FX-60 newegg strikes again, now back to $456.99
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Wow that cleared out fast.
The FX-60 is an option for those already with 2gb or more memory and a 939 MB, speed is only slightly slower (less thahan 5%) in many Apps then an E6600 OCed to 3ghz
The FX-60 is an option for those already with 2gb or more memory and a 939 MB, speed is only slightly slower (less thahan 5%) in many Apps then an E6600 OCed to 3ghz
This is tempting. I did a Froogle search and this price looks very good. I found another offer(a bit more) but it also includes a free copy of FarCry(I already have it).
NewEgg charges me sales tax so for me this one would be about the same price as NewEgg. I already have an Opteron 165 OC'd to 2.6 so I will probably pass but here is the link if anyone else is interested. $539.99
http://www.cybersprinter.com/item_description.asp?prodid=384383
NewEgg charges me sales tax so for me this one would be about the same price as NewEgg. I already have an Opteron 165 OC'd to 2.6 so I will probably pass but here is the link if anyone else is interested. $539.99
http://www.cybersprinter.com/item_description.asp?prodid=384383
Hmmm, spend $489.99 for a FX-60, or sell off my old AMD crap, and combine the money with what you want me to spend on this, and go core 2 duo. What's the real deal? IMHO, I sold off my 4200 x2 and went E6300 oc'd to 2.59 with a Gigabyte ds3 motherboard, and never looked back. As a matter of fact, this E6300 laughs at what I had. This should not be considered a thread crap as much as an IMHO about the "deal" sticking with AMD. They're in my rear view mirror, and I can't see them gaining any speed. Would a "deal" on a P-3 be worth the space on this forum?
That is dangerously close to a thread crap but I agree. I have a friend who recently got an FX-60 at a very good price because he wanted to stick with his 939 and 4 gigs of Corsair value RAM. I didn't have the heart to tell him that his "screaming deal FX-60" would have paid for an E6x00, a new motherboard, and some new DDR2 RAM and he could sell off his old stuff and come out way ahead.
But people like their favorite brands and that's OK. Heck, my dad would take a Chrysler over a Mercedes because his first car was a Plymouth... go figure.
I'm not loyal to any brand. The 939 is the first AMD motherboard I've had. I go all the way back to Celerons with Intel. After I posted above I did a little research and found I would gain very little in performance with an FX60 over my Opteron 165. If I were to upgrade just processor now I would probably go to an Opteron 185 but its still not worth the money at this point.
I can really run anything I use with my current setup. When Crysis is released I will probably build another Intel based computer. It won't be cheap to switch though.
New case $200, motherboard $200 plus, Memory $200 plus, CPU $200 plus, Power supply $100 plus, Video card $300 to $600. HD DVD $? Hard Drives etc.
I can really run anything I use with my current setup. When Crysis is released I will probably build another Intel based computer. It won't be cheap to switch though.
New case $200, motherboard $200 plus, Memory $200 plus, CPU $200 plus, Power supply $100 plus, Video card $300 to $600. HD DVD $? Hard Drives etc.
Don't you think you could recycle your case, your power supply, your videocard, and all your drives?
well i look at AMD this way, without AMD giving Intel some competition where would chip prices be today? AMD has come a long way and i for one will stick with AMD. i am sure they are not going away.
A number of review sites state that an E6600 Oc'ed to 3ghz (which is very realistic) is only 3-5% faster than a stock FX-60
Not so sure that ditching a 939 platform really warrants the effort to sell off the 939 processor , MB and memory. May be better off 2 years down the road, but the FX60 series can run 64bit apps and is dual core, so the benefit of a switch long term is not as great as may be expected.
But if one was to get rid of a 939 proc and mem, right now would be the time as a used market would be much hotter now than a few months down the road.
Most of the review sites also indicate that a stock E6600 ends up kicking the ass the a FX60 at stock, which is in fact, very true.
Well if 3-5% is considered kicking ass then perhaps, but factor in the beating one had to take to unload a 939 CPU, Memory and Motherboard. May not be as bad of a whipping as one may think !!!
That 3-5% gain in performance may have set one back $300-$400, maybe even more.
Realistically in real world processing is a user more apt to notice that $400 sitting in a nice stack of Eight $50's on their desk, or the 3-5% increment in performance, It is all up to the user !!
My X2 performs any job I need it to and I don't think I would see that much of a diffrence if I switched to core 2. There aren't too many applications that would see a huge increase with a better processor other than benchmarking programs are there?
Correct, now that you already have an X2, you have positioned your system to take advantage of the future apps that will take full advantage of dual cores, when they become available.
I have the system listed below. I am tempted to buy a dual core but might just wait. I hate to spend the money on a dual core processor when the Intel processors are not that much more. Of course then I would need a motherboard and ram as well. What I really need is to find a really good deal on a used dual core that overclocks well and then sell the processor that I have now.
c.[/quote]Don't you think you could recycle your case, your power supply, your videocard, and all your drives?
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I'm sure I could, but I would hate to dismantle a perfectly good computer. I will build a complete new system if I upgrade to Intel. Like others have already said, if you have a fairly high end AMD, there is not too much reason to switch to Intel at this time. Maybe if I were doing a lot of HD video editing I would see a significant difference with the Intel.
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I'm sure I could, but I would hate to dismantle a perfectly good computer. I will build a complete new system if I upgrade to Intel. Like others have already said, if you have a fairly high end AMD, there is not too much reason to switch to Intel at this time. Maybe if I were doing a lot of HD video editing I would see a significant difference with the Intel.
well you have to consider how much the unlocked upwards multiplier is worth to you, i decided it was worth the extra money and bought one
Originally posted by: Beachboy
But people like their favorite brands and that's OK. Heck, my dad would take a Chrysler over a Mercedes because his first car was a Plymouth... go figure.
Heh.. the funny thing about that is Mercedes and Chrysler are the same company
Originally posted by: rconrad
Originally posted by: Beachboy
But people like their favorite brands and that's OK. Heck, my dad would take a Chrysler over a Mercedes because his first car was a Plymouth... go figure.
Heh.. the funny thing about that is Mercedes and Chrysler are the same company
LOL
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