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bob, you gave up pcie16x2 so no x16x16 sli, granted it's not much of a hit but i like sli x16-x16 because i run 760's in the overcloctagon and can't give up even the 3-5% that x16-x4 would cost me.
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110 + 150 + 30 for a cooler = 290
vs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302&cm_re=i5-_-19-117-302-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157512&cm_re=1150-_-13-157-512-_-Product
for ... voila 260-290
I'll take the pepsi challenge on this one any day.
AMD's "Cost effectiveness" is no longer valid with the requirements of upgraded cooling and a stout (read: expensive) motherboard. Put a bulldozer chip on an 80$ board and you're asking for trouble.
If you're going mATX just look at Intel or FM2+
No motherboards worth buying in AM3+ that are mATX
Shrimpy, you're overlooking one big factor.
That kind of cooling takes a lot of careful planning, something most people either aren't capable of or willing to put the time/effort in to.
How about an FX-6300 with a GA-970A-UD3P and 212 EVO for $225?
Sounds like a winner to me.
110 + 150 + 30 for a cooler = 290
vs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302&cm_re=i5-_-19-117-302-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157512&cm_re=1150-_-13-157-512-_-Product
for ... voila 260-290
I'll take the pepsi challenge on this one any day.
AMD's "Cost effectiveness" is no longer valid with the requirements of upgraded cooling and a stout (read: expensive) motherboard. Put a bulldozer chip on an 80$ board and you're asking for trouble.
I'm not saying it doesn't work or that you don't have it doing awesome things, simply that the vast majority of people would have problems trying to run your setup.
We're not talking sub-ambient cooling here either.
This is a true statement. But I believe if my monkey *** can do it, any one can?
I have nothing special or have spent special moneys to make something better than it is. There is nothing special about what I do, thousands of others do it too. I just try and keep a cost effective mind when leaning into an FX platform that's as old as it is, and pretty much about at the end of it's life cycle any ways. Why spend so much moneys on something that can't and won't be upgraded.
If you want hard core computing, you wouldn't consider AMD at all.... IMO imo.
I hate to say it but it doesnt matter how hard we try something better or faster is always around the corner. There is no real upgradability for computer platforms that will tend to be outdated within 12 months(or less) anyways.
Hey I just noticed that AM3+ doesn;t have PCIe 3.0, every board is 2.0....is that a problem?