The stores are sold out because the initial shipments were probably pretty low.
I'm interested in seeing what the supply and price of 1090T's will look like in the near future. They are $169 now, if they get under $130 I might bite. Wouldn't be much of an improvement over my 955 @ 4ghz...
GTX 460 768mb vs 1gb is like 5% lower in performance and much cheaper in price. Would only matter much if using heavy AA which isn't likely in that rig.
The GTX 460 768mb is a good choice. Several options under $130 after rebate on Newegg. Fry's frequently has the Galaxy ones on sale after rebate for $100 or less. Microcenter has a Sparkle for $110 after rebate.
Aww man I got here late. I was going to offer up my 9600 GT for sale for $50. It is just collecting dust....
I guess it's off to fleabay and paying $5 in fees.... wah.
Gigabyte. They lost my video card during an RMA process and took so long to find it the warranty expired. I would have raised hell on them but it was a sucky card anyway, was basically RMA'ing it to resell. Geforce 6200 or some such cheapo card.
@ Toyota:
Yeah I would like go from dual core 4ghz to quad core 4ghz. I took a $99 gamble and lost (but I did gain a motherboard in the process which is being used elsewhere). I could kick myself for not getting the Phenom II 965 when they were on sale for $130. If I see one get under $150...
Newegg has a Sparkle GTX 560 TI for $229 shipped, no rebates. Get a free ticket to "red riding hood", maybe I can sell that for $5 but I doubt it. Lifetime warranty.
There's also a Galaxy GTX 560 for $239 shipped with a $30 MIR. 2 year warranty.
So $10 cheaper up front and lifetime warranty...
@ fffblackmage : 1900x1200
@ dac7nco : Motherboard is a full size ATX nforce SLI board. I bought the thing with future SLI in mind. Case is Antec three hundred. Room is not a problem. Power... maybe. If I have to drop $100 for a good 850w+ power supply then single card is the answer.
My...
I have a Sparkle GTX 460 768mb that I picked up last summer. Microcenter has them now for $149-40 MIR ($109 + tax). I know the 460 768mbs are no longer produced and store supply will dry up soon.
I am torn between getting another one and doing GTX 460 SLI for another $109 or selling my...
I saw a Palit GTS 450 today at Fry's for $139. I was shopping for an EVGA sub $200 GTX 460 (and failed) and this was right next to it on the shelf. Does not show up on the Fry's website, or even Palit's website. No hits on Microcenter/newegg/amazon either.
The only web info I could find...
We'll give it a shot. If I have to buy one I'm thinking about this one. I like Antec but BFG gets good reviews and is a little less expensive. I can probably sell the old mlb + cpu to make up the difference.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817702010
Hey all. I have just ordered the components for a Phenom II X3 710 system, and was wondering if anyone knows what the minimum power supply requirements are. AMD's site has a system builder's guide, but the power supply section is blank.
What I have now is a Antec Sonata with Antec 380w...
I'm pretty much an AMD fanboy, but I tend to nickle and dime my stuff together. And when you're counting nickles and dimes, AMD is the way to go.
With that budget, and with the realization that you expect to get 7-10 years out of it, go with the i7.
But you know in 7-10 years the nominal...
The latest cores are Toledo. I would think an XP-90 would do at least as well as the stock cooler so go for it.
I think the 11x vs 10x multi is only an issue if your motherboard has issues with the fsb over 270. Some boards hit 300 easy, others don't. My Asock dual939 used to never get...
If anyone is still out there these are now 57.99 free shipping from Newegg. Insane!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103052
I lowered mine down to 2.4 stock voltage for everyday surfing/etc. Lowered the temps a bit. 2.7 is overkill for Firefox!
I recently upgraded my Opteron 144 to the s939 X2 3800+. The thread is around here somewhere. It'll run orthos at 2.7 stock voltage with the oem AMD heatsink. 2.8 is OS stable but not Orthos stable. If I had a better heatsink 2.8 would be fine. 3.0 on air is possible if you have really good...
