Brand New Rig!

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• GnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  I like the Xigmatek cpu coolers, I think they are top notch at cheap prices
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233029
  
  
  Antec 300 for cheap case!
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
  
  
  As for HD's I personally think Seagate is the way to go

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• MAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Did you place the order already? I would have went with a c2d or i7, and most would probably agree. DFI for the motherboard and for hard drivers, seagate is nice or the wd black series. Memory should do ok, and for the cooler thats a good budget one but, ill always recommend thermalright.

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• Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  ' wrote:

  [v][AGIC']Did you place the order already? I would have went with a c2d or i7, and most would probably agree.

  
  I have the case and the cpu cooler, anything else I can still change.

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• MAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  DFI dk x48 will do crossfire and a c2d E8400 would be a nice combo. Together would be around 325-350. bit more than your original choice but will be a much better combo i think.

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• Thrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  ^ this.

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• GnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  that DFI board will oc that C2D like a motha too

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• Mt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  I would be inclined to go this direction.
  
  Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
  
  DFI LP LT X48-T2R LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
  OR
  GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
  
  G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
  
  CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
  
  SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
  
  The problem I have with the HD4770 cards is that they are 128bit and the older 4800series are 256bit.

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• Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  I was trying to stay in a budget of about 750 USD, and I have already purchased my chassis and my cpu cooler, but anything else is open for debate.

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• Mt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Then we need to know if you are planning on 2 vid cards now or just 1. Does the $750 include what you already have purchased? Is there any headroom on your budget? What size HD do you really need, at least for now?

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• Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Mt_Goat wrote:

  Then we need to know if you are planning on 2 vid cards now or just 1. Does the $750 include what you already have purchased? Is there any headroom on your budget? What size HD do you really need, at least for now?

  
  I was planning on 2 gfx cards, 2 HD4770s, and I was running 2 hdds, an 8g and a 10g (i think) until the bigger one got fried by a faulty PSU (which is the reason I'm getting a new computer, losing some parts to this psu). WITH headroom its 750. My original budget was 650, but I went over a little bit because a new variable came up that required me to spend a little bit more.

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• Mt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  So if we figured it with say a 80GB, 160GB or 250GB HD you would be OK?
  
  As I stated with the difference between the 4770's and the 4850's there is a performance difference and the price is really very close. Are you willing to switch?
  
  Again, is the $750 including what you already have?

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• Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Mt_Goat wrote:

  So if we figured it with say a 80GB, 160GB or 250GB HD you would be OK?
  
  As I stated with the difference between the 4770's and the 4850's there is a performance difference and the price is really very close. Are you willing to switch?
  
  Again, is the $750 including what you already have?

  
  750 Including what I already have.
  
  I plan to overclock this mother, which is why the 4770 appealed to me.

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• Mt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  I plan to overclock this mother, which is why the 4770 appealed to me.

  That will have no bearing on this. the 4850's OC extremely well and will give you more in the long run. I am reconfiguring now!

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• Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Goat, my buddy, its not like I'll be buying this things tonight. I still have time to get input from other people and I want to see what the price of the premium cooler 4770 will be, and I'll probably go out and buy at the end of this month.

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• Mt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
  
  Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
  
  G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
  
  CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail
  
  SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
  
  Seagate SV35.2 ST3160815SV 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
  
  I went $3 over! This will be far better than what you listed to begin with and give you a lot of room for future growth.

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• Mt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Gate28 wrote:

  Goat, my buddy, its not like I'll be buying this things tonight. I still have time to get input from other people and I want to see what the price of the premium cooler 4770 will be, and I'll probably go out and buy at the end of this month.

  
  128 bit GPU's(4770) and 256 bit GPU's(4850) don't compare in performance!!!! and the prices are almost the same.

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• Thrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  SLI 4770 > 4850.

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• Ryder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Thrax wrote:

  Crossfire 4770 > 4850.

  Fixt.

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• Thrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  whatever

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• Ohmecks Orlando, Florida Member

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Judging from all the reviews I've seen, a single HD 4770 is quite comparable in performance to a single HD 4850. It seems that the GDDR5 memory makes up for the limitation brought on by the 128-bit bus.
  
  The PSU and HDD combo looks pretty good. The combo deal peels $10 off, which puts the HDD price at $0.10/GB. That and the HDD has 32 MB of cache.

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• Garg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Ohmecks wrote:

  Judging from all the reviews I've seen, a single HD 4770 is quite comparable in performance to a single HD 4850. It seems that the GDDR5 memory makes up for the limitation brought on by the 128-bit bus.

  
  That's what I've heard, too. I've been reading a lot of reviews and I think I'm going to be picking one of these up, soon.
  
  Welcome to IC, Ohmecks!

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• Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian

  May 2009 edited May 2009

  Gargoyle wrote:

  Welcome to IC, Ohmecks!

  
  He's been around a while, IRL friend

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