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Athlon 64 2800+, Abit Motherboard, and Far Cry $223 @ Newegg

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dmw16

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When you go to Newegg's main page there is a linked image about getting far cry free w/ an Athlon64 and a motherboard. If you click and scroll to the bottom you'll find the $223 deal. Add one of the two motherboards (Abit KV8 or Chaintech SK8T800) and the athlon64 linked from the page then proceed to check out. The discount will not show up until you hit the "Check Out" button.

I know this isn't as good as the $179 deal, but if you don't work in retail this isn't too bad either.

-doug
 
man, I hate when I really don't need something, but I really want something 🙂

I was thinking of using some spare parts with this deal to build 64-bit linux box, but then I'll need good RAM and everything too... I think I'll just have to wait.
 
Hey that looks pretty good! Has anyone seen any other A64 deals (besides the retail one)? I'm going to check out some reviews on that Abit board, I don't think that chaintech one looks as good.

Theres NO ebay deals whatsoever.... like there ever is with newer comp stuff!
 
Thanks!

$229 is the sweet spot for this combo... I was about to buy a cheaper Shuttle motherboard and use a Barton 2500+ and wait for an Athlon 64 price drop later, but this is awesome. I sold my P4 3.0C CPU for about the same price a few days ago.

I don't really want the motherboard, but I can get an nforce3 after dumping the Abit for a few dollars more.

http://images10.newegg.com/uploadFilesForNewegg/farcry.htm
 
Tempting... sell the Far Cry game for ~$30 and you have an Athlon64 upgrade for under $200... wonder if it's worth it from my current Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+...
 
Originally posted by: dmw16
I've actually heard decent about the chaintech.
-doug
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I haven't seen anything about the board being offered though. The Chaintech VNF-250 gets some nice reviews for being an excellent budget board, but nothing about this SK8T800. Both boards in the offer are based on the first generation Via K8T800. Probably are being cleared out for the new Pro-based boards. Bummed on missing the Abit board though. I had it in my cart, went to check Abit's site for a few more details, came back 15min later to check out and POOF! No more... 🙁
 
i have heard mixed reviews (i am thinking of the ti 4200 deals posted here a little while back)
but i think this deal is pretty nice. thanks to op!
 
No PCI lock and a 9x multiplier is not a good combination for overclocking. If you're going to stay at stock speeds, then this is a good deal. Don't buy this to speculate. FarCry goes for $20 on Ebay and the VIA motherboards are not desirable.
 
Despite the list price, the chaintech may be the better overclocker and the more stable board based on what I've seen at the hardocp forums..

here is a review of a chaintech board from the same k8t800 series (although I think this is their full featured version, the components and bios should all be the same sans firewire and riser cards):

Review Link
 
I was thinking the same thing! Linux BOX. I thought I saw a Fry's deal for under 200 bucks and it was a retail 3000+. I think I'll wait around for that.

Far Cry is a excellent game I already own it so it wouldn't really do me much good tho I suppose I could ebay it for 25 bucks or so.
 
Originally posted by: ericlp
I thought I saw a Fry's deal for under 200 bucks and it was a retail 3000+. I think I'll wait around for that.
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That was a barton. The only Athlon 64 combos have been over $300 so far.
 
What do you guys think is better (for mostly gaming, some multitasking): this A64 deal, a 2800+ and an Abit NF7-S, or some sort of pentium combo for around $200?
 
I'd prob go with a Athlon64..Just because it IS a 64Bit CPU, everything will be 64 Bit soon. If something were to come out in 64 bit only I am sure it would run really slow on a 32 bit if at all.

AMD use to have a bad rap for heat issues now intel is joing the club. The only draw back I see is that an A64 will not do run your ram in Dual Channel Mode... I also think that the A64 does not do any Hyper Threading.

But all in all, the A64 is cheaper and a bit faster so, I think DualChannel and HT are minor things when you talk about 32 Vs. 64 Bit CPU's. Intel has some catching up to do. Or you could wait for Mulit Processor Chips to come out! Since Heat issues are so big Intel and AMD are going to come out with Dual Core CPU's soon. Ahhh, Quad HT chips for everyone! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: cmp1223
What do you guys think is better (for mostly gaming, some multitasking): this A64 deal, a 2800+ and an Abit NF7-S, or some sort of pentium combo for around $200?
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Nothing will currently match the gaming/multitasking performance of this combo for the same price. Under heavy multitasking a P4 w/HT enabled will outperform it as well as in video/audio editing and such but both are pretty equal for gaming. As far as dual-ddr goes there is little to no performance difference in AMD systems with it vs single channel. The socket 939 A64 systems now have dual-ddr but performance increase is small and currently overpriced. The 64-bit core future proofs the system a little, and the free game makes it a hard offer to pass up, I would only consider a P4 over this if you do alot of heavy video/audio work or demanding multitasking.

Review below covers 3ghz+ cpus but you can see the multitasking difference between AMD/Intel setups:

X-bit labs 3ghz+ cpu review

Same review page 9 covers the audio/video performance, and rest of the pages cover application and gaming performance which they are usually equal on.

Compare the benches for yourself and then decide which fits your needs best. As someone mentioned above these motherboards are not a good choice for overclockers so only consider this deal if you run at stock settings.
 
Originally posted by: salsa086
Despite the list price, the chaintech may be the better overclocker and the more stable board based on what I've seen at the hardocp forums..

here is a review of a chaintech board from the same k8t800 series (although I think this is their full featured version, the components and bios should all be the same sans firewire and riser cards):

Review Link
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Nah. That review is of Chaintech's NForce3-150 board, not their K8T800 board. I've barely seen any mention of the SK8T800 board in the deal (anywhere! Try googling it and you'll see what I mean), which is the only reason I haven't done it yet.
 
Originally posted by: oldfart
Mwave.com has the Free Far Cry A64 deal too.
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Yah. For $25 more (not including shipping), you can get the Chaintech VNF3-250 (Nforce3-250 based, no GB Lan, no HW firewall) with Far Cry and the 2800+ (OEM though with generic fan, Retail is ~$6-7 more). That is pretty tempting. Most people say good things about the board, but there were a few not-so-good stories in the Motherboards forum. Hmm. To buy or not to buy... 😛
 
Originally posted by: ericlp
I'd prob go with a Athlon64..Just because it IS a 64Bit CPU, everything will be 64 Bit soon. If something were to come out in 64 bit only I am sure it would run really slow on a 32 bit if at all.

AMD use to have a bad rap for heat issues now intel is joing the club. The only draw back I see is that an A64 will not do run your ram in Dual Channel Mode... I also think that the A64 does not do any Hyper Threading.

But all in all, the A64 is cheaper and a bit faster so, I think DualChannel and HT are minor things when you talk about 32 Vs. 64 Bit CPU's. Intel has some catching up to do. Or you could wait for Mulit Processor Chips to come out! Since Heat issues are so big Intel and AMD are going to come out with Dual Core CPU's soon. Ahhh, Quad HT chips for everyone! 🙂
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Gee how soon is your soon? 8-10 years? what is the everything that will be 64 bit? software, games like what ? do you think 64 bit software is that much faster? and if something came out 64 bit only your wrong it would not run slow on a 32 bit system it just wouldn't run.
 
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