FX-60

[imported_Sincity]

I think you have an awesome system here based on your budget. I think it is fine that you went "all out" on the FX60 since that will be the last high-end FX chip for the 939. You can always upgrade your 7800GT by getting a second one or get a new higher performing card later. But I suspect since you have a large LCD monitor, you are gaming at 1600 res or higher. Your video upgrade will probably come sooner than anticipated so start saving your pennies!

I noticed you bought a NV Silencer. The NV Silencer is an awesome cooler. But one problem, unless you have a SLI board that has two open slots between the SLI slots (ASUS and MSI top end Neo Platinum), you will not be able to use 2 NV Silencers. I think you DFI only has 1 slot in between. I could be wrong. I am returning my NV Silencer back to the Egg and awaiting Arctic Cooling's new GPU cooler called the Accelero X1 (out end of Feb). You can fit two Acceleros (according to my correspondance with Arctic Cooling) in a "tight" SLI board.

I only have one critque: ditch the Aspire PSU. I currently run Seasonics and Antecs. My former favorite was Silverstone.

 

[ShoNuff]

Congrats on the new gear! That FX60 is going to be SCHWEEEET Bro! Hurry up and test it and let us know how it goes.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

"have fun drooling?"doesn't look like anyone is. all u got nice there is an overpriced fx-60. that lian li case will be loud and hot with 4 80mm fans. 7800gt is eh. aspire psu lol. gg. shoulda waited a little more til amd goes ddr2. and the 1900xt lowers. you're system will be bleh in 2 months

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
"have fun drooling?"doesn't look like anyone is. all u got nice there is an overpriced fx-60. that lian li case will be loud and hot with 4 80mm fans. 7800gt is eh. aspire psu lol. gg. shoulda waited a little more til amd goes ddr2. and the 1900xt lowers. you're system will be bleh in 2 months

You system will ALWAYS be "bleh" in a couple of months.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: smthmlk
An FX60 and a 7800GT ... running off an aspire psu?

hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
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seconded. i understand if your dad "forced" you to get an fx-60... but powering it with an aspire PSU? for like 30 dollars more you could have gotten at least an enermax or antec.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

haha no. buying a 3800 for about 250-300 now and it'll be bleh. but buying an fx60 and having it suck in a few months really is BLEH lol. hes a noob. didn't do his research before buying

 

[uhaulball]

with an aspire psu, and 7800gt, its like having a "lambo" run on regular 89 gas and 15inch wheels. gg.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Originally posted by: morgash
ive never had a problem with aspire PSU's in 10 years. in fact i still have a 350 watt aspire runnin from one of my first comps. until somethin bad happens, they are the ones im gonna use

I don't agree. Take it from someone who knows. I've had two motherboards fried by Antec power supplies. If something bad happens you might lose an $1100 CPU, which is more than most people pay for their entire systems. Can you imagine explaining THAT to your folks?

Don't do it, laddie. Get a PCP&C supply. It will safeguard your investment. The video card is fine.

 

[imported_Sincity]

Originally posted by: uhaulball
with an aspire psu, and 7800gt, its like having a "lambo" run on regular 89 gas and 15inch wheels. gg.

Didn't the old Countach run on 89 octane and 15" wheels?

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: morgash
just ordered this off newegg.com, have fun drooling

Item List

CPU AMD 64 |FX-60 ATHLON 64 RT - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$1,110.00)
VGA EVGA N GF 7800GT 256-P2-N516 R - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$289.00)
MB DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultr NF4 939 - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$129.99)
POWER SUPPLY|ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLCK - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$59.99)
DVD+/-RW NEC ND-3550A BK % - OEM (Qty=1,Price=$39.75)
VGA COOLING|AC NV VGA AVC-NV5R3 R - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$29.99)
MEM 512x2|CORSAR TWINX1024-3200C2PT - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$100.00)
Discount FOR 19-103-608&14-130-256 (Qty=1,Price=$-30.00)

Extended Warranty Fee: $0.00
Subtotal: $1,728.72
TAX: $0.00
Shipping and Handling Charge**: $54.84
Rush Order Fee:$2.99
Total: $1,786.55

Had a budget of 1800 and really wanted the FX-60 so i sacrificed on RAM and v-card, but i have another 2x512 set of corsair XMS here anyways so i will be runnin 2gigs. Any helpful hints by anyone who has used the fx-60 b4 would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Morgash

on a side note, it was the parents money and i had a hard time explaining what the $300 dollar video card was for and why it was worth it, imagine trying to explain a x1900xt and gettin away with it

Holy Schniekees!! That's an awful lot of money just to run benchmarks. I do hope you're going to do something useful with that thing. Congrats on a rig most of us can only dream of.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I have never seen a benchmark between an overclocked opty @ 2.9 compared to the FX60. any links? and ditch the synthetic benchmarks, lets see some real gaming benchmarks

 

[Pr0phetX]

i'd take the cpu over the video card. Video cards dont last as long as cpu's do. Everyone in here is full of it when if they say they wouldnt take an FX-60 if someone was paying. Hell i'd admit it. Im JEALOUS.

