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Fisiks
Australia11 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Mackem
United Kingdom470 Posts
i5 2500K - Probably going to overclock PNY XLR8 8GB RAM PNY GTX 560Ti OC2 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB SATA DVD Drive Thanks. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Antec Basiq Plus 550W is not very good, but it's not bad either. Not much is known about the performance, though it should fall in line with lower-end Delta units. Components are on the cheap side to keep costs low. It's £51.58. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-antec-basiq-plus-modular-psu-eps-12v-120mm-fan-atx-12v-version-22 On today-only deal, XFX XXX Edition 650W is £64.79 and probably would be my pick for something that is generally of very good quality. http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/index.aspx If you want something fully modular, get the Silverstone Strider Plus 600W. The 500W one (ST50F-P) is a different design that's okay but has pretty droopy rails. I guess it wouldn't be as bad at the lower 300W and under loads you'd see. | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
What is a fair price for an used (almost 1 year) AMD 1055/Gigabyte 890 GPA UD3H. I was thinking of selling them to a friend and then using the money toward an upgrade for Sandy bridge... Good idea, or waste of money? (for me) | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Whether it's a waste of money or not is dependent on who you ask. It's not that much a waste of money imo... it's a decent performance upgrade. | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
Well, that would be crazy to ask her to take my used part, when she can get I3 combo (+ mobo) for 159 :S What are my options out there : I5 + mobo combo? NCIX has a few combo at 300$+, not sure if they are great deals. Robert | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
The cheapest combo deal right now on NCIX is a MSI P67 GD65 and core i5 2500k for $380. The combo deals this week aren't good so you'll want to buy the core i5 2500k separately for $208 and a motherboard for around $110 - $200 depending on what you're looking for. edit: The core i3 2100 bundle for $160 is no longer on sale but I'm sure it'll be back sometime soon and the Pentium Sandybridge bundle will most likely drop in price soon as well. | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
I'm not a big gamer. Right now, only SC2. Current build runs it on max perfectly, so almost no reason to upgrade, except if i can resale those pieces for a decent price and get that upgrade! Also, as soon as i find a good deal, im going to use that 250$ futureshop gift card I have (you probably remember it) to get one of their vid card... I was thinking of eventually going Eyefinity... Not sure how much time it will take me. edit : No, I don't plan on doing any SLI/Crossfire. I might OC, if needed. The current 1055 is OCed to 3700ghz. Am not able to go over 3700  | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
If you want to do Eyefinity, you're going to have to do CrossfireX or you're going to be extremely disappointed with the performance. You're going to be playing at resolutions of 3240x1920 or similar in an Eyefinity setup which requires a lot of GPU power. If you're going for Eyefinity, you might as well get a core i5 2500k and overclock it to 4.5GHz - 5GHz as well =p | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
I think you recommended me the 6950/70 with 2gb ram for multiple monitor build. Would you recommend them again? | ||
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Avi-Love
Denmark423 Posts
Currently using a AMD Phenom II x4 945 processor with a Radeon HD5770 my mobo is an Asus M4A785TD-V EVO if it matters. I was thinking GPU might be a good upgrade because I play on a 24 inch screen at 1920x1080, but then I remember reading sc2 is more focused around cpu's.. so not sure! Any help would be greatly appreciated <3 | ||
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IreScath
Canada521 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Yes, you most definitely want 6950 2GB for Eyefinity. @Avi-Love If you're struggling playing the game smoothly (no streaming) than you'll want a graphics card upgrade. If you are struggling with streaming, you either have a bad internet connection or incorrect settings since I think many people stream somewhat decently with your processor. If you're looking for a processor upgrade though, you'll looking at an Intel core i5 2500k and a P67 or Z68 motherboard since it makes little sense to upgrade from a X4 945 to a higher clocked X4 or a X6. | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Here are some articles showing the performance you get for a resolution of 2560x1600: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd6970-hd6950.html http://www.anandtech.com/show/4061/amds-radeon-hd-6970-radeon-hd-6950 If you're doing Eyefinity with 3x monitors with a 1080p resolution than you're going to be playing at 3240x1920 / 5760 x 1080. | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
--> I'll need to crossfire a 300$ vid card = 600 --> Need 2 more screens. Assuming Asus VH236H = 300$ --> A power supply that can supply a CF build (mine is a seasonic 620W) | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On June 03 2011 15:55 XenOmega wrote: Oh man, it seems like Eyefinity is becoming harder to reach... --> I'll need to crossfire a 300$ vid card = 600 --> Need 2 more screens. Assuming Asus VH236H = 300$ --> A power supply that can supply a CF build (mine is a seasonic 620W) Well the good news is that as long as you're not overclocking the video cards, a Seasonic 620W would be able to handle Crossfire HD 6950s easily. Personally I'd think the 5760 x 1080 setup would be pretty awkward, so you'd want even more expensive monitors that could be used vertically. Unfortunately now we're talking way more than the cost of a new power supply.  edit: late lol | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
HD 5830 : SAPPHIRE 100297L Radeon HD 5830 1GB Video Card, is on sale at 102.99$ I remember people saying that it was a good card when hitting the low price. Can I Xfire those? ^^ Oh, and what MOBO to get for a Xfire build with I5 SB? ty! | ||
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