Someone wants to trade hs CPU fo rmy M17x R3 GOOD DEAL?

The Specificactions of the CPU ARE


i7 920X Extream Edition
2 HD5850 XXX EDTION iiin CROSSFIRE
6GB RAM 1600Mhz PNY
PSU: 1200Wats with 160 AMPS
Motherboard BloodRace X58Foxconn BloodRage LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Liiquid Cooler DangerDen That includes the CPU,,the 2 GPUS and Chiip set
1TB Western Digital (Green Caviar)
Tower: CoolerMaster HAF! RED

For my R3 is a good deal?

 

The PC he wants to trade to you has a i7-920XM?! I don't think so. That is a laptop processor. Can't have a 920XM in a desktop motherboard, the sockets don't match up. My recommendation, keep your R3.

 

Sorry s a 920 EXTREAM EDTION SORRY MY ERROR

 

The i7 920 for the LGA 1366 is not an extreme CPU.
Also, a straight trade would not be a fair trade for you!

 

agree, thats a downgrade

 

Listen to the lady, she be correct. Even IF the CPU was an extreme edition, the straight trade is no where near a fair trade. The ram that the i7-920 can support is only 24 GB @ DDR3-800/1066 compared to your R3's max supported 32GB @ DDR3-1066/1333. Then theirs the GPUs. One ATI 7970m will run circles around two HD5850's in crossfire...or so says the review I look up on notebookcheck.net. All in all, a four year old desktop is not going to be as fast as a one year old Alienware m17x R3.

Stick with your mothership dude...don't trade it in for a shuttle.

 

That CPU is way faster than the one in your laptop. I had mine running at 3.8 on air in a small Thermaltake Lanbox Lite with poor airflow. If you have a liquid cooler I bet it could go even higher. Sandy is faster than Nehelem clock for clock but not by much, but you gain a whopping 50-60% in clock rate at the very least. 5850 is a decent card with power but I am concerned about the 1GB VRAM on that setup. The power supply is also too big and the hard drive makes no sense. No Caviar Green should ever be used as a system drive. I would venture to say that computer is faster, but there are a lot of headaches involved in getting it configured in a way that makes sense, and plus you never mentioned anything about having a monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers and other desktop accessories that cost additional $$$. Maybe you can get a CPU upgrade for your laptop or something and a SSD...with your new video card it should buy you time.

 

No it really isn't that much faster. The tech is outdated considerably and the PC isn't worth it. The desktop I had back when would annihilate that one he's trying to trade. 5850s in Crossfire are nice, but unless he's planning on selling you the Monitor, speakers AND keyboard too then it's a no deal. He's just listed the TOWER only at the moment. Remember that.


Keep the laptop. It's better.

 

Yes you are right he iis only trying to sell em the tower wiithout Sceen kkeyboard and mouse ok guys thankks !

 

Other guy want to trade me His Desktop Pc fo rmy M17x R3

here are the sepcs of his PC

M.Board:CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA
CPU hentom II 955 3.2GHz
8GB HyperX 1600Mhz
PSU: 1000WATS
VIdeo Card: HD6870 1GB
Tower: COOLERMASTER COSMOS 1000
2 HHD of 500 GB EN RAID 0 FAN CONTROL NZXT SENTRI LX
And it includes a 24" screen 1080P and a Keyboard cyborg v7

think is a good deal guys? thanks

 

Personally I wouldn't ...

 

yeah i mean with the laptop you get more mobility, and also if your system is in good order and is under warranty I don't think you should.

 

i wouldn't especially if your getting a 7970m, they outrank the desktop 6870 in every way

 

There is a reason you purchased an Alienware, why trade? The only way I would trade is if the deal was supersweet and the chick offering it was hot!

 

jajajajajajajaja thanks guys for help me ! i mean i will start workin soon so i will start saving money for a new 680M ! thanks guys !

 

Exactly my point. With all the upgrades we can apply to our notebooks, they're not worth trading away anytime soon.

 

What are you talking about??? 2670 vs a 920? My 920 at 3.8GHz is just barely slower, like 5% almost imperceivable compared to my 3720QM overclocked all 4 bins at 3.8-4.0GHz. The 2670 would be lucky to be 70% as fast and it would be lucky if it even was. The reason against the trade has to do with the peripherals involved in getting the desktop up and running, and the misconfigruation of this particular desktop. The actual core mobo/CPU/RAM combo is far and away faster by far. The 920 was THE chip to have before the 2500K. Both bought you $1000 CPU performance for $200.

 

But i wsa lookign for guys that want to trade teir m18x for more mobility and well i want a m18x But i dotn have money and i looking to trade a guys that wants a Good M17x R3 ! for their M18x but hope i can find someone !

well i will wait to get the 680m from eurocom 4GB because i was looking for Dual Card and i think the 680M is better than the 580M Sli and much more better ! or what do you think guys?

 

No way. Why trade a near equal performing CPU (within margins of 5-10% when both mobile and desktop CPUs are OCed) to sacrifice mobility. AND have a desktop card or combination that are inferior to your laptop having a 680m or 7970m? Even with a monitor/keyboard/mouse (better than my deck or rosewill black mx cherries) the desktop would seriously need to be a step up over both CPU AND GPU for me to consider.

There's a REASON I went with my Alienware AND upgradability of their mobile platforms. Seriously hate to be a fanboy but my AW is rocking.

 

Daverish bro, take it easy i was just asking bro XD! jajajajajaja dont take it that personal ! and thanks for your post

 

If you want a desktop sell your AW for cash, and then build your own. That would probably net you the best results.

 

What this guy said....If you were to take the money that you paid for your M17X and built a desktop from scratch it would destroy anything they are offering you. If you really want a desktop and not a laptop I would suggest selling the laptop first and then taking the cash and building a desktop. While the systems that you are linking are not terrible they really don't compete with the M17X dollar for dollar.

 

Sorry didn't mean to come across aggressively.

The last two posts to sell and build a desktop with the cash would build one awesome desktop. Your m17 should hold a nice cash value still :-D

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i was Joking bro dont worry !

 

soem one wants to trade me this desktop for my M17x

Procesador Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66ghz máximo OC @ 4.3 GHZ permanente @ 3.2GHZ

El disipador Thermalright HR-02 mantiene en todo momento a una temperatura segura

MB: Marca ASUS Rampage III Formula

Video CArd: EVGA CLASSIFIED GTX 590 3GB de DDR5

Memoria RAM 12GB DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz marca PNY

tower Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance con PSU 850W modular

1 SSD SATA2 Kingston de 64GB para el sistema y 1 HDD SATA2 Seagate de 500GB para datos
DVD LG 24x SATA.

 

Why do you keep letting these people try and convince you?! DO NOT sell/trade for a four year old desktop!

 

is not that old... and well i can upgrade it to a new 1 mother board and CPU and that all because i can stll using the GTX 590 woo !

 

Still not worth it. You paid $2000 for your R3. Yes the GTX 590 is a great GPU, but everything else about that desktop is OLD! At least 3 years old. The nehalem CPUs were phased out in 2010. Plus, you will have to buy a keyboard, mouse, and monitor since I don't see any of those on the trade list. Are you really that unhappy with your m17x R3? If not, then tell all these people who're propositioning you to stick their trades where the sun don't shine!

 

No offence guys, but I think this thread is in the wrong place. It should be in sell / buy / exchange / trade thread. I hope the OP reads this. Thank you.

 

This guy just wants to have a more powerful machine is all. Let him make that mistake on his own. >_> We've tried to tell him what's what and he's not listening. After he posted the offer with the Phenom II machine I officially stopped caring.