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Building a rig with an AMD Phenom X4 9950

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief August 24, 2008 · 2 min read

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지난 주에 AMD Phenom X4 9950을 리뷰용으로 받았으며, Gigabyte 마더보드와 거대한 ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 그래픽 카드를 함께 제공받았습니다. 이 테스트 유닛으로 게이밍 머신을 구축하고 제 자신의 Intel Code 2 Quad X6600과 비교해 보려고 합니다.

Phenom X4 9950은 현재 AMD에서 나오는 가장 빠른 CPU입니다. 코드명 Agena인 이 쿼드코어 CPU는 2.6GHz에서 65nm 공정으로 제작되었습니다.

그래픽 카드는 Palit ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 512-bit GDDR5이며 2GB 메모리, 듀얼링크 DVI 및 TV-out/HDMI를 지원합니다. 이 괴물은 전력을 많이 소모하므로 전원 공급 장치는 최소 650와트 이상이 필요합니다.

ATI Radeon HD

여러 현지 온라인 PC 매장을 살펴보았지만 가격 목록을 찾을 수 없었습니다. 미국에서는 $550이므로 이 제품이 필리핀에서 출시될 때는 25,000페소 이상을 지불해야 할 것으로 예상됩니다.

마더보드는 Gigabyte의 최신 제품입니다. S-Series의 일환으로, MA790GP-DS4H 마더보드는 듀얼 채널 DDR2 1066MHz를 지원하고, 통합 ATI Radeon HD3300 그래픽과 내장 128MB DDR3 1333MHz 사이드포트 메모리를 갖추고 있습니다.

Gigabyte motherboard

지금 제 문제는 이 시스템을 만들기 위해 구입한 PSU가 600와트만 지원한다는 점입니다. 그보다 높은 전원 공급 장치를 본 적이 없습니다.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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29 Comments

jOEM · 17 years ago

is AMD phenom available in the philippines????

vaughn · 18 years ago

yeah dont ever pair a dynamo power supply with high-end components. a decent branded 600w power supply should do (corsair/silverstone/pc power & cooling etc) even though it says 600w as long as you run just the bare components. 1200w is overkill :D i guess there’s no problem with that though since you will be able to borrow it for free :)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

@Viril – was thinking of that as well but was worried I might fried the parts. :D

@Anonemus – thanks for the tip. I already asked if I could also borrow a Gigabyte Odin PSU. I’m not willing to spend more money to finish this review. Already bought a CoolerMaster casing, RAM and extra peripherals for this.

Btw, I think that was The Beat at QTV. ;)

Anonemus · 18 years ago

The HD4870X2 really needs a quality, beefy PSU. One option is Fortron’s Everest 700W at only P5,750 by pc_reform of tipidpc.

OT: I saw Yuga at a local TV show the other night. Nice monitor! :)

Viril Calimlim · 18 years ago

Just an idea: you could always buy a separate power supply and connect the hard drive / optical drive, video card, fan, etc and leave the internal one for the motherboard / processor. It may look awkward though. :)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

@GM Tristan – will sure try that one out! ;)

@jun, yeah, pretty expensive. Asked them if they could also lend me a Gigabyte Odin 1200 PSU. Hopefully, they have one in stock.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

@lloyd, yeah, saw the Gigabyte Odin 1200 at Rising Sun. It costs Php12k!

Lloyd Lopez · 18 years ago

Corsair are good. Another option is Gigabyte’s Odin PSUs

Andrew · 18 years ago

yep. my problem always is PSU before, i’ve replaced twice and even got a memo for not being online cuz my rig is dead. Ive bought on my 3rd replacement an HEC550, so far it gives great result and ive seen my pc specs true performance. So i recommend a branded PSU for high-end rigs.

GM Tristan · 18 years ago

Hey Abe! Just chek if it can play Crysis at full resolution. That’s my benchmark…

Enjoy!

jun · 18 years ago

hehe, bad idea abe. get a corsair hx620 for about 5,900 at pchub.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

Yup, it says 650 watts or higher in the front of the box. Uh-oh, I bought the cheap Dynamo Pro 600.

Andre Marcelo-Tanner · 18 years ago

Does it say you specifically need a 650W+ Power Supply? You can probably find one at PC Hub, though I haven’t checked there lately, usually though its not about the watts always, even a lower wattage power supply can run it if has enough voltage in both power lines, I forgot where I read it but the cheap power supplies can be bad even if they have high wattage because their power is not stable, but then spending like 4-5k on a branded power supply can get you a reliable power supply that will run any video card.