790fx and 790gx

[alvine]

Hi guys I have question what is the difference between those tho :S I'm building amd based pc soon and I can't decide between those two.......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131291

CPU Type : Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2

Also what is Phenom FX??? Is it like future amd quads....?

 

[gamerk316]

...Personally, I'd go with a Q6600.

As for your question, no idea. Sorry

 

[rawsteel]

Phenom FX I think they mean Phenom Black Editions (unlocked multipliers)

 

[kelfen]

...Personally, I'd go with a Q6600.

As for your question, no idea. Sorry

+1

 

[Slobogob]

Hi guys I have question what is the difference between those tho :S I'm building amd based pc soon and I can't decide between those two.......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131291

CPU Type : Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2

Also what is Phenom FX??? Is it like future amd quads....?

The FX line used to be the high-performance line up of AMD. Since intel released core 2 the fx line died since it was outperformed by a significant margin. AMD has produced a few black edition Phenoms that try to fill the gap until they decide to make a new FX line. Once the transition to 45nm is done, i'm pretty sure they will revive the FX line.
They used to even have the FX ones in their roadmap but removed it, just like they removed the Phenom X2. Right now all things mentioning FX are either outdated or refer to a future product that has yet to be announced.

 

[B-Unit]

Hold off until you can get a board with the SB750 southbridge on it. These boards have allowed for up to 400Mhz increases in overclocking with Phenoms.

Of course if your not gonna OC then any ol' board will do.

 

[aevm]

That's a very good motherboard. Also look at K9A2 Platinum, it's only $150. Either of those will support a Phenom 9950 BE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103273

They both offer x16+x16 Crossfire. To get that in the Intel world you'd pay $225 or more for an X48 motherboard.

790GX only offers x8+x8 in Crossfire. I'd prefer a 790FX these days, with a pair of HD 4850 cards so cheap and so powerful.

 

[jeb1517]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-integrated-790gx,1988.html

This article should give you a pretty good idea of the differences between the two chipsets.

 

[cshorte]

will the 790gx ever offer 16x 16x crossfire?

 

[aevm]

I hope not. That is, I'm sure AMD will produce other chipsets in the future that will offer 16x 16x, but I hope they call them something else, not 790gx. Just imagine the confusion if they call them all 790gx from now on nVidia did that with their 8800GTS cards and got lots of (deserved) criticism for it.

If you're thinking of some future driver/BIOS updates, no, you can't add more PCI-E lanes through software. If you buy a 790gx MB now, it will stay at 8x 8x regardless of BIOS updates and drivers.

 

[alvine]

so its better to go with intel...? x48mobo+e8400 should be a good combination. wanted to share the list of components i got from newegg and im planning to get within a month. (my bday is 9/14 lol xDD)

Asus dvd burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156)

Antec P182 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129025)

Segadrive 500gb hd (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288)

Acer 22" lcd (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009094)

ati 4850 with aftermarket cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127370)

Corsair 750w psu (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006)

G Skill 4gb 1066 kit (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166)

Gigabyte x48 mobo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336)

e8400 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037)

vista 64bit (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488)

ZEROtherm Nirvana cpu cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011)

All comes to $1,479.89+ shipping $42.56 = $1,522.45


I know the 750w psu is overkill but it is only $119 w/free shipping and it has 2x 4pin pcie and 2x 4+2pin pcie = future proof =D

 

[alvine]

also e8400+gigabyte x48 mobo= $394.98

the asus 790fx+amd 9850be= $383.99

orrr

the asus 790fx+amd 9950be= $424.99


im looking at e8400 or amd 9850be combination....

 

[aevm]

I'd pick the Asus 790fx + 9850be. I just like quads, and it's the cheapest of all 3 combinations.

I don't think the 9950be is really worth the extra $41 compared to 9850be, simply because the 9850be is already fast enough for all practical purposes.
Games will normally care about the GPU, not the CPU anyway.