conclusions

There are some good news about the new Phenom II X6 1100T. It comes with the same price tag the Phenom II X6 1090T used to carry, meaning that AMD dropped the price for all the other six-core CPUs they have. The second thing really good about this CPU is its overclocking capability, higher than all other AMD CPUs we’ve reviewed to date.

The Phenom II X6 1100T may be a good CPU if you know what you are buying. If you will run programs that will use the extra cores provided by this CPU – 3D image rendering and video processing are the best examples –, then this new CPU brings an unbeatable cost/benefit ratio. It is true that Intel has several CPUs that are faster than the Phenom II X6 1100T, but they are also more expensive.

However, if you are a regular user that won’t use the extra cores, than you should buy a different (and more inexpensive) CPU, like the Core i5-750 or a Phenom II X4.

If you play games, you can also save money buying a different CPU, because in most games it is the video card, and not the CPU, that dictates performance when you max out image quality settings. Therefore, buying a more affordable CPU and investing the difference in a more powerful video card will bring you a better gaming performance.

The six-core Intel Core i7-980X continues to be the fastest PC processor available on the market. But it is more than 3.5 times more expensive than the Phenom II X6 1100T, without bringing 3.5 times more performance.