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Black on the sides for bw. It all depends on what the acceptable resolutions for the game are.
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You definitely do not need a 700W PSU unless you want to upgrade to Xfire later on. Everything else looks solid!
As far as compatibility, after a quick look it all looks fine.
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On December 27 2009 14:04 KingFool wrote:
Black on the sides for bw. It all depends on what the acceptable resolutions for the game are.
Oh, that won't bother me at all, cool!
On December 27 2009 14:04 FragKrag wrote:
You definitely do not need a 700W PSU unless you want to upgrade to Xfire later on. Everything else looks solid!
As far as compatibility, after a quick look it all looks fine.
hmmmm ok, I'll look into a lower W psu. Thanks for the check though, eases my mind more than you can imagine ^^
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At this point I see little reason to choose the Phenom over an i-5 with its 8mb L3 cache. The price difference is perhaps $20. That's just me though!
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I don't think a Radeon 5770 will give you much bang for your buck, generally anything ATI that's not x8xx is a bit of a warning sign.
I could be wrong here though.
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Citizen: motherboards are a bitch! Though if he has the spare money lying around an i5 would be a great idea.
writer22816: Wrong. Atm the 5850 is a great card, but the 5870 is a bit of a waste (lets not get into 5970). The 5770 hits the sweet spot that the 4870 did except with better software support and better power usage. The 5770 is considered for the most part to be one of the most cost effective cards.
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Your ram is a little pricey, are you set on that ram? even with increased prices you should be able to find ram for a little cheaper
*edit* removed the ram
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your psu has tons of wattage. get something like 400-500W is very sufficient. but you must pick a good quality one with enough on the 12V rail to satisfy the requirements of the video card. your choice for AMD is meh for me.
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im stealin ur rig trumpet
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KOF I believe that ram isn't compatible with AM3 boards, and only with socket 1156 (i5/i7 sub 900)
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and why are you getting 2 sticks of DDR3 RAM?
that ram runs best in triple chnl, so you should get 3 sticks.
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On December 27 2009 14:50 ramen247 wrote:
and why are you getting 2 sticks of DDR3 RAM?
that ram runs best in triple chnl, so you should get 3 sticks.
triple channel does not work on AM3 boards if I remember correctly.
edit: I think only on i7 :p
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On December 27 2009 14:50 FragKrag wrote:
KOF I believe that ram isn't compatible with AM3 boards, and only with socket 1156 (i5/i7 sub 900)
touche
i bought it for my i5 rig so..it's fine for me lol
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As it has been said, psu is overkill, go down to a quality 400-500W model.
I find this drive to be a better value than the WD Caviar Black at the 500GB size.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181
Rest of the build looks really solid.
16 : 9 is becoming the widescreen standard. The best bang for your buck will be in 21" or 23" 1920x1080 monitors. 16:10 is more expensive but they're definitely better monitors unless you plan on watching lots of movies on your computer or something. If you go for a 16:10 monitor, 24" size is optimal (1920x1200).
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This might just be personal preference, but I wouldn't trust Samsung as much as WD.
I also believe WD drives are generally faster than Samsung (esp c black)?
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On December 27 2009 15:32 FragKrag wrote:
This might just be personal preference, but I wouldn't trust Samsung as much as WD.
I also believe WD drives are generally faster than Samsung (esp c black)?
Agreed.
WD has always been good to me
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Wish I had money for a decent mobo and an i7.
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On December 27 2009 14:50 FragKrag wrote:
KOF I believe that ram isn't compatible with AM3 boards, and only with socket 1156 (i5/i7 sub 900)
Why would it not be compatible?
Apart from the latency, it would be pretty stupid for the vendor to segment their products this way.
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