- Mar 23, 2008
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I need to upgrade my old x2 system, cuz of I'm having motherboard issues and its slightly outdated. My Current system Is:
RS482M4 (MS-7191)
Athlon64 x2 4400 Toledo
Supertalent 2x1GB Ram
ATI x1600 PRO 512mb gfx
Sonata II stock Antec 450w PSU
I use this system mostly for one MMO game, while multitasking with Firefox P2P and sometimes throw some Multimedia @ it. I used to use Beyond TV to record and encode tv shows, but kinda slowed down on that since getting HDTV.
Thinking of Upgrading to: (all prices offa newegg.com)
DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $169
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor Model HD960ZWCGDBOX - Retail (this is the Black Edition)+CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D - Retail $273
Now I'm getting a deal on the Proc and Ram, 275 total for both. I could just search high and low and replace the board, but with that tax rebate the gov is giving out, why not splurge?
I kno the B2 Stepping has issues. I plan to install the TLB patch, which will drop my overall performance ~10-20% according to http://techreport.com/articles.x/13741/4, but use the overclocking to eat up most of this loss. Toms Hardware managed this get this chip stable to 2.6ghz.
for cooling I plan on using the Scythe SCINF-1000 120mm CPU Cooler - Retail, which is similar to the one reviewed by toms. $39.99
This is working on the assumption that 4 cores running at 90% are better than 2 cores running @ 100%.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/05/amd_phenom_9600_black_edition/page35.html
AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition: New Hope? | Tom's Hardware
I saw that the reviews for showed the 9600BE OCed to 2.6 and the Q6600 were going blow for blow, one better that the other and vice versa in some aspects. And there is that interesting bit @ the end of the article saying how one should never pay more than 220 for this chip. The ram was 94, which means I'm paying 179 for the 9600BE.
Another point that leans me in this direction is the features, (PCIE 2.0, Crossfifre) that come with the AMD boards, and the promised future compatibility.
So I guess my questions would be, if it worth it? With over clocking I will get approximately what I would get from the q6600, for a total price of about 475, or will I? How Much longer will the B3's be, and will I get such a good deal with it? What exactly does this fix do to fix the problem, and How will it affect me? Will this system perform as well or better than my Current Custom built system? What do you think on the price to performance benefit? I kno the board is a little expensive, is there a better board that I can get besides this?
Any Opinions are welcome, and thank you in advance for your replies.
P.S.-I, as a solemn vow to myself, will NEVER build or own an Intel system if there is a choice, due to years of torment on every intel system I have been forced to use at work.
RS482M4 (MS-7191)
Athlon64 x2 4400 Toledo
Supertalent 2x1GB Ram
ATI x1600 PRO 512mb gfx
Sonata II stock Antec 450w PSU
I use this system mostly for one MMO game, while multitasking with Firefox P2P and sometimes throw some Multimedia @ it. I used to use Beyond TV to record and encode tv shows, but kinda slowed down on that since getting HDTV.
Thinking of Upgrading to: (all prices offa newegg.com)
DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $169
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor Model HD960ZWCGDBOX - Retail (this is the Black Edition)+CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D - Retail $273
Now I'm getting a deal on the Proc and Ram, 275 total for both. I could just search high and low and replace the board, but with that tax rebate the gov is giving out, why not splurge?
I kno the B2 Stepping has issues. I plan to install the TLB patch, which will drop my overall performance ~10-20% according to http://techreport.com/articles.x/13741/4, but use the overclocking to eat up most of this loss. Toms Hardware managed this get this chip stable to 2.6ghz.
for cooling I plan on using the Scythe SCINF-1000 120mm CPU Cooler - Retail, which is similar to the one reviewed by toms. $39.99
This is working on the assumption that 4 cores running at 90% are better than 2 cores running @ 100%.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/05/amd_phenom_9600_black_edition/page35.html
AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition: New Hope? | Tom's Hardware
I saw that the reviews for showed the 9600BE OCed to 2.6 and the Q6600 were going blow for blow, one better that the other and vice versa in some aspects. And there is that interesting bit @ the end of the article saying how one should never pay more than 220 for this chip. The ram was 94, which means I'm paying 179 for the 9600BE.
Another point that leans me in this direction is the features, (PCIE 2.0, Crossfifre) that come with the AMD boards, and the promised future compatibility.
So I guess my questions would be, if it worth it? With over clocking I will get approximately what I would get from the q6600, for a total price of about 475, or will I? How Much longer will the B3's be, and will I get such a good deal with it? What exactly does this fix do to fix the problem, and How will it affect me? Will this system perform as well or better than my Current Custom built system? What do you think on the price to performance benefit? I kno the board is a little expensive, is there a better board that I can get besides this?
Any Opinions are welcome, and thank you in advance for your replies.
P.S.-I, as a solemn vow to myself, will NEVER build or own an Intel system if there is a choice, due to years of torment on every intel system I have been forced to use at work.
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