Really Good CPU deal

Mr. Laz · 10-06-2006, 01:20 PM

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6Ghz (Socket 939)

$139

You have to enter promo code "AMDROCKS" to get the $50 discount. It's regularly $189.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103526

credit to "soybeanslave"
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the FX-55 is a great proc ..... very good overclocking. Most people can get it to 3.0 Ghz with no special cooling.

**2112** · 10-06-2006, 01:23 PM

English Laz..

WTF is that???

HC_Chief · 10-06-2006, 01:48 PM

An AMD computer processor. Fast one. Good price.

For those with the ability to build or upgrade their own systems.

**2112** · 10-06-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief

An AMD computer processor. Fast one. Good price.

For those with the ability to build or upgrade their own systems.

Gotchya!!!

Thank you!!!

Psyko Tek · 10-06-2006, 02:02 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

picked this one up a month ago, you are gonna need a real good heat shink but it can be overclocked to 3.6 if you tweak the voltages,
I am running 3.0gig with no problems, the heat sink will cost about $50

stanleychief · 10-06-2006, 02:17 PM

That's a great price for a single core processor. Another nice thing about the FX series is that they are not multiplier locked. For those of you interested in overclocking, that means you can crank up the speed without overclocking the FSB.

For $180 you could get a Core 2 Duo 6300 which would pretty much kill every CPU out there except for higher end Core 2 Duo's of course. Those CPUs are also VERY overclockable and are putting themseleves in the same ballpark as the $900 EX6800 chip when overclocked right.

**pr_capone** · 10-06-2006, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

picked this one up a month ago, you are gonna need a real good heat shink but it can be overclocked to 3.6 if you tweak the voltages,
I am running 3.0gig with no problems, the heat sink will cost about $50

I have that proc and running a stable 3.6

Psyko Tek · 10-06-2006, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by pr_capone

I have that proc and running a stable 3.6

did you have to bump the voltages?
I tried and got blue screen without playing with the voltages

Tribesman · 10-06-2006, 06:01 PM

What are some of the latest real world applications or games that would take full advantage of this amount of processing power? I thought that the current hardware technology finally caught up and exceeded with what's required in today's software, no?

Psyko Tek · 10-06-2006, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

What are some of the latest real world applications or games that would take full advantage of this amount of processing power? I thought that the current hardware technology finally caught up and exceeded with what's required in today's software, no?

seems to me it always had my "choke" point is my video card
I just can't make meself spend $300 to get the best and brightest
cpu should be good for 3 or 4 years

Tribesman · 10-06-2006, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

seems to me it always had my "choke" point is my video card
I just can't make meself spend $300 to get the best and brightest
cpu should be good for 3 or 4 years

True. The hardcore PC gamer still has to pay those amounts (and higher) for the latest and greatest VC. I usually wait for those prices to come down until they become a middle-of-the-road VC.

Some other potential bottlenecks are the bus speed and the hard drive data transfer speed rates. As with processors, they keep raising the standard with the speed of these 2. I believe somewhere in the near future the hard disk will eventually be replaced by dedicated flash drives. Just my 2 cents.

Mr. Laz · 10-07-2006, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

True. The hardcore PC gamer still has to pay those amounts (and higher) for the latest and greatest VC. I usually wait for those prices to come down until they become a middle-of-the-road VC.

Some other potential bottlenecks are the bus speed and the hard drive data transfer speed rates. As with processors, they keep raising the standard with the speed of these 2. I believe somewhere in the near future the hard disk will eventually be replaced by dedicated flash drives. Just my 2 cents.

that's why i've got a SLI setup now

you can get two middle of the road graphics cards for cheaper than a top of the line on.

alot of the new games are supporting SLI now

Tribesman · 10-07-2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Laz

that's why i've got a SLI setup not

you can get two middle of the road graphics cards for cheaper than a top of the line on.

alot of the new games are supporting SLI now

Wow! What a sweep setup. I'd never heard of SLI. Pretty cool stuff. I have an nVidia 6600 GT (AGP) currently so I wouldn't be able to just buy another one of these (damnit!) and use with a different mobo. Is this something that can be switched off on the fly in order to support the older games?

An interesting article I ran across on SLI:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/sli/index.x?pg=1

Mr. Laz · 10-07-2006, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

What are some of the latest real world applications or games that would take full advantage of this amount of processing power? I thought that the current hardware technology finally caught up and exceeded with what's required in today's software, no?

nah.... there are games now that choke the crap out of most video cards and CPU's .... even good ones.

so of these games with big battles are really massive power munchers.

stanleychief · 10-07-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

What are some of the latest real world applications or games that would take full advantage of this amount of processing power? I thought that the current hardware technology finally caught up and exceeded with what's required in today's software, no?

I recompress DVD video from 9GB to 2GB and store them on a network hard drive. In order to 'transcode' these videos fast, you need a pretty beefy processor. Using Nero 7 with my old AMD x2 3800 took around 1.5 hours or so. With the new Intel Core 2 Duo 6600, the same task is done in 25 minutes.

Other applications where CPU is important would be Photo/Video/Audio editing, application development (compiling), spreadsheets, and just the overall speed of Windows applications. Pretty much everything uses CPU power, some applications are impacted by it more though.

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stanleychief Veteran Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO Casino cash: $5276254	That's a great price for a single core processor. Another nice thing about the FX series is that they are not multiplier locked. For those of you interested in overclocking, that means you can crank up the speed without overclocking the FSB. For $180 you could get a Core 2 Duo 6300 which would pretty much kill every CPU out there except for higher end Core 2 Duo's of course. Those CPUs are also VERY overclockable and are putting themseleves in the same ballpark as the $900 EX6800 chip when overclocked right.
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