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Not_Computer

Canada2277 Posts

February 18 2010 01:09 GMT

#41

On February 17 2010 15:08 FragKrag wrote:
That isn't a very good motherboard. The 770 chipset is quite old.

A good idea would be to just get the AMD P2 955, and then get a better motherboard. (785/790 chipset)

A lot of people have been telling me to get the AMD PII but it uses up SO much power. I was considering the i5-650 but I think the i5-750 is better in the long run since I'm not getting an i7.

and ya, I've been looking at the ATI 5700 series, you recommend the 5750? I'll take a look into that.

Thanks for the input guys~

And I forgot, I mean $1000 CAD (actually, there's not that much a difference now that I think about it), and that's after tax, so say $845 USD.

Any recommendations for a monitor?
(lol, should I make my own blog for this?)

edit: that build looks great aznwolfstein, it's really similar to what I have right now actually, haha

FragKrag

United States11538 Posts

February 18 2010 01:17 GMT

#42

What do you mean it uses too much power?

Anyways at $850, I doubt you'll be able to get a fully satisfactory i5 build. You'll have to skimp on upgradeability of mobo/PSU

Achromic

773 Posts

February 18 2010 01:19 GMT

#43

Damn, this thread is helping me a lot. Thanks guys.

Not_Computer

Canada2277 Posts

February 18 2010 02:04 GMT

#44

On February 18 2010 10:17 FragKrag wrote:
What do you mean it uses too much power?

Anyways at $850, I doubt you'll be able to get a fully satisfactory i5 build. You'll have to skimp on upgradeability of mobo/PSU

I'm alright for the upgradability of the mobo, I don't really plan to upgrade aside from perhaps a secondary hard drive in the future (which is no problem anyways)

oh, and you were talking about the phenom ii x4 955, i looked at the 965
I've had pretty bad experiences with AMD despite all the major improvements they've done to match Intel (I've had 4 AMD computers in the past, all of which died rather quickly... but then 3 of them were HP, and HP sucks as well)

~~convince me why i should choose the phenom ii over the i5~~

(ok seems like i'm convincing myself... but still,,, i'm biased and instinctive to choose intel)

but I'm considering something along the line of aznwolfstein's posted build

edit: ah this is annoying, I thought I had a copy of the document with my build on it. I guess I'll have to go look up all the parts again.

edit2: is there any AMD chipset mobo that has USB 3.0 compatibility/certification?
and how much better is the 790FX over the 790X over the 785G over the 770?

edit3: how accurate is this review from this website "hardware reviews"

FragKrag

United States11538 Posts

February 18 2010 02:31 GMT

#45

The 790FX chipset is for CrossFire and SLi configs that you won't need. The 785G is essentially an upgraded version of the 780G which is a 770 with an onboard graphics processor. I don't think the 770 supports CrossFire either.

Yeah, there are Gigabyte Mobos with USB 3.0 and SATA 6gb/s.
link

I don't think that review is entirely accurate. It would be better to check out individual benchmarks based on resolutions and game settings (measured in FPS). Those 3D vantage scores are sort of useful sometimes, but they aren't 'real world' tests for the most part.

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