AMD FX-55, is this value?

Robin1982

Posted this accidentaly in the Tweaking/Modding section, its more of a general question:

Hey,

I have an opportunity to buy the following PC for €1900 - i'm not a huge hardware head but think this is a good deal - am i right?

Mobo: Nvidia nForce 4 SLI: Asus A8N-SLI
Processor: AMD FX-55 (never overclocked/modded)
Memory: 2 x 1 GB DDR (400) PC-3200 Corsair w/Heatsink
Graphics: 2 x XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra 512 MB
Hard Drive: 300 GB Maxtor SATA 7200rpm
DVD: 16x DVD+/-RW
Sound Card: Creative Blaster Audigy2 ZS 24 Bit
Power: Hiper PS-XP-580 BL Modular Type R SLI-Edition 580 W
OS: Win XP Pro

What you think?

awhir

ya

Stephen

Assuming XP pro is properly licenced, the price looks pretty bang on to me.

Irishpimpdude

Even if it wasnt still a very good deal! take it while you have the chance :P

K.O.Kiki

Can you get a 7800GT exchanged for the 6800Ultra? Or get a Seasonic PSU instead?
Otherwise v. nice.

Stephen

The Hiper 580W PSU is very good anyway.

Dooom

The Hiper's are known to not be that reliable when put under pressure.
I'm not speaking from experience, but it's just what I've read and seen about the place.
Also, the 512mb 6800's are a bit of a rip to be honest. I remember seeing benchmark's comparing them to the 256mb versions, and there was very little difference (if any).
I'd say if you can, switch the PSU for a more reliable brand (Seasonic, as mentioned above, or Enermax etc.) and see if you can change cards.

That said, even if you do buy that system as is, it's still a good deal and is powerful enough to eat most things.

Robin1982

well, bought it & got him to throw in some Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital Speakers, a Fujifilm F401 Digital camera, an IBM webcam and delivery to my door for another few quid - its only 4 months old anyway.

overall i'm pretty happy, although i had been looking at those "Buy It Now" PCs on eBay Germany which seem cheap..

in terms of the future, would this motherboard support AMD X2 dual core?

K.O.Kiki

Robin1982 wrote:

well, bought it & got him to throw in some Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital Speakers, a Fujifilm F401 Digital camera, an IBM webcam and delivery to my door for another few quid - its only 4 months old anyway.

overall i'm pretty happy, although i had been looking at those "Buy It Now" PCs on eBay Germany which seem cheap..

in terms of the future, would this motherboard support AMD X2 dual core?

Socket 939 X2's, yup; AFAIK, just needs a BIOS update.
Oh yeah. Anything which seems to be too good to be true (eBay PC's), usually is.

WizZard

Yes, probably with a BIOS upgrade (it does at the moment anyway).
Great deal you got there! Congrats.