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Building New Computer for my Brother
Xtras:
Oh and this is good too:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1472/intel_p45_vs_x48_crossfire_performance/index.html
P 45 is x8 limit . X48 is full x16.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/267026-33-4770-crossfire
I think if you go with the 4770s that x8 would be enough but I can't deny there would be a little improvement with x16 (which you probably wouldn't notice unless you were really overclocking and playing something that was a bit above your computers league). It is up to you to decide whether to give the extra 50 or so dollars for it.
Tatsujin:
Yea I thought that was funny. Well if you saw that 370 US dollar video card, the 5000 HD from ATI I'd definitely hit that for myself and give my two video cards to my brother. Tho' it was just a freaking nightmare to put this mobo inside and I don't want to switch anything I have. That's why I want to stick to nVidia because my mobo doesn't take ATI, and another reason is I want to get rid of these two video cards so I'd rather give them to my brother and get myself 1 overpowered videocard.
Xtras:
What if you gave your existing computer to your brother (paint it a different color and tell him it is new; metaphorically of course, you would be surprised what just a new case can do in such situations) and build yourself a fancy brand new computer?
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: Xtras on October 04, 2009, 09:13:21 PM ---What if you gave your existing computer to your brother (paint it a different color and tell him it is new; metaphorically of course, you would be surprised what just a new case can do in such situations) and build yourself a fancy brand new computer?
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Or... swap cases? Old components in new case, new components in old case?
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: Xtras on October 04, 2009, 09:13:21 PM ---What if you gave your existing computer to your brother (paint it a different color and tell him it is new; metaphorically of course, you would be surprised what just a new case can do in such situations) and build yourself a fancy brand new computer?
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I was thinking of that, too. I'd probably have him pay me 500 dollars for this computer, tho' I'd have to take only the HDD's away because I have my files on them. Corei 7, one ram of 4GB (don't wanna purchase everything at once, will overkill me), that 5000 HD video card I linked up there, ... now a Fan, nice looking case and a PSU, probably the one I linked up there should be fine enough.
Edit -- So he agreed. He'll be paying me 500 dollars. I want to set up a really nice computer for myself.
5000 HD videocard (1 for now, I want CrossFire), I'll need a good mobo with 16 or 24 G of RAM max (I'll get one piece of RAM at a time). Core i7, Fan, ... what type of PSU should I have?
Oh, and the price wouldn't matter to me. So it can be really high. Tho' remember I'm not getting both video cards and all of the ram at once, rather 1 piece of each to support my budget.
Or we go with something cheapier. How about this mobo?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128396
Would ATI work on it?
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