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I love AMD

AdladUK

AdladUK

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Spent most of today putting together my new system. I chose the Athlon 64 6400+ Black Edition Dual Core 3.2GHz, and got it brand new for £95 (+ VAT).

Wow. This thing rocks.

16c constant temp, and XP is running like lightning.

If you don't want to overclock I seriously recommend this chip to everyone.

Long live AMD! :D
 
Hat off to ya man. I love AMD too, but considering I just bought an Intel for the 1st time in my life it seems after 8 years of brand loyalty, I've been wooed to the dark side.
Are you planning to overclock it at all? You should be able to hit 3.5 with that fairly easily.
 
PowerDemon said:
I was thinking about upgrading to the 6400+ black edition but im not so sure now with the phenoms being out, is it really worth having 4 cores yet?
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I probably wouldn't bother upgrading from a 5400+, but it's your call.

No, I personally don't think there is much point in a quad core system at present (for most users)
 
dr. sarf said:
Hat off to ya man. I love AMD too, but considering I just bought an Intel for the 1st time in my life it seems after 8 years of brand loyalty, I've been wooed to the dark side.
Are you planning to overclock it at all? You should be able to hit 3.5 with that fairly easily.
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Thanks :D

I really like AMD, but if you're going to overclock then there's no doubt Intel is king at the moment.

For £95 you really cannot go wrong with this chip though. It's a bargain!

Clocked at 3.2GHz by default, and I won't be going any higher than that
 
Ive seen games that max out both my cores at high ghz and spread the load better on a quad, more and more games are making use of the extra cores.
 
gurusan said:
16c is wrong. It's probably not even 16c ambient temp.
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16c isn't "wrong"

I watched the BIOS screen for 5 minutes when I first started the machine up

The CPU temp read as 16c. The CPU fan RPM varied between numbers, so I know it's working fine.

What's a good Windows app to see your CPU temp? I will load it now and see what it's at within Windows
 
dr. sarf said:
I managed 26'C Idle on a 6000+ at stock with AC Freezer, so I guess it may be possible in a very cool room? A house with no central heating? Unlikely though.
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I had an AC as well, and the Scythe makes it look like a toy.

This thing is massive! Without a doubt the best CPU cooler I have ever bought

Puts AC to shame
 
It's only possible if the ambient temperature is below 16C and in reality probably less than 10C, so unless you're sitting outside, it's wrong.

Jokester
 
16C in BIOS?? Was that just after your pc booted up? For proper temp measurement use core temp.

For the price you got it for it's a brilliant chip if you don't overclock, offering similar/better performance than similarly priced E6750.
 
Jokester said:
It's only possible if the ambient temperature is below 16C and in reality probably less than 10C, so unless you're sitting outside, it's wrong.

Jokester
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Whatever dude. Say what you like this CPU was 16c when I switched it on, and remained so for as long as I was monitoring it.

I have like 3 case fans, and an incredible CPU cooler. It's very very cool within my case
 
Just because it says 16c doesn't mean that's the REAL temperature. Obviously it's not calibrated properly.
 
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