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Reply #15 - Apr 7^th, 2005 at 7:08pm

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Good specs but get a Athlong 64 with a Venice core!

BTW FX-55 is not the only FX cpu, there is an FX-53( FX-55 just broke 4 Ghz!!!)

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Reply #16 - Apr 7^th, 2005 at 10:59pm

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Good specs but get a Athlong 64 with a Venice core!

BTW FX-55 is not the only FX cpu, there is an FX-53( FX-55 just broke 4 Ghz!!!)

the FX-53 is caled the a64 4000 now.

The fx-55 broke 4 ghz many times already. I can come close with a vapochill system. You can achive about 4.6 ghz with a liquid nitro system, but its only temporary. Plus, at that level, many times, you'll only get to the post screen.

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Reply #17 - Apr 8^th, 2005 at 2:51am

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Good specs but get a Athlon 64 with a Venice core!

I leave near Venice (the real Venice, in Italy, not muscle beach), is that enough? Cheesy

Seriously, what's the cheapest Athlon 64 that uses that core?

Founder of A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (Aircraft Amateurs' Association Against Absurd Aviation Acronyms) My system specifications: FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2004 - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU - 3 GB PC-3200 DDR400 dual channel RAM - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm SATA-II hard disk - Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1 GB PCI-E graphic card - Logitech Wingman Force 3D joystick + Logitech Formula Force pedals My FS whereabouts: low and slow, small single engine prop GA, Italy airfields.

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Reply #18 - Apr 8^th, 2005 at 3:57am

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BTW FX-55 is not the only FX cpu, there is an FX-53( FX-55 just broke 4 Ghz!!!)

Yes, I knew this. There was also an FX-51. Tongue

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Reply #19 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 5:55am

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You dont need an FX CPU, as long as you choose a socket 939 CPU, you'll be ok, just get the best you can afford, and shop around. The FX series can be ridiculously expensive in some parts of the world, $1229 is my best price here in Australia for the fx55, so, if I buy one, my family eats rice and water for six months. And then, I can think about a mainboard to suit it........ yeah..... right.

By contrast, a 3200+ (socket 939) costs $278 here, until prices get reasonable, 64 bit can sit on the backburner for me.

FX? not likely.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #20 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 5:01pm

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Wow, thats crazy.

A fx55 only costs 815 bucks in the states.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-492&depa=1

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Reply #21 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 7:34pm

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For a quiet case take a look at the Antec Sonata. Considering it comes with a 380 watt PSU (with ample amps which is what counts usually) it was ideal for my new (Socket A) system. Very quiet and very affordable (Can$125.00)

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Reply #22 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 9:50pm

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The fact of the matter is that FX based systems, as any high end system, are aimed at the enthusiast market,(read money is no object), and don't represent value for money as a rule.

A slight step down in specification will produce a considerably cheaper system that still performs quite well.

The trick is to get a mainboard (chipset) that will support a later upgrade to the higher spec if it is later needed/wanted, when the upgrade will be much cheaper.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #23 - Apr 11^th, 2005 at 7:23am

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At the crazy pace at which the computer market is evolving, anything that's now a standard can become useless in a short span of time. So I will try to keep the option open to upgrade some components later, but I will not be surprised if it will prove to be a useless effort.

Founder of A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (Aircraft Amateurs' Association Against Absurd Aviation Acronyms) My system specifications: FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2004 - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU - 3 GB PC-3200 DDR400 dual channel RAM - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm SATA-II hard disk - Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1 GB PCI-E graphic card - Logitech Wingman Force 3D joystick + Logitech Formula Force pedals My FS whereabouts: low and slow, small single engine prop GA, Italy airfields.

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Reply #24 - Apr 23^rd, 2005 at 1:22pm

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lol thats almost as bad as my old computer except mine was 166mhz cpu, 32mb ram, 8gb hard drive, 24x cd drive and 2mb graphics card.only got rid of it at christmas. Embarrassed

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Reply #25 - Apr 24^th, 2005 at 12:00am

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My FS98 PC was a 486... I remember the days... oh the simplicity!

I remember when the 4Gb HDD was HUGE! And the 200MHz Processor was FAST! (the FS95/98 days)

AMD Athlon 64 3700+&&GeForce FX5200 256Mb&&1GB DDR400 DC&&Seagate 500Gb SATA-300 HDD&&Windows XP Professional X64 Edition&&&&That's right, I'm now using an AMD! I decided to give them another try and they kicked the pants off of my P4 3.4!

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Reply #26 - Apr 25^th, 2005 at 12:28am

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I remember when the 4Gb HDD was HUGE!

I remember when a 40MB HDD was huge! Show's our age.

What do computers and air conditioners have in common?
They both will work perfectly, until you open windows.

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Reply #27 - Apr 25^th, 2005 at 1:18am

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I remember when a 40MB HDD was huge! Show's our age.

I remember when IBM debuted a 4 MB and bill gates came out and said no one would ever use that much space.

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Reply #28 - Apr 26^th, 2005 at 2:45am

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And I in turn remember when 170 KB was a reasonable (flopppy) disk size, and to double it (to an exceeding 340 KB!) you had to flip the disk over.
Before that, I remember when you had to load stuff from a regular C90 tape.
I am talking about the Commodore 64.
Now try to beat me! Grin

PS: the C64 is still happily sitting on a desk in my house, still there, still working, and so do the tape unit and the floppy drive. And yes, I do own Sublogic Flight Simulator! Wink

Founder of A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (Aircraft Amateurs' Association Against Absurd Aviation Acronyms) My system specifications: FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2004 - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU - 3 GB PC-3200 DDR400 dual channel RAM - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm SATA-II hard disk - Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1 GB PCI-E graphic card - Logitech Wingman Force 3D joystick + Logitech Formula Force pedals My FS whereabouts: low and slow, small single engine prop GA, Italy airfields.

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