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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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MaieVShadowsonG
United Kingdom43 Posts
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On August 24 2011 16:43 DONTPANIC wrote:+ Show Spoiler + Okay! I want to upgrade. One of my video cards is wearing out and sometimes crashes and I feel like there are so many great options out there. I would like to play bf3 at max and Diablo 3 at max. here is what I bought many years ago and I would like to just replace what I have to for now with the option to continue in the future. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229038 What do you all think I should do? (I love this forum) Uhh, you have dual 4850's, they should be decent - probably they are held back by that CPU in some games, almost surely in SC2. But crashing should not happen.. have your checked your temps? Download HWMonitor and keep it on. If your GPU temps go over ~90* C under load (heavy gaming, or better yet, 10+ minutes of Furmark) you should consider opening up your case and using compressed air to clean those heatsinks and fans. | ||
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MaieVShadowsonG
United Kingdom43 Posts
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 25 2011 02:52 00Zarathustra wrote: I have a question, I'm buying an i5 2400 or 2500, I want to know which motherboard is better for this cpus the p67, p67, h55, p55. I'm getting just one good GPU and I will use dual monitors. But maybe later I want to get another GPU but maybe not. Also Im getting 4 gb ddr3 RAM How will these motherboards affect my build and my future upgrades? Depends what you want. If you want the ability to SLI/Crossfire in the future your motherboard will be more expensive - I personally don't recommend it. If you're getting an i5-2400 or i5-2500 (non-K version) then you have a nonoverclockable processor (well, insanely limited OC), so getting a p67 board is most likely overkill. Where are you shopping from? | ||
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tacowagon
United States2 Posts
Thanks for the help and that makes sense. I will probably be buying later this week. Appreciate the input | ||
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potatomash3r
Australia417 Posts
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition: $119 HD Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HD103SJ: $69 GPU ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2: $179 RAM G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT (2x4GB) DDR3: $49 Motherboard ASRock 880GMH-LE/USB3 AM3 Motherboard: $79 PSU Corsair CX-430 V2 Power Supply: $59 Case Antec One Hundred Case : $65 DVD drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST 24X DVDRW Drive: $25 TOTAL= $644 The only items that I'm not sure of is the case and motherboard. This build is pretty low end and its really only for the short term (2 years). Other than general advice on how well the parts fit one another, I want to know if this build is viable to play the very new games (specifically skyrim) on a high setting. Cheers  | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 25 2011 04:06 potatomash3r wrote: Hey guys, I need some advice on a $600 - $700 (AUD) budget computer excluding software. The site I primarily use for this is pccasegear.com and because I live in Australia the prices are a little higher. So from browsing this thread and some forums I've come up with this build: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition: $119 HD Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HD103SJ: $69 GPU ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2: $179 RAM G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT (2x4GB) DDR3: $49 Motherboard ASRock 880GMH-LE/USB3 AM3 Motherboard: $79 PSU Corsair CX-430 V2 Power Supply: $59 Case Antec One