Twinkie 13 Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 352 Achievement Points: 3617 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted March 10, 2012 Hello Sgt Twinkie here. I'm in the process of building a new computer and would like to pick your brains over some advice, info, hint, etc. I will be bringing the following parts from my old pc over to the new one. two 1 tb segate 7200 rpm dard drives. soundblaster xi fatality misc cd\dvd burner XFX 6050 video card with 2gig ram That being said I have a budget of around $650.00 us. Now I know that the current intel procs beat that new AMD procs hands down but that doesn't bother me. I have ordered 16 gig of kingston hyper x ram at 1600. Will be using windows 7 premium. Any info on what proc and mobo that you could suggest will be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BattlewolF Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 12:56 PM Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted March 10, 2012 What will you have 4 ore 6 core amd I self have the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 ghz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Twinkie 13 Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 352 Achievement Points: 3617 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) I was looking at the new fx-6200 or maybe the fx-4170 at 4.2ghz Edited March 10, 2012 by Sgt_Twinkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BattlewolF Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 12:56 PM Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted March 10, 2012 I was looking at the new fx-6200 or maybe the fx-4170 at 4.2ghz I looked on internet i self take the fx-4170 quad is enough for gaming and he is 4.2 ghz price here in the netherlands 125 euro the fx-6200 is six but why six core 3.8 ghz and price here is 150 euro But for 25 euro more you have a 6 core so what will you do http://www.anandtech.com/show/5595/amd-releases-fx6200-and-fx4170-processors-fx8120-gets-a-price-cut Both am3+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Bama Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 19 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 101 Topic Count: 318 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4444 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 2763 Achievement Points: 29399 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 11 Birthday: 02/29/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted March 10, 2012 This isn't a bulldozer, but it's still strong as an ox.. best chip I've ever had, and still rated best of AMD chips outside of 8 core line: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106008 This is the mobo I have it in: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644 You may want to consider the Crosshair V, it's latest gen with AM3+ socket.. but it'll cost another $100 us. I've run this setup over a year now, and I have zero complaints. It's overclock ability is fantastic, if you are into that. I didn't look at the memory compatibility on this mobo and the memory you ordered, but you can do that. Good Luck!!!! WiZiD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8283 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 6001 Achievement Points: 53741 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted March 10, 2012 LOL Bama rules why is it you have a hard time with football ?? bulldozer is sweet but you will never ever use it same goes for 6 cores 4 core does the job everytime and I do not know of a game that uses 4 core as well. Crysis boys will be on my butt soon. So any thing over 4 cores lets say better then 3 ghz with a strong MB will work just great. Everything after that is bragging rights. 8 gig of memory for gaming is way more then you really need. So lets see what wil bring you to the next level of killda suckers ????? bandwidth spend your money on moving closer to the servers. If you have a wife its best explained as a bussness trip scope out the server storage site and find the hard wired link to the phone company and then move next to the switch bank. Even better get an access card to the server floor and most military cots fit in the asiles. ya now have a stinking fast machine hooked up to the mother load and your ping is 0 you win . Jezz what that cost ?? Ya know if you get the god ping of nada its even better to read the foruoms to see what they have to say about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8283 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 6001 Achievement Points: 53741 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted March 10, 2012 still 199 for a 6 core and fast and just as good as any friggen intel chip for that price. I LOVE AMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PSYCOKILLER Posted March 10, 2012 Member ID: 2705 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 149 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 24 Achievement Points: 954 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2013 Birthday: 07/24/1961 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Well for starters do not use a terabyte for the C/: you wont want to go over 500 on the C drive , and 4 g of RAM is enough but for online play 8 g has bench marked much faster than 4 , in our test using the same computer 8 g was superior to the 4 g, the results were night and day and I would go with an ASUS motherboard , but really this is better to discuss say like on TS or Xfire hit me up if you'd like to chat about it anytime . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teleck Posted March 12, 2012 Member ID: 601 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 389 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 69 Achievement Points: 2583 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 22, 2016 Birthday: 07/13/1967 Share Posted March 12, 2012 i was thinking about a new MB and CPU...this is what i liked in the AMD line http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239961&CatId=7341 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2188196&CatId=7246 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted March 13, 2012 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted March 13, 2012 This isn't a bulldozer, but it's still strong as an ox.. best chip I've ever had, and still rated best of AMD chips outside of 8 core line: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819106008 This is the mobo I have it in: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131644 You may want to consider the Crosshair V, it's latest gen with AM3+ socket.. but it'll cost another $100 us. I've run this setup over a year now, and I have zero complaints. It's overclock ability is fantastic, if you are into that. I didn't look at the memory compatibility on this mobo and the memory you ordered, but you can do that. Good Luck!!!! +1 and I am a AMD fan...6 computers all AMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 18, 2012 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4491 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3649 Achievement Points: 36650 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted March 18, 2012 yes when building a sys the RAM has to match the cpu / MB and most MB manufactures has QVL list for it products OS's max ram home 4Gb ultimate 16Gb 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyQuest Posted March 25, 2012 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hello Sgt Twinkie here. I'm in the process of building a new computer and would like to pick your brains over some advice, info, hint, etc. I will be bringing the following parts from my old pc over to the new one. two 1 tb segate 7200 rpm dard drives. soundblaster xi fatality misc cd\dvd burner XFX 6050 video card with 2gig ram That being said I have a budget of around $650.00 us. Now I know that the current intel procs beat that new AMD procs hands down but that doesn't bother me. I have ordered 16 gig of kingston hyper x ram at 1600. Will be using windows 7 premium. Any info on what proc and mobo that you could suggest will be greatly appreciated. new ivy bridge is coming out....but sandy bridge is real cheap with i7 2600k,,,easily clocked to 4,0 and get a corsair liquid setup [single rad all in one never needs filling],to cool it probably for under six hundred bucks i would imagine...total for a rig that does 4.5 with ease...my bud [bADDger] has the sandy bridge board with the i7-2600 k and it smokes...asus pro deluxe b i believe it is.keep us posted on your setup i like this tech shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkie 13 Posted March 26, 2012 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 352 Achievement Points: 3617 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well thanks for all your input. Finally pulled the trigger on parts as follows. Now I know amd falls behind intel in performance but i couldn't pass on the deal. AMD fx-8120 8 core gigabyte mobo ga-99x-ud3 16 gig crucial ballistix sport 1600 ram segate barracuda green 2tb hd xfx 750 pro power supply xfx 6950 2gig ram video card still rockin old sound blaster x-fi fatality pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
simplemod Posted March 26, 2012 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well thanks for all your input. Finally pulled the trigger on parts as follows. Now I know amd falls behind intel in performance but i couldn't pass on the deal. AMD fx-8120 8 core gigabyte mobo ga-99x-ud3 16 gig crucial ballistix sport 1600 ram segate barracuda green 2tb hd xfx 750 pro power supply xfx 6950 2gig ram video card still rockin old sound blaster x-fi fatality pro if you got that up and running before i make my order, let me know what your temps runs if your using just a fan. i looked at that cpu for my build, but the reviews had me worried on temps. i dont want to do water cooling, and most were saying it needed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkie 13 Posted April 3, 2012 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 352 Achievement Points: 3617 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Hey got my computer running good now. Bought a cooler master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler. Temps run around 13C idle up to 38 - 40C full load with prim95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
simplemod Posted April 3, 2012 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Share Posted April 3, 2012 thanks for the report. I ended up going with i7 2600 k. actually just ordered everything a few minutes ago, before I read the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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