But as soon as the prices drop on the fx 60 im all over it. But im getting teh 7800gtx 512mb haha

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: morgash
in reality it all comes down to this one question.
Why get a Lamborghini when you can get a supra for less and mod the hell out of it and make it just as fast/faster?
Well, damnit, because its a Lambo

Yeah, but that power supply, videocard, and RAM is like putting flea-market wheels with retreads on that Lambo! :laugh: Don't take a corner too fast, lol.

Hard to believe he had trouble justifying a $300 videocard but not an $1,100 cpu?

He shoulda got a pcpowercooling p/s, an ATI 1900, and an X2 cpu and pocketed the rest of the cash and enjoyed a better system.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

still waiting for those comparison articles of an opty @ 2.9 VS. an FX 60 ditch the synthetic benchmarks and get to the real gaming aticles

 

[TanisHalfElven]

thats just dumb. ppl have manged to get the opt- 165 (that i just got) to 2.8 on air so 2.9 on air for fx-60 is no biggie. you really you have gotten a more RAM and a X1900XT for that kind of cash. you would have saved some and your machine would probably have been much much better.
well to late now (or is it?? maybe you can return the stuff unopened)
enjoy your new comp. congrats.

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: morgash
on a side note, it was the parents money and i had a hard time explaining what the $300 dollar video card was for and why it was worth it, imagine trying to explain a x1900xt and gettin away with it

wait, your parents honestly paid 1100 for a cpu??? ???? ??? ??????

 

[djnsmith7]

Congrats on the new system...There's nothing wrong with getting an FX-60...That's the chip to beat...

You can always add another 7800GT & run it in SLI & be done with it (if that's an SLI board)...As far as the RAM, I'm not a fan of 512's, but you'll still have 2 GB...

I would have preferred 4 GB myself...Nice system.

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
still waiting for those comparison articles of an opty @ 2.9 VS. an FX 60 ditch the synthetic benchmarks and get to the real gaming aticles

So you really believe that an Opteron and Fx-60 at 2.6ghz that the FX-60 is going to be faster just because you paid 3x more!?

 

[isp]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Holy Schniekees!! That's an awful lot of money just to run benchmarks. I do hope you're going to do something useful with that thing. Congrats on a rig most of us can only dream of.

That system is in reach for most people. We just decide to allocate our money better throughout the components. Seems to me he decided to spend more than half his budget on the cpu and then just get whatever other crap he could for the remaining $618.

 

[morgash]

 

[morgash]

the problem most of you arnt seeing with the video card issue is that NO card out right now will be able to run UT2007 at full graphics when it comes out. not even the mighty 1900xtx. by saving some money on the GPU i can upgrade l8r when the g71-g80 comes out and kick ass on anything. the fx-60, however, especially wih the current undeniable trend of games to be HEAVILY GPU bound and almost nonexistant cpu wise means that I can run this proc at its stock speeds and voltage and have a guaranteed stable, wicked fast proc for its full manufacturer lifetime. the dual core part goes even further to adding to its greatness, as we start to see more and more multithreading support in the gaming and apps of the future. i really shouldnt have to upgrade this thing for years. at least until oct-core

Morgash

 

[robertk2012]

Nothing wrong with that 7800gt. Ive got one and love it......evga is a great company to deal with if you have any problems too. I would put my 165 up against that fx-60 anyday but to each his own. At least you have a full manufactuers warranty.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Praxis1452

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
still waiting for those comparison articles of an opty @ 2.9 VS. an FX 60 ditch the synthetic benchmarks and get to the real gaming aticles

So you really believe that an Opteron and Fx-60 at 2.6ghz that the FX-60 is going to be faster just because you paid 3x more!?

show me an aritcle, or can you? Still waiting! its not that i wouldn't believe it, i would just like proof of what is better in gaming thats all.

 

[alpha88]

The FX-60 and the 165,170,175,180 opterons are all:

Dual Core
1 meg cache per core
Socket 939

Each core is the same - they just run at different speed, so when you overclock the opterons, or compare the FX-60 to an opteron of the same speed, they'll have the same performance.

Since I paid for my own computer, I bought an Opteron 165, which runs at 2.7ghz - faster than the stock FX-60. However, I don't recommend overclocking to everyone, and since this is clearly a family computer, you're better off not overclocking.

Second, this appears to be the case of parents asking child to build a computer for the family. Most likely, his dad/family does absolutely nothing that involves the video card, so any money spent on it is a 'waste'. That's why he couldn't get a video card to match the performance of the CPU. My dad wanted the fastest CPU possible, and I got it for him - and it is coupled with an X300 or something lame like that. I don't live at home, so this isn't a problem for me, but I understand your reasoning.


There is nothing wrong with the FX-60 (besides performance/$$), but...
If you have the option:

a) Get a real power supply - I prefer Seasonic, but the others mentioned are also good
b) Get a raptor + a big fat SATA II for media.
c) Offer to add in you own cash to upgrade to a 7800GTX
d) Don't put numbers into words that fit phonetically (b4, l8r), it makes intelligent people want to hurt you.

 

[Excelsior]

You just spent over $1000 on a CPU....


WHY! Jesus christ why?! So dumb...