Good Value?!

**Tiberius Brutus** · June 22, 2007, 06:09 AM

322045 ABIT Fatal1ty AN9 32X, nForce 590 SLI, DDR2, Socket-AM2, 2xGbLAN, 2xPCI-Ex16
331906 AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz Socket AM2 2MB, BOXED w/fan
318669 Cooler Master Centurion 534, Sort, Aluminium Front (without PSU)
312054 Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's
329291 Enermax Aurora black aluminium keyboard with USB hub (2 porter) and audio I/O, USB
309565 Hiper Type-R 580W Sort, Modulære cables, Silent 18db, 4xSATA, ATX, SLI, 20/24pin
331209 Hiyatek Bay Panel 5.25" black m/ USB 2.0, cardreader,fancontrol,eSATA,audio mm.
334745 Samsung 20" LCD Syncmaster 206BW Black 1680x1050, 2ms, 3000:1, VGA/DVI
323876 Samsung DVD-burner SH-S182D IDE Black OEM
327715 Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM
327331 XFX GeForce 8800GTS 500M 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 320-bit

Do tell me what you folks think?

**Aristocrat** · June 22, 2007, 07:58 AM

Never heard of the PSU maker, and you be better off getting a core2duo system.

As for good value...we need the price first.

**Tiberius Brutus** · June 22, 2007, 08:20 AM

Price is about 2100$ or 14000 NOK (Norwegian Kroner)

I already have a core2duo system on my laptop, a good one to boot...But I see two major flaws with Intel processors:

- They tend to overheat very quickly, even on a desktop PC.
- They are very expensive compared to their performance. Especially the ones in the price class that I'm into.

**Aristocrat** · June 22, 2007, 08:44 AM

It's a good computer, and the price is around the mark, so it is value for money, considering where you live.

The new Core2Duo's are different to the old P4's, they run cooler than AMD chips, and are actually cheaper than than the AMD cpus, while outperforming them.

But hey...I got a dual core Opteron and overclocked it 3.0ghz (same clock speed as the 6000+) and I am more than content with it, it kills any game out today (combined with a 8800GTS) and will suit me a while yet.

Just prey that AMD doesn't decide to jump to a new socket type again, because that will leave you out of the loop when it comes time to upgrade.

**boboftl** · June 22, 2007, 09:57 AM

In the US, Intel are very competitive vs. AMD and with the new price cuts not so long ago, you could get a quadcore for a little less than $300. I have never heard of core2duo desktop chips overheating, and they're very good overclockers. I'd get a core2duo but I don't know about the prices where you live.