EPTAM2+ motherboards aren't compatible with ddr3 RAM.
Everything else looks fine, I'm assuming your budget is ~$750?
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nineninja9
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AM2+ motherboards aren't compatible with ddr3 RAM. Everything else looks fine, I'm assuming your budget is ~$750? | ||
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FragKrag
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nas3
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nineninja9
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R04R
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+ another SATA Cable. All these builds being posted... usually you get 1 sata cable from the Mobo. That's enough for either optical or HD. So aren't they still lacking an extra sata cable? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.436925 Phenom II X4 955 + Gigabyte 870 Motherboard $250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119215 Cooler Master 690ii $70 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190 4GB GSkill DDR3 $92 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.431396 Samsung F3 1TB + Corsair 650W (definitely overkill, but it isn't a bad value) $145 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121387 ASUS GTX 460 $200 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102873 Sapphire 5770 $150 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102024 Sound card $80 Not sure why you need a sound card though. Integrated is plenty good for most end users. | ||
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nas3
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R04R
United States1631 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/8831/800build.jpg) With tax of 62.20 and shipping of 1.99 Grand total is $818.12 a bit over but you could replace the ram with a less "flashy" version like this or this with EMCYVYW28 promo code <-actually this one is better than the one in your build so might as well switch it. | ||
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nineninja9
United States194 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/8805/750v.png) Why spend $50 more on a power supply or $20 more on a motherboard if you aren't going to use all of the features? You could spend it on something that provides more immediate benefit. A 5850 1GB is better than a 460 768MB, though it's overkill for SC2. That being said, if you are planning on upgrading in the future, better options have been posted. | ||
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haduken
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LetMeShine
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On July 15 2010 18:11 haduken wrote: So GTX460 is the new bang for buck huh? Its so good that its made the 465, 470, and 480 useless. Its cheap, small, quiet, doesn't draw a stupid amount of power, isn't very hot, performs well, overclocks well, and in a few cases has nearly 100% SLI scaling (double FPS which means it crushes the 5970 and 480 for only $400). | ||
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haduken
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R04R
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I'd say this looks like a good bet (that heatsink fan is huuuuge and looks like it actually works), but there's no reviews for it yet so don't take my word. There's an article on it on hardwaresecrets.com if you search that video card on google, but you can't access it yet  I'm assuming it's still being written. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
Are we talking about 1920x1080? | ||
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R04R
United States1631 Posts
Overall the impact of overclocking is heavily game dependent. Core overclocking favors games that are ROP/shader limited and has little effectiveness on games that are limited by the total available RAM or by memory bandwidth. For this reason out of our subset of games core overclocking was most effective on Battleforge and Bad Company 2, while only moderately effective on Crysis and STALKER. On Crysis and STALKER overclocking was at best only marginally more useful than having a 1GB card. The big winner here with respect to performance is the Zotac card, thanks almost exclusively to its 1GB configuration, affording additional RAM/L2/ROPs. Of our 768MB cards the Asus comes ahead most of the time as expected thanks to its greater core overclock, but it does manage to fall to the overclocked EVGA card under Crysis where the latter’s greater stock memory clock clearly offers an advantage. Currently the sweet spot would look to be a 1GB card with a lesser overclock, which isn’t great news for the overclocking-focused EVGA and Asus cards in this roundup. While they are cheaper than a full 1GB card, they still carry a price over MSRP which cuts in to the gap between 768MB and 1GB cards. Ultimately the additional RAM/L2/ROPs more than makes up for the higher overclocks the 768MB cards can attain in most situations. Yeah, according to the benchmarks, at 1920x1200 you need more physical RAM to keep up. Overclocking doesn't compensate well enough. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
Its so good that its made the 465, 470, and 480 useless. Its cheap, small, quiet, doesn't draw a stupid amount of power, isn't very hot, performs well, overclocks well, and in a few cases has nearly 100% SLI scaling (double FPS which means it crushes the 5970 and 480 for only $400). Let's not try to overhype this card. It may be the best thing since the 5850, but the GTX 470 is still a very valid card (considering how cheap those things go for now). The GTX 465 was obsolete the second it came out :> | ||
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Easy772
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Empyrean
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On July 16 2010 06:01 Easy772 wrote: Hey guys, looking the best low-profile video card that would allow me to run SC2 on lowest settings but at optimal performance.. Trying to spend around $50 if Absolutely necessary I can go up to around $100 (I only use this computer during breaks at work and when I'm working late so It doesn't have to be the best).. Also please note that this rig only has a 250w Power supply so that would be an issue to consider. Pretty much any current video card can handle SC2 well on lowest settings. My three year old laptop with integrated graphics does just fine, so anything you get nowadays should have no problems. | ||
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Easy772
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On July 16 2010 06:03 Empyrean wrote: Pretty much any current video card can handle SC2 well on lowest settings. My three year old laptop with integrated graphics does just fine, so anything you get nowadays should have no problems. Awesome, thanks! So what low-profile card (~ $50) would give me the best "bang for my buck" sort of speak. | ||
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