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Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P AMD 760G mATX Motherboard, AMD Phenom II X6 1045T CPU, ADATA 2x4GB Memory, Thermaltake V2 Plus Case w/ 450W PSU, Kingwin 120MM Fan $189 After $55 Rebate (expired)
Tiger Direct has a great deal on an AMD Barebones Kit. After rebates, price drops to $180. Shipping start from $9 and is based on location Thanks calistyle
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AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 2.7GHz Processor, Gigabyte 760G Motherboard, 8GB (2x4GB) ADATA Premier SRS DDR3 1333 Memory, Thermaltake V2 Plus Mid Tower Case w/450W PSU, & Kingwin 120MM Yellow LED Case Fan Bundle [tigerdirect.com]
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The original bundle has gone up to $199.99, but an almost identical bundle @ $179.99 can be found here: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applic...CatId=5294
The new bundle lacks the extra system fan, but includes Corsair XMS3 RAM, instead of Adata ------------------------------------------------------------- This is a pretty good cpu for the money. From cpubenchmark.net: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html i5-3330 (current ivy i5): 5,753 X6 1045T: 4,854 i3-3220 (current ivy i3): 4,271 These benchmarks aren't perfect of course, and also heavily take into account multi-threaded applications. For single threaded apps intel will be better off for sure, but if you're using this cpu for any kind of encoding/rendering/etc, it's still actually a very good processor. ------------------------------------------------------------- <natenkiki2004> If this motherboard in the bundle was an MSI I would be against this a LOT more. Gigabyte tends to use better quality mosfets. However, with that said, this is a 4-phase board without a heatsink. If you want long-term reliability or upgradeability then I highly suggest looking elsewhere. Now, if you are going to use this in a media server or HTPC and plan to downclock or downvolt the CPU then this board could be alright. Definitely stay away from this board if you plan to do folding or rendering or anything that runs the CPU at 100% for long periods of time. Read on more here: http://www.overclock.net/a/about-...processors See a list of documented failures here: http://www.overclock.net/a/databa...-incidents Again, it was (still is?) largely a MSI problem but this is something that more people should be aware of instead of thinking that any motherboard will work as long as it says AM3 on it. There's a reason why higher end boards have 8+2 power phases with heatsinks on the mosfets. </natenkiki2004>
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EDIT: MicroCenter doesn't have all of the components on their website, but it looks like this would be cheaper anyway.
The case is probably worth $20 to $30, so that makes this a pretty good deal.
A similar deal went FP at $150 AR, although that was for a quad-core, not 6 core.
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The case is probably worth $20 to $30, so that makes this a pretty good deal.
A similar deal went FP at $150 AR, although that was for a quad-core, not 6 core.
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Read S's thread (now defunct) with pre-deal price of $350 and things didn't add up. If I'd seen this thread, I could have saved myself the trouble...
At $180, this is somewhat of a deal, especially if you're an Inner Circle member (otherwise, shipping would be ~$11 for me)
Rebates (pdf) attached.
would this AMD Phenom II x6 1045T 2.7GHz be good for video editing?
would this AMD Phenom II x6 1045T 2.7GHz be good for video editing?