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Need some suggestions on building a new computer
nstgc:
What do you mean by "umm"? Its a good way to ensure stability.
Anyway, I recently purchased this for a Phenom II and it works great. Easy to install, cool, and quite. It doesn't explicitly list the i5 in the compatibility list, but it does list the i7 and several other Intel processors.
[edit] Oh, opps, I see. Yeah, 60ish under full load. Still, it never hurts to be sure.
xShadow:
Alright, I think I've saved up enough to seriously finish off this computer.
--- Quote from: nstgc on January 05, 2010, 04:44:47 PM ---What do you mean by "umm"? Its a good way to ensure stability.
Anyway, I recently purchased this for a Phenom II and it works great. Easy to install, cool, and quite. It doesn't explicitly list the i5 in the compatibility list, but it does list the i7 and several other Intel processors.
[edit] Oh, opps, I see. Yeah, 60ish under full load. Still, it never hurts to be sure.
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That's a good looking CPU fan. According to their site, it does indeed support LGA1156 boards. I will probably be buying it. I hope Newegg's stock of them isn't out of date or something (that is, I hope they simply forgot to update their info page). I'll maybe try to email or get in contact with them about it.
However, I'm kinda 0.o'ing at the shape of it. I mean, I've had one kind of like that before (this, specifically; it worked wonderfully.), but the whole thing kind of seems a little awkward. I'm considering orienting it as facing upwards (if I can), because my case has a huge fan on top, so pairing them up might not be such a bad idea.... not that there is much point unless I actually decide to overclock it... which there isn't much point in doing because the thing is already a pretty beastly processor (no seriously it's a beast...).
Well, CPU cooler aside, I'm actually thinking of rescaling my graphics card money limit. Specifically, I'm aiming at one of these.
The 5850 line just seems to be really good right now. It's not quite CUTTING EDGE, but it looks good... and it supports DX11.
The next closest competitor is the 4890. I'm not looking at any Nvidia products at the moment.
I think the 5850 will complement this budget gaming computer pretty nicely. It should last a good while (at least I hope).
As usual some comments would be great. >_>
xShadow:
Okay, I don't mean to double post, but I really need some input here; I've been kind of split between the 5870 and 5850 line from Radeon for a bit now. I just can't decide which one is seriously the best for me. Has anyone had direct experience with either line, or have some input to offer here? I can afford either one, but I'm wondering just how worth it the 100$ extra for the 5870 is.
I don't think Nvidia really has anything comparable to offer, so I'm effectively ruling them out.
sdedalus83:
--- Quote from: xShadow on February 14, 2010, 01:59:50 AM ---Okay, I don't mean to double post, but I really need some input here; I've been kind of split between the 5870 and 5850 line from Radeon for a bit now. I just can't decide which one is seriously the best for me. Has anyone had direct experience with either line, or have some input to offer here? I can afford either one, but I'm wondering just how worth it the 100$ extra for the 5870 is.
I don't think Nvidia really has anything comparable to offer, so I'm effectively ruling them out.
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1 - There's a good chance your case will be too small to realistically house a 5870.
2 - The performance difference is about 13%. The price difference is 33%. Is 4xAA rather than 2xAA worth a 33% increase in price?
3 - You can get a 1.5 TB hard drive for that $100 difference in price.
Conclusion - There's no point in spending the extra money for the 5870, and by going with the 5850, you can use the money saved to buy something really useful. When looking at newer games, there's a much, much bigger jump from the HD4890/GTX285 to the HD5850 than there is to the HD5870. That difference will only become more pronounced as time moves on and new games come out, while the difference between the 5850 and 5870 will always be about 10 - 15%. Since you're already considering spending $400 on the 5870, I wouldn't even think about the older cards. Just get the 5850 and splurge a bit to get one of those 2TB Hitachi drives Frys is selling for $140.
xShadow:
--- Quote from: sdedalus83 on February 14, 2010, 05:28:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: xShadow on February 14, 2010, 01:59:50 AM ---Okay, I don't mean to double post, but I really need some input here; I've been kind of split between the 5870 and 5850 line from Radeon for a bit now. I just can't decide which one is seriously the best for me. Has anyone had direct experience with either line, or have some input to offer here? I can afford either one, but I'm wondering just how worth it the 100$ extra for the 5870 is.
I don't think Nvidia really has anything comparable to offer, so I'm effectively ruling them out.
--- End quote ---
1 - There's a good chance your case will be too small to realistically house a 5870.
2 - The performance difference is about 13%. The price difference is 33%. Is 4xAA rather than 2xAA worth a 33% increase in price?
3 - You can get a 1.5 TB hard drive for that $100 difference in price.
Conclusion - There's no point in spending the extra money for the 5870, and by going with the 5850, you can use the money saved to buy something really useful. When looking at newer games, there's a much, much bigger jump from the HD4890/GTX285 to the HD5850 than there is to the HD5870. That difference will only become more pronounced as time moves on and new games come out, while the difference between the 5850 and 5870 will always be about 10 - 15%. Since you're already considering spending $400 on the 5870, I wouldn't even think about the older cards. Just get the 5850 and splurge a bit to get one of those 2TB Hitachi drives Frys is selling for $140.
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That's a very good evaluation of the situation.
Well, I could probably make it fit in the case (it's not THAT small), but that's a fair point.
I didn't think the difference between the 5850 and 5870 was that small, though. I had actually been leaning towards the 5850 for a bit now, but I just wanted to make sure it was seriously worth it to cut off that much price for that much performance.
I'll probably be going with the 5850 now for sure, though.
Unfortunately, I also want to overclock it (not right away; I just want the option to be there when I need it), and I heard the only ones that had an unlocked BIOS were ASUS, Gigabyte, and msi. The one I'm looking at right now is out of stock. I do hope a miracle happens and the price just spontaneously decides to go down while they're restocking. Of course, I heard that you can do a BIOS flash on whichever one you get, to change it into ASUS or whatever you want, but I quite frankly don't wanna mess with something that has even a small chance to brick the card.
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