| Forum Index > Tech Support |
When using this resource, please read FragKrag's opening post. The Tech Support forum regulars have helped create countless of desktop systems without any compensation. The least you can do is provide all of the information required for them to help you properly. | ||
|
jacosajh
2919 Posts
I didn't check any of the others. I do know one person I couldn't convince that it was a terrible idea. He bought an AM3+ board so I guess I can partially understand his logic. Ok, maybe not. Boggles my mind. Fanboys will be fanboys. I for one, as much as I bash AMD right now, would've auto-switched to BD if it was a success. | ||
|
JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
I'd have been all over a swap if it worked out. | ||
|
skyR
Canada13817 Posts
| ||
|
JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
| ||
|
skyR
Canada13817 Posts
| ||
|
semantics
10040 Posts
On October 14 2011 04:55 JingleHell wrote: Remember, there are people adamantly defending Bulldozer... (and specifically, getting mocked for it...) I know some enthusiasts plan to buy them anyway, just for clock speed e-peenery with 9x120mm Radiator setups... remember, the first rule of marketing: people are stupid. herp fan boys will buy it no matter what, amd has one good time before core 2 duo came out and then they had an okay time which would be phenom 2 everything else in their history is just intel copied chips or just shitty. Most shitty about it is the like 1.4v just to get it past 4.5ghz on air with all cores enabled, shit at 32nm that cpu esp with the power draw happening would die in a few months probably wouldn't even last a year, while with a good mobo you could hit 4.8 5Ghz pretty easily on a 2500k or 2600k. Really it's just a bad chip like phenom 1 chips were although i wouldn't say as bad a phenom 1 chips, at least these can get somewhere near intel chips at stock | ||
|
skyR
Canada13817 Posts
| ||
|
Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 14 2011 04:46 jacosajh wrote: I just checked a couple of different websites and some are sold out of the FX-8150. Wow. newegg at least never received it yet afaik either that or it sold them out in 15mins as that's the amount of time between my first check when they didn't have bulldozer listed, and my second check when it was sold out | ||
|
Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On October 14 2011 05:07 jacosajh wrote: I do know one person I couldn't convince that it was a terrible idea. He bought an AM3+ board so I guess I can partially understand his logic. Ok, maybe not. Boggles my mind. Fanboys will be fanboys. I for one, as much as I bash AMD right now, would've auto-switched to BD if it was a success. Sad thing is, it doesn't even make sense to try to convince him to get like a 4100 series chip (assuming he's a gamer), since a Ph ii x4 actually does better in games lolololol. Also, they're not even out yet /facepalm | ||
|
semantics
10040 Posts
On October 14 2011 05:44 skyR wrote: I don't see how you can argue that AMD copied Intel when it was the other way around... ? amd cpu history started with corps like ibm, compaq and dell etc wanting multiple suppliers so amd was contracted to make certain intel chips which it think was a common practice i believe until Pentium came along as you cannot trade mark a series of numbers. | ||
|
Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 14 2011 05:53 Shikyo wrote: newegg at least never received it yet afaik either that or it them out in 15mins as that's the amount of time between my first check when they didn't have bulldozer listed, and my second check when it was sold out Newegg had them available minutes after midnight release. I had the window open and 99 of them sitting in my cart. After some refreshes they sold out. EDIT: Basically it means about 4 days until we see threads like. "HELP! FX 8150 underperforming!?" | ||
|
Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 14 2011 06:19 Medrea wrote: Newegg had them available minutes after midnight release. I had the window open and 99 of them sitting in my cart. After some refreshes they sold out. oh wat seriously? then I guess they did sell out during the 15min... marketing is beast | ||
|
JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On October 14 2011 06:19 Medrea wrote: Newegg had them available minutes after midnight release. I had the window open and 99 of them sitting in my cart. After some refreshes they sold out. EDIT: Basically it means about 4 days until we see threads like. "HELP! FX 8150 underperforming!?" And the answer will be: Nope, it's meeting all of the expectations of all the people here who told you not to buy an AM3+ board. | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Stocks are probably low because yields are probably shit. Bulldozer was probably meant to be clocked much higher but Global Foundries is terrible. As problematic AMD's design probably was, a lot of the blame could be put on GF for having terrible 32nm nodes. | ||
|
sechkie
United States334 Posts
On October 14 2011 03:12 skyR wrote: Yes there is online Black Friday and Boxing week sales in Canada but yes, NCIX usually crashes or extremely slow during this time and most of the amazing deals will be gone very quickly. Are the deals very difficult to get in the US as well for black friday and cyber monday? I was considering waiting for black friday to buy parts to build my computer but if the parts are difficult would it probably be reliable to just buy parts during newegg's november deals? | ||
|
PepperoniPiZZa
Sierra Leone1660 Posts
| ||
|
legendre20
United States316 Posts
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Video Cards-_-XFX-_-1415 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010 Processor: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589 Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169806&SID=11fkty0ylrr3k Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169806&SID=1m4g70x0b5fn0 Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169806&SID=1xbimdskrn9qn Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128473&cm_sp=Pers_ProductPopular-_-13-128-473_2_DM-_-19-115-074&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169806&SID=omcoai6vaxdl TY for feedback!! Specifically wondering if I should upgrade the motherboard, but any inputs are fine as far as possible upgrades or compatibility issues. Budget is $1100-1200. | ||
|
Medrea
10003 Posts
PSU is overpowered for a single card setup. Something cheaper (by way of less useless wattage) makes more sense. 150 bucks on a single PSU should have been a HUGE warning sign. Something around 60 bucks makes way mroe sense for you. 1600 RAM yields very small benefits over 1333. Can reduce cost here for the same performance. You have a CPU that wants to be overclocked running on a motherboard that hates overclocking. Not sure if you knew that. 1200 is a big budget for only allowing one card. I think for like 1250 its easy to make a sytem with tri-fire 6950's. | ||
|
legendre20
United States316 Posts
 I did also know that the 6950 makes more sense, but I have the money for the small upgrade, not worried about it. The PSU is definitely overpowered, but by reason that I will eventually upgrade and possibly add another card, making it worth it in the long run. If you have any tips on what I should upgrade to in terms of the motherboard though I'd love to hear them. Thanks. This desktop specifically comes out to $1000 not including monitor and keyboard. So I could technically add another card, but I think I'll wait on that since I plan on having a dual monitor set up. | ||
|
Medrea
10003 Posts
You want a motherboard that is marked with "p67" in the title. Good variant is the ASRock Pro 3 P67 for instance. If you are intending on using another card, you need to be careful about what modes the board runs 2 cards in. This is also dependant on your monitor, as wider lanes will not benefit a low resolution or 60hz monitor a lot, if at all. So some monitor details would be pretty neat. And if you want to crossfire, two 6970's hurt the wallet WAAAY more than two 6950's, and both will give you a practically useless amount of power and will be obsolete in about 4 years all the same. | ||
| ||
HomeStory Cup
XXIX - Group Stage Day 1
[ Submit Event ] |
|
|
|
Replay Cast
HomeStory Cup
Replay Cast
HomeStory Cup
OSC
Sparkling Tuna Cup
WardiTV Weekly
The PondCast
Replay Cast
CrankTV Team League
[ Show More ] |
|
|
EPT
