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ATHLON 64 x2 3600 AM2 Brisbane OEM $59 shipped

Do I need a special motherboard to handle an Athlon 46?

😉

Perhaps the title should be fixed.

😀

Joe
 
Yeah! The new 46 bit CPUs are here! 😉 All kidding aside, this is a pretty nice deal. I have 939 or else I'd have to seriously consider this.
 
I ordered one of these to go in my Foxconn 590SLI board.

I'm currently running an early Athlon 64 3000+, stable at 2.8 ghz (9x311), so I'm hoping to get similar overclocking results with the dual core.
 
Damn! I paid $89 for this on the 19th ...... just 11 days ago! Nice CPU, I haven't seen mine go over 20C since I installed it (4 pipe Opteron heatsink).
 
So I'm officially starting to think that it's worth giving up the sealed EVGA NForce4 SLI I scored cheap ($35) so I don't get porked on the CPU prices... :roll: These AM2 rates are crazy.

What's the cheapest AM2 SLI board?
 
$69 is crazy friggin cheap! AM2 gonna be around awhile, like for the quad core setups, or are they going to move to another pin-out for quads? I would only buy this with a new mobo and RAM if I knew I could take it up to a quadcore setup at some point.
 
Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
$69 is crazy friggin cheap! AM2 gonna be around awhile, like for the quad core setups, or are they going to move to another pin-out for quads? I would only buy this with a new mobo and RAM if I knew I could take it up to a quadcore setup at some point.
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i agree i dislike overhauling setups because of core changes ,

does anybody know if there are a64 based mobos that support 754 and forward?
 
Originally posted by: knightc2
Yeah! The new 46 bit CPUs are here! 😉 All kidding aside, this is a pretty nice deal. I have 939 or else I'd have to seriously consider this.
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46 bit?? damn im still using 32 bit!!! lol j/k
 
Originally posted by: ron2368
I wish there was an am2 board that took ddr with agp.
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You could potentially have AGP, but there's no way to make an AM2 CPU that handles DDR due to the memory controller being built into the CPU.

That said, you can get an ASRock 939-DualSATA, which has AGP and PCI-E, both fully functional, and can also handle a riser card that will allow you to install an AM2 CPU w/ DDR2 on it. Benchmark numbers have been impressive, but I don't think many people did it, so you pretty much have to buy the riser on ebay if you want one anymore.
 
I so want to upgrade to a dual core chip but I'd have to upgrade my motherboard, memory, and video card in the process. Don't have that kind of money right now unfortunately.

Great deal though.
 
I'm thinking about building an all-new system with an emphasis on "bang for the buck".

Would this be a good CPU to start with?

If so, what motherboards match up well with this? (I don't expect to overclock, if that's a factor.)

Bob
 
Just out of curiosity, if you're planning on overclocking, wouldn't it be better to go with the X2 4200 for like $105 or whatever? Think about it, it comes with a heatsink that's so good that if you were to buy one that performs similarly with this 3600 it would probably cost close to if not as much as the x2 4200 does, plus you get a higher multi and all that.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1962&page=5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103741

Plus it's a 65w version (only like $3 more than the regular 89w one [I think it's 89w])

Of course, this is assuming you don't already have a heatsink or can't get an exceptional deal on one.
 
Well, this x2 3600 is the 65nm Brisbane, so its power consumption will be less than the Windsor 4200.

In my case, I've got one of those Corsair Nautilus water cooling systems, and my experience with my current system is that a 9.5 multi is enough. My MB/Ram seems to be pretty happy in a 300-330 HT speed.
 
Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
Just out of curiosity, if you're planning on overclocking, wouldn't it be better to go with the X2 4200 for like $105 or whatever? Think about it, it comes with a heatsink that's so good that if you were to buy one that performs similarly with this 3600 it would probably cost close to if not as much as the x2 4200 does, plus you get a higher multi and all that.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1962&page=5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103741

Plus it's a 65w version (only like $3 more than the regular 89w one [I think it's 89w])

Of course, this is assuming you don't already have a heatsink or can't get an exceptional deal on one.
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Well, they're both 65w, 128kb+128kb L1 and 512kb L2. So main difference other then stock clocks is the core. Windsor vs Brisbane. Can anyone chime in to the differences between the two?
 
Price drop!!!!!! now $65.00 shipped😀


Originally posted by: codeyf
Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
Just out of curiosity, if you're planning on overclocking, wouldn't it be better to go with the X2 4200 for like $105 or whatever? Think about it, it comes with a heatsink that's so good that if you were to buy one that performs similarly with this 3600 it would probably cost close to if not as much as the x2 4200 does, plus you get a higher multi and all that.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1962&page=5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103741

Plus it's a 65w version (only like $3 more than the regular 89w one [I think it's 89w])

Of course, this is assuming you don't already have a heatsink or can't get an exceptional deal on one.
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Well, they're both 65w, 128kb+128kb L1 and 512kb L2. So main difference other then stock clocks is the core. Windsor vs Brisbane. Can anyone chime in to the differences between the two?
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http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?page=2&articleid=922&cid=1


here's the difference between the 2 cores.
 
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