Use Orthos to stress both cores.
http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm
What's your stepping?
BTW - if the Orthos FFT tests fail very quickly even at stock 1.8 speeds, turn off "spread spectrum" in your bios. I had this problem.
I was system stable at 2.8 / 1.4v but Orthos was not...
I played with clockgen a little today.. seemed neat at first, but it doesn't seem to save my PLL settings, and when I attempted to lower my clock back to stock 2000 it locked me up hard. Hmmm.
Can anyone recommend a "softfsb" like tool so I can change the speed up and down in windows? I don't think I need to run full throttle if I'm just surfing, and I'd like to be able to adjust clock speed without rebooting if possible.
I think Abit boards used to come with something like this...
Ok, orthos running for about an hour now at 2.7 stock voltage (1.4) @ 54c, 2.8 looks stable for windows but orthos fails pretty quick. If only the Asrock would give me ....more....power...
Banshee, 2.4 is tops on that 165? I am pretty happy with my decision then. Yeah we all would like Big...
In case anyone is actually reading this thread... the heatsink/fan that we've been talking about is otherwise known as the AVC Z7U7414001, and a writeup is below:
http://www.frostytech.com/arti...iew.cfm?articleID=1962
Newegg doesn't sell it, I bought mine off ebay for $7 (auctioned as an...
Been playing hard for a bit, sitting at 46c but the fan has kicked up in speed... I can hear it. It's not terrible, but I was very much spoiled by absolute silence from the opty 144 / amd oem fan.
I imagine one of these plus a monster heatsink like a Big Typhoon or Xp-120 would rock. I lost...
My ram is running pretty slow right now @ 187 because I left it all on Auto.. I'll tweak my memory when I have more time. It's not great stuff anyway, Patriot ddr 3200 something.
Which test to run? The small FFTs stress cpu test bombs right away.
CPU came in yesterday, I ordered a new Opty 175 heat pipe heatsink from fleabay and it arrived today ($7 + shipping). This is much beefier than the opty 144 heatsink, thanks much to GeezerMan for the recomendation.
Flashed up to the latest OCW Beta Bios 8 for the Asrock Dual Sata 939. (I...
Just a side note, I was watching an auction for an opty 144 with the heatsink, ended for $21.... so maybe it is worth the effort to sell on fleabay. I'm bidding on some XP-90s and watching some other heatsinks as well... some guy is selling a new opty 175 heatpipe heatsink for $6 ($13.50...
The last couple of posts have hit the nail on the head, I just want something to stopgap me for another year or so. I can live with $65, and I'll find a bargain 939 mlb for the "old" opty 144 and replace one of my crappier mlb's with that. I can't sell the 144 for more than 10 bucks anyway so...
Is the 165's heatsink worth $32? I had planned on using my stock 144's heatsink on the x2 3800, at least for a while until I built another cheap system for it.
My case is a Sonata, which is not really known for great airflow anyway. But with ambient air temp around 80f I clock temps from...
I've prowled around a little on here and people seem to love the Opteron 165 if you're still on socket 939. But I did a little comparision shopping on Newegg, and the X2 3800 is faster at stock speed and a lot cheaper.
x2 3800 (oem) 2.0ghz $64
Opteron 165 (retail) 1.8ghz $96
Obviously...
Thanks to "Formerly Radeon Guy" for his comments...
"First Of All XFX Sucks and You Know That "
I suspect it, but I don't know from firsthand experience that is true. Probably is true though.
"Second is that when you said its cheaper then every other 6600 you were probably looking at a...
Ok, lots of debate on the forums about the suckage level of the XFX brand of cards. Well, starting today I noticed a new XFX card on Newegg...
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-150-083&depa=0
It's the XFX PVT43KUD AGP 6600 with 256mb ram... and it's cheaper than ALL the other 6600...
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