This setup any good?

mark35 · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:22

AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT
MY-058-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Platinum Series EB-DDR CAS3
GX-101-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB DDR3

how could i do better should i just get the fx60 chip as well?

Angelos_n · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:25

it depends what you want, if you were to get the FX60 improve Gcard cause the rest of your system is really really really nice but the Gcard is only quite nice lol

benjo · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:27

Just to point out, you're buying an ATi Card and an SLi board... Maybe you should look at some Nvidia cards so that you have space for an extra one. As for the fx60... why dont you just keep the 170, but put that money you were gonna put towards the fx60 and get something like 2x 7800gtx

edit: Or change the motherboard and get an X1900XT-X?

mark35 · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:31

im not palning on going sli as i use my xbox 360 for games i just want a good fast system to decode videos adn watch dvds on my dell 24 inch tft

Monstermunch · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:33

mark35 said:
AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT
MY-058-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Platinum Series EB-DDR CAS3
GX-101-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB DDR3

how could i do better should i just get the fx60 chip as well?

Opti - good choice clock it above an fx60. Or if you really want to spend more money look around and you'll be able to find the opti 175 (2.2ghz) & 180 (2.4ghz). Still cheaper than the fx60 and the 180 i've heard will go to 3.5ghz on air.

mark35 · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:58

what will the fx60 do i air?

Monstermunch · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:09

mark35 said:
what will the fx60 do i air?

I haven't heard anything about people clocking the FX60 yet, but I bet it won't do 3.5ghz on air

BTW the 175 is around £450 and the 180 is about £600

mark35 · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:28

seen the 180 for £500

benjo · 8 Feb 2006 at 22:31

Monstermunch said:
I haven't heard anything about people clocking the FX60 yet, but I bet it won't do 3.5ghz on air

BTW the 175 is around £450 and the 180 is about £600

Erm i doubt it. There was a guy struggling to get 3.4 on a VapoChill!