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amd fx-60 or amd 64 x 2 ???????

tartanmadman01

tartanmadman01

tartanmadman01

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I am about to get a new gaming computer from alien----. The problem i have is do i go for the amd fx-60 processor with hypertransport or the amd 64 x 2 4800+ with dual core technology and hypertransport. There is a £400 difference between the two with the fx-60 being more expensive but i want to get the better of the two. Which is far superior for gaming only?. If it helps the setup will have two 7900 gtx 512mb in it aswell....Cheers folks :D
 
Alien... hahahahaha


Sorry but, they are owned by dell, charge ludicress amounts for their products and all look the same.

Can you tell me the entire spec so I can see how much it would cost to build something as fast/faster by buying parts from here.

But to answer your question the FX-60 would be faster, but in no way is it worth another £400 unless you plan to overclock it a LOT.
 
i beg of u to look at the pc on ocuk or price the parts first, i almost when the alien way then i realised how much filthy stinkig money they make
 
Don't buy from alien----. Let someone in here spec up a system for you and probably save a few grand in the process. If you must buy a prebuilt gaming pc take a look at ocuk's systems, they are very reasonably priced.
 
trojan698 said:
Don't buy from alien----. Let someone in here spec up a system for you and probably save a few grand in the process. If you must buy a prebuilt gaming pc take a look at ocuk's systems, they are very reasonably priced.
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GX-029-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-029-GW)
£309.95 £619.90
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£79.95 £79.95
MB-013-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
£94.95 £94.95
CP-129-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4800CDBOX) (CP-129-AM)
£389.95 £389.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.95 £15.95
CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)
£21.95 £21.95
CA-005-AK Akasa Eclipse-62 Aluminum Case (CA-005-AK)
£69.95 £69.95
FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK)
£9.95 £19.90
CA-016-AK Akasa Eclipse Hi-engineered Professional Side Panel (CA-016-AK)
£15.95 £15.95
MY-008-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit (F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS)
£124.95 £124.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£93.50 £93.50
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£51.95 £103.90
KB-069-LG Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
KB-015-SK Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard (KB-015-SK)
£24.95 £24.95
MO-052-VS Viewsonic VX2025 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-052-VS)
£284.95 £284.95
Subtotal £1,990.65
VAT £348.37
Total £2,339.02

Like this system with a 20inch widescreen monitor...might want to add windows for £55 (home)

Edit: If it has to be prebuilt then something like this system from OCuk "Ultima Extreme SLi 7900 GT" AMD Athlon X2 4800 Dual Core DDR System" for £2000. You could askt hem to change the graphics for 7900GTXs for around £300 I reckon and then get the monitor seperately it would come to £2600ish
 
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As said above

You can even get a better pre-built system from OcUK for much-much less. See here ;)

The FX60 is currently the top AMD processor & has all the bells & whistles: dual-core, HyperTransport™ (all A64's have this anyway), etc. Rumored to be the last one before they move to a different socket. TBH, most ppl (here) think that its not really worth the high premimum, especially since some are getting same speeds from their cheaper dual-core processors :eek:
 
thanks guys for your comments...didnt know alien... were actually a part of dell...Anyway i have had a look on oc cpus and there is 2 there that catches my eye.....FS-025-OK FX60+quad sli with the bfg ageia physx card or FS-024-OK FX60+2 7900 gtx 512mb with the bfg ageia physx card..Which would be the gamers choice guys??
 
Quad SLI = A pointless useless penis extension.
PhyX card = anothe rpointless adition, barely any games use it.

I'd get this one ""Ultima Crossfire X1900 XT-X"" from the Overclockers Full systems page as it seems you have money to play with here.
Save the money from Quad-SLI and get a nice big monitor or two instead.
 
PinkFloyd said:
Quad SLI = A pointless useless penis extension.
PhyX card = anothe rpointless adition, barely any games use it.

I'd get this one ""Ultima Crossfire X1900 XT-X"" from the Overclockers Full systems page as it seems you have money to play with here.
Save the money from Quad-SLI and get a nice big monitor or two instead.
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Seconded.
 
If you want the fastest PC at the moment then this is the quad SLI system with the PhysX card

It isn't worth £4k+ though. You can get a PC that's pretty much just as fast, with SLI and dual core, for half that :) If you want the fastest around then you end up paying for it

How about:

CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£599.95 £599.95
BU-000-PC ATI X1900 Master Card & ATI X1900 XTX Crossfire Bundle ***DISCOUNT*** (BU-000-PC)
GX-059-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-059-PC) 1
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO) 1
£594.90 £594.90
MB-131-AS Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£149.95 £149.95
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£173.95 £173.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£87.95 £87.95
Subtotal £1,790.55
VAT £313.35
Total £2,103.90

Half the price of the OCUK System but with top of the range components - FX 60, Crossfired X1900XT & X1900XTX, Raptor Hard Drive, Aluminium case, very good quality PSU, etc

Or, if you prefer nVidia:

CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£599.95 £599.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£149.95 £149.95
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£173.95 £173.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-054-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95 £48.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£87.95 £87.95
MB-118-AS Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS)
£119.95 £119.95
GX-029-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-029-GW) X2
£309.95 £619.90
Subtotal £1,825.55
VAT £319.48
Total £2,145.03
 
your looking to splash out yes?

then why not get the best system ocuk offer, quad sli 4tw if you can afford it tbh. :)

Drop that with the 30" dell tft and you have getting on for the best system ever.
 
spookywillow said:
who told you that?
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Dell bought them a few months ago.

I bought most of my bits from OCUK and it cost me around £1200. A similar rig from "them" at the same time would have cost me over twice that. They're a tad overpriced :rolleyes: :D
 
tartanmadman01 said:
I am about to get a new gaming computer from alien----. The problem i have is do i go for the amd fx-60 processor with hypertransport or the amd 64 x 2 4800+ with dual core technology and hypertransport. There is a £400 difference between the two with the fx-60 being more expensive but i want to get the better of the two. Which is far superior for gaming only?. If it helps the setup will have two 7900 gtx 512mb in it aswell....Cheers folks :D
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Buy all the parts seperately and go SLI 7900GTX or crossfire. It'll be a lot cheaper than getting it pre-built and will ber a big lesson and learning experience in building your frst PC... it's fun. :)
 
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