ok,. last question.. ^^

fade2green514 said:
it isn't... but neither is an FX-60. haha
theyre talking about upgrading, i just gave my input. lol i just dont think an fx-60 is worth the money they sell it for.
same way the x6800 isnt worth buying. its the flagship chip and therefore much closer to the maximum potential of the chip.
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fade2green, why do you keep insisting on the Conroe?
E6300 = $185
Gigabyte GA-965 DS3 = $145
2GB DDR2 800 = $200 +

Total = $530+
 
There IS a lapped FX60 on ebayUK for £330 (buy it now), but I've thought of something. Reviews show the motherboard you have to not be a great stable overclocker, compared to others out there.

Which brings me to the question: Do you buy a DFI SLI-DR board for the freedom of overclocking, or does Conroe become a viable option? I really don't know if you're willing to buy a better board or not.
 
well.. in other reviews of the motherboard they said it's a great overclocker.. and atm i run my processor 50% over its normal speed's.. so i cant complain about my mobo tbh.. the only downside of it it that is has 2 8xpci-e slots, not 2 16x's


Jet said:
fade2green, why do you keep insisting on the Conroe?
E6300 = $185
Gigabyte GA-965 DS3 = $145
2GB DDR2 800 = $200 +

Total = $530+
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as for that... im running 2 7800GTX's atm... so i would need a 775 SLI board.. :o
 
the problem is tough.. I cant get that board here.. i'm going to try and oc a bit with this mobo first, lets see how it goes :)
 
personally, id still go with the conroe. in my opinion its not worth upgrading to somethings thats in essence... the same thing. plus, if you get the conroe then you've pretty much got two computers instead of one.
btw the fx-60 is about $630 new...
330 would be about $420 usd... so you're really only spending $100 or so more to get something thats that much better. i mean, for a performance jump that great normally costs a lot more...
plus, the fx-60 is used. it would cost more for a new one, so say you find a used core 2 duo and mobo for it online somewhere... probably end up being less than the used fx-60 altogether.

overall id either leave it like it is because its plenty... or get a core 2 duo...
 
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There's a difference between having an overclock, and having a stable overclock. But, if you've decided to go for the FX60, go for it, and see how well it overclocks. With the money involved, make sure it's STABLE. You don't want it dying on you, and stopping when it's unstable will stop you pushing it into it's grave.
 
thats why you shouldnt get the e6600. you should get the e6300. it has the same amount of cache as the fx-60, its better per clock... and much more overclockable.
and the motherboard would cost around $150...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128018
VERY reputable board, with core speed that can go above 550mhz...
besides, getting new memory would be better... it would run dual channel, youd get an extra 512mb to work with (w/e not like you'd use it, at least not til the memory intensive vista comes out ;)) plus the memory would be faster too (more than twice probably just because of dual channel)
this is the memory i would buy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146112
i mean, if you ask me the upgrade to a core 2 duo really wouldnt cost much more considering the clocks you'll be able to reach with it... like i said, probably over 4ghz worth of an fx-60's performance... depending on the application.
 
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its about $550 for the core 2 duo and everything it needs...
for about $420 you could get the fx-60 right? in my opinion you'd be very lucky to get past 3ghz on air with that proc... but say you get to 3.4ghz with it.... thats still not near the performance the core 2 duo would provide overclocked... id say get the core 2 duo because $100-$150 is definitely worth the 600-1000mhz worth of athlon 64 performance that it would put you up.
 
maybe... but im not going to buy an entire new pc yet. if it was the same price.. i would have done it.. but $550 isnt it worth it for me atm.
 
fade... you are a moron... i hit 3.2GHz on air with my 4000+... and i don't have unlocked multipliers... he will EASILY do past 3.2..... and now that i think about it... Arch... get the FX-60... i do 3.2GHz at 1.72V its not hard to get that.... 200x17=3.4GHz his multiplier can go to 25 if i remember it correctly... i seriously doubt that he would "be very lucky to get past 3ghz on air with that proc"
 
I dont really have the desire to make anyone envy me or anything like that.
i just want a pc that runs my games nicely without changing my whole pc, i mean i think i made that point pretty clear by now.
besides.. the e6300 would also be more costs to me,.. wich isnt fun.
i appriciate your help.. but im just NOT going for a core 2 duo atm ;)
 
i just want a pc that runs my games nicely without changing my whole pc
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then don't upgrade lol, the only real advantage of the fx-60 is that its got a few more mhz which most games dont use anyways... and then its dual core, which most games dont support anyways.
if you must get another AMD, i highly suggest an opty 165 or an x2 3800+... they o/c like crazy and theyre super cheap... even new. you could probably find one on ebay for $100 or so.
the only reason i think that is worth it is because its cheap, probably a lot more overclockable, and dual core... dual core being the prime advantage...
make sure your mobo supports dual core procs though.
i just dont think the fx-60 is worth it if you can get a core 2 duo for less than $150 more...
not to mention more memory running at faster speeds and probably a better motherboard than the one you've got just because its a newer model... supports sata2 and raid 0...
i mean, video card will definitely matter a lot more than cpu when it comes to games, and soon enough games will rely a lot less on the cpu because of the new physics processing technologies that are coming out like aegia and ATI's Havok FX boundless gaming...
i mean three video cards in one computer...
cpu will still matter, but a LOT less...
 
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