Anyone Built a AMD *Phenom* System :o)

[BFG_9000]

Looking to purchase one of these new AMD Phenom 9700's after Christmas, has any one built a system with one of these CPU's, looking to see what the retail heatsink and fan looks like, and how well it cools...Any pics

Motherboard I am looking to purchase...

 

[nshire]

I'm still contemplating quad xfire a VGA card every 1/4

 

[gurusan]

but why!

 

[Cyber-Mav]

but why!

im wondering that too when intel is cheaper and faster clock for clock.
guess someone has to buy them.

 

[Blackout]

I am guessing if you use your PC for games more than crunching numbers/programming/Vid editing, then 4 gpu's might be better even if the CPU is slightly slower. Most games are GPU limited anyway not CPU limited (well at higher rez anyway).

But personally I will probably go Intel next upgrade (which is v.soon).

 

[Grimley]

but why!

I see it this way.

If everyone buys Intel, AMD will go bust. Then Intel can charge what they like & the era of £2k entry level PC's will come back, like it was when I bought my 1st PC (486SX 33) back in late 1993. Not keen on seeing those days coming back somehow.

 

[gurusan]

Its not like the enthusiast market is going to make or break AMD

 

[Lightnix]

To be honest, even if AMD does go bust, it's not like Intel is the only other company capable of producing silicon based tech...

 

[ergonomics]

i had no idea all 4 slots were right on top of eachother. all have to be single slot, and all will get EXTREMELY hot.

 

[milkinc13]

Its not like the enthusiast market is going to make or break AMD

is in a way, enthusiasts tell friends and family to stay away from AMD as performance is naff, they buy intel & the circle goes on by them telling others

 

[pastymuncher]

I see it this way.

If everyone buys Intel, AMD will go bust. Then Intel can charge what they like & the era of £2k entry level PC's will come back, like it was when I bought my 1st PC (486SX 33) back in late 1993. Not keen on seeing those days coming back somehow.

Sorry but that is just misguided loyalty. You buy the best components you can afford at the time regardless of manufacturer. At this time and for the foreseeable future that is Intel. It's not as if AMD will show you any loyalty back. AMD's main money is from the server market, not the enthusiast market.

 

[something_totally_different]

im wondering that too when intel is cheaper and faster clock for clock.
guess someone has to buy them.

thats not true and you know it. the price on overclockers and a few other main stream sites is 26% higher than the standard retail price for these chips. at their proper price they are 13.6% cheaper and 13.5% slower clock for clock than their equivalent Intel's.

 

[edgedemon]

I will upgrade sometime next year and will seriously consider AMD. Yes, they are slower, and need to replace the SB600 chip, but I think they will be seriously overclockable, and I have a feeling that when the system is complete, an AMD CPU, board and gpu all together will possibly have some big benefits that haven't been realised yet.
I will admit Im guessing, but with all the development time put in, I cant believe that the poor performance issues now will last, but who knows....

 

[Grimley]

Sorry but that is just misguided loyalty. You buy the best components you can afford at the time regardless of manufacturer. At this time and for the foreseeable future that is Intel. It's not as if AMD will show you any loyalty back. AMD's main money is from the server market, not the enthusiast market.

But what % of the PC market are Enthusiasts, I would have thought it would make the difference between AMD profit & loss

 

[Trunks9486]

They should release the new mobos asap... SB700 should have been included already with the current top of the line boards!

 

[oweneades]

thats not true and you know it. the price on overclockers and a few other main stream sites is 26% higher than the standard retail price for these chips. at their proper price they are 13.6% cheaper and 13.5% slower clock for clock than their equivalent Intel's.

Well it is true as going my overclockers prices he phenom is more expensive than the Q6600.

Standard retail price means nothing if you can't get it for that price.

 

[something_totally_different]

Well it is true as going my overclockers prices he phenom is more expensive than the Q6600.

Standard retail price means nothing if you can't get it for that price.

i can get the 9700 for 176.88 inc. VAT on the 7th of December. a simple product search is all thats needed.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

im interested in this too, could someone compile a list of people who bought phenom systems? im running out of people to take the micky out of.
the guys who bought the 2900xt now have sold it so its been a booring month.

 

[sculptor]

im interested in this too, could someone compile a list of people who bought phenom systems? im running out of people to take the micky out of.
the guys who bought the 2900xt now have sold it so its been a booring month.

There is some serious stuff going on in Xtreme Systems AMD section.
Looks like Phenom may have a Bite after all.

 

[MumboJumbo]

is in a way, enthusiasts tell friends and family to stay away from AMD as performance is naff, they buy intel & the circle goes on by them telling others

ALl the money is in the pcs you will see in work places where amd will sell billions of cheap AMD single cores to power then. Also there is a lot of money in the servesr which amd aims all its new cpus at first it seems.