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To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 going the amd route(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: NosBoost300 okay... so i've decided to just RMA my 680i... and in turn, i'm going to get me an AMD 4x4 system.. fx70 status.. should be able to oc it to a steady 3.0 ghz if done correctly anyway..... ya, i need me a power house that i can buy overtime.. and amd is giving me just what i need, buy half of my cpu and the other half later.. instead of throwing out 1000 bucks for a core 2 quad at 1 time. so i'll be returning my 680i and buying that amd recommended thermaltake armor and when the check comes around, i'll probably buy an fx70.. anyway, this'll be a worklog overtime.. so keep in touch, i'll be updating probably won't be done with the whole project for a good couple of months though oh.. and i don't wanna hear k8l blah blah blah, wait, blah blah.... i'm not going to wait, a 4x4 will still manhandle ANYTHING that is here today, and tomorrow... so dont start with me ;) Posted by: jonny_uk Man just get a C2D. JOKING :p Fairplay to you for sticking with good ole AMD, you might be paying more for the same performance but its still a awesome processor in its own right, ill be watching this thread;) Posted by: M733mhz You have a problem haha. Too many computers........... Posted by: Apokalipse [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by NosBoost300 [/i] [B]okay... so i've decided to just RMA my 680i... and in turn, i'm going to get me an AMD 4x4 system.. fx70 status.. should be able to oc it to a steady 3.0 ghz if done correctly anyway..... ya, i need me a power house that i can buy overtime.. and amd is giving me just what i need, buy half of my cpu and the other half later.. instead of throwing out 1000 bucks for a core 2 quad at 1 time. so i'll be returning my 680i and buying that amd recommended thermaltake armor and when the check comes around, i'll probably buy an fx70.. anyway, this'll be a worklog overtime.. so keep in touch, i'll be updating probably won't be done with the whole project for a good couple of months though oh.. and i don't wanna hear k8l blah blah blah, wait, blah blah.... i'm not going to wait, a 4x4 will still manhandle ANYTHING that is here today, and tomorrow... so dont start with me ;) [/B][/QUOTE]how about getting an AM2 X2 system, and then later upgrade to an Agena? (Agena will work in AM2) Posted by: nagasama nosboost, you're my hero. Posted by: NosBoost300 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by jonny_uk [/i] [B]Man just get a C2D. JOKING :p Fairplay to you for sticking with good ole AMD, you might be paying more for the same performance but its still a awesome processor in its own right, ill be watching this thread;) [/B][/QUOTE] already got one ;) e6600.. lol might be buying 1 fx70 this friday Posted by: NosBoost300 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Apokalipse [/i] [B]how about getting an AM2 X2 system, and then later upgrade to an Agena? (Agena will work in AM2) [/B][/QUOTE] don't need an x2 system... lol, already have my c2d! and and 2 fx70's will obliterate my e6600 at only 600 dollars... ya, i know the newer structures will take out my 4x4 when i do have it.. but i'm okay with that.... it'll still be one massive system Posted by: jonny_uk [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by NosBoost300 [/i] [B]already got one ;) e6600.. lol might be buying 1 fx70 this friday [/B][/QUOTE] whaaaattt!!? why are you wasting your money on more than one pc? why not just have one killer rig that beats everything? :confused: Posted by: networkgeek eh if he has the money for multiple different spec systems that he can play with then who are we to judge. hope ya have fun with the new system :) Posted by: charles_scott Finaly someone is doing what no one else would bother with. :) And what is this Agena thing someone mentioned? I haven't kept up with hardware lately since it started to develope at an extreme rate... Will it work in any AM2 system? Or would there need to be a BIOS update? Anyways, yea/.... Posted by: nagasama ^yes it will require a bios update from what i read^ and also am2 is am2, so it will work on any of them. i think the agena will have hypertransport 3.0, though...and unless you have a new mobo, that will not work (it will step down to your current ht). Posted by: Apokalipse [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by charles_scott [/i] [B]Finaly someone is doing what no one else would bother with. :) And what is this Agena thing someone mentioned? I haven't kept up with hardware lately since it started to develope at an extreme rate... Will it work in any AM2 system? Or would there need to be a BIOS update? Anyways, yea/.... [/B][/QUOTE]Agena is AMD's quad core desktop chip, due to be released, as far as I can tell, on 21 June. AMD claims it'll have up to 40% better performance than Intel's quad core CPU's Posted by: NosBoost300 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Apokalipse [/i] [B]Agena is AMD's quad core desktop chip, due to be released, as far as I can tell, on 21 June. AMD claims it'll have up to 40% better performance than Intel's quad core CPU's [/B][/QUOTE] will they be making it for socket 1204??? so i can run two of them bad boys and have 8 cores? Posted by: Apokalipse Agena will be socket AM2+, with HTT 3.0 (4GHZ), but backward compatible with AM2 (HTT 1.0, 2GHZ) Agena FX will be socket 1207+, with HTT 3.0, and I think it will be backward compatible with 1207 Barcelona is the server chip, in 1207+ only Posted by: Dexaroni This Agena sounds interesting... when it comes out, I will look into upgrading. Posted by: NosBoost300 i guess i'll be buying my mobo first then :D along with the case well.. here's what i'm looking at within 3 months or so Dual fx70's (if i'm impatient) 4 GB S.Skill DDR2 800 1 EVGA 8800GTX 1 Sounblaster X-fi Platinum (I need fiber optics so i can have optimal sound quality!) 1 Blu-Ray Drive (Regular DVD's look like crap on 1680x1050) 1 500GB HDD (For optimal Torrenting Capacity!) 3 DVD Burners 700 Watt Thermaltake Toughpower gonna end up around the 2500 dollar area with case and everything... and well i need a monitor too.. so 3000... probably pick me up another 22 inch, only try out the samsung this time around Looking to build me a beast... i just recently started going into the torrenting "business" and i really need something that'll crunch all the downloading and converting and imaging and such.. and burning cd's from cd's and all that... and the gtx just to play games with ease while doing it all so i don't think i need to wait for this agena... 2 fx70's should be way more than alright... when i'm gonna have em both oc'd to 3.0 ghz on cpns 9700's! and as for my computer now.... this too will probably be doing some torrenting and gaming while the friends are over friday i will be ordering the case FOR SURE, and if i can get the money from one account to the other on time.. then i will be ordering either the motherboard..... if not... then i'll be getting the power supply/hard drive Posted by: Pepsiboy700 I just like the idea of two huge coolers in your case. Posted by: charles_scott I like the idea that this isn't really a practical way to have a good system.... Wasn't this just a temp fix for AMDs server lines? Posted by: Apokalipse [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by charles_scott [/i] [B]I like the idea that this isn't really a practical way to have a good system.... Wasn't this just a temp fix for AMDs server lines? [/B][/QUOTE]nope, 4x4 is going to be widely deployed in servers. It is actually a good idea. it allows more cores per motherboard, and thus lower power usage, lower maintenance, higher bandwith, lower latencies etc... 4x4 was designed specifically for servers Posted by: darksideleader yep but AMD can't use Athlon 64 as the main stream processor to compete with intel no more. So their really hard at work making a decent quad-core and 8-core. Wonder how Agena will turn up... Me i'm looking for a Socket F System myself but are they gonna make some crossfire chipsets for socket F? I kinda wanna stick wit ATI, hope ATI will make Direct X10 cards soon Posted by: nagasama woot lol a 1.9ghz cpu called barcelona. try it. love amd. vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |