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WAAA
New Zealand291 Posts
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz 4 gig ram NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On February 07 2010 14:50 FragKrag wrote: I believe that if his mobo can support a C2D, it can drop in a C2Q dunno doesnt officially support it. supports newer c2d though. might just drop $100 on that and wait it out till bulldozer OooOoooooOoo On February 07 2010 14:51 WAAA wrote: Do you think this will be able to run sc2/what sort of settings? Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz 4 gig ram NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX no one really knows. any answer you get is speculation but if i were to speculate i would say super-high-happy-fun-time-sparkle-TO-THE-MAX-SETTINGS. depending on res that can play like 90% of games no problem on med-high so take that for what it's worth. edit master | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
On February 07 2010 14:51 WAAA wrote: Do you think this will be able to run sc2/what sort of settings? Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz 4 gig ram NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX highest settings pffft bulldozer... just get i7 980x imo | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On February 07 2010 14:35 FragKrag wrote: $400 isn't going to get you much on that list. It'll get the 955, the DDR3 RAM, and the PSU, but nothing else. 955 C3 Stepping $160 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product Easier OC than C2 955, and for some reason it's cheaper. DDR3 $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145263&cm_re=DDr3-_-20-145-263-_-Product I'm not sure why you want 1067 RAM, since AM3 supports 1333 natively... 550W Antec PSU $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016&cm_re=Antec_550W-_-17-371-016-_-Product High quality Antec PSU That leaves you $80 for both mobo and Windows 7 Ultimate. In which case you aren't actually upgrading, you're just building a new computer. I did say it was sort of a complete overhaul, I dont need to worry about W7 at the moment but mostly the Mobo and PSU. This is gonna be bought over a period, I always look for discount stuff first.  | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
Mobo is actually pretty easy, but it can depend on how far you want to go with your board. There are loads of USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s out on the market now. However, if you want to be able to OC that Phenom II 955 well, then you will need a board with the 790 chipset. They range from around $140-200ish depending if you want better xfire/SLi support and USB3.0 + SATA 6GB/s | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On February 07 2010 14:53 mahnini wrote: dunno doesnt officially support it. supports newer c2d though. might just drop $100 on that and wait it out till bulldozer OooOoooooOoo no one really knows. any answer you get is speculation but if i were to speculate i would say super-high-happy-fun-time-sparkle-TO-THE-MAX-SETTINGS. depending on res that can play like 90% of games no problem on med-high so take that for what it's worth. edit master Well considing they were running sc2 years back off 8800gtx and 9800gtx is about the same as it just a G92 vs a g80 chip and the E8400 is just about as power gaming dual core cpu as you can get i'd say you'd do fine. Idealy sc2 will want quad cores as it is a rts game and to specualte like most modern rts games will love quads. Really it depends on your resolution i would think sc2 wouldn't have super high specs and you'd be fine up to about 1920x1080 on high settings. | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On February 07 2010 12:24 FragKrag wrote: Though I hope with the new i7s the 920 becomes cheaper (maybe I want too much~) Random question, but would there be a significant difference in gaming performance between a p55 i5 rig and an x58 i7 assuming both were using single graphics cards and comparable parts otherwise? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
The typical i7 also has Hyperthreading which the i5 lacks, which makes it a bit more futureproof. Triple channel memory is worthless. (however there is also the idea that the 6 core i7s are dropins..) | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
Triple channel memory has its uses, just not in gaming really, again. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
Really, why push an i5 over 4ghz when you can do 3.6~3.8 easily on stock voltage and still enjoy turboboost AND have a good power consumption. If I had a ton of money to blow just to churn out synthetic benchmark numbers, maybe, but otherwise, nah. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
It would be less of a problem if the multiplier was unlocked in the nonextreme i7s, but if I set my BC at 180, and then using 2 cores and seeing my multiplier jump up 4 would scare the shit out of me | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
920's turbo only sets the multiplier 1 higher, i5s are 2 or 4? Forgot. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
750s set the multiplier to +1 until dual core where it gets +4 So yeah turboboost on the 920 doesn't do much since you never really get to single core, but for the 750, jumping up 4 on your multiplier would be really fucking scary for me. Edit: I underestimated how smart the i5/i7 series are with temps and stuff, though if you have ample cooling to allow Turbo Boost, you have ample cooling to just throw that BC up. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
The thing is that turbo also enjoys additional benefit from OC, if you can sit at 3.6ghz and have the multiplier bumped up by 4 when situations calls for it, it is really by far more useful than having them all sitting at 4ghz constantly as far as normal usage goes. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
Really i5-750 is all you need in games very littel diff from that and higher end cpus right now. Esp if it's a single card set up a P55 would be perfect hell most cases a P55 sli / crossfire does little diff between the x58 full bandwidth because most times cards don't use near full bandwidth of pcie 2.0 x16 so dual x8 works fine. But tri fire and 3/quad sli P55 is shitty without Nf200 chipset to give a boost to bandwidth. But i mean if you're going quadfire you should probably not use such cheap parts and might as well go high end. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
Still, the best reason for a gamer to get the X58 is the dual PCIe X16 imo. Though the i7 1366 does OC better under stock volts, if that kind of stuff matters to you. ... drop in 6 cores :D:D:D Edit: The reason I'm considering running an AM3 system over a P55 system is because of the Dual X16 slots, and because of the dropin 6 cores. | ||
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Jlab
United States217 Posts
Allow me to specify, there is a fan on the graphics card, then the obvious Power supple, and Chip, one on the front for the Hard Drives. Does there need to be a fan on the side or top for pulling in or pushing out air from the motherboard and stuff? | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On February 08 2010 10:59 Jlab wrote: Okay so i've got all the hardware and stuff figured out but i have no clue how many fans i need. Allow me to specify, there is a fan on the graphics card, then the obvious Power supple, and Chip, one on the front for the Hard Drives. Does there need to be a fan on the side or top for pulling in or pushing out air from the motherboard and stuff? the only fans you'll need are for the case. buy a nice case -> problem solved! | ||
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FragKrag
United States11553 Posts
There are awesome cases at every price point. | ||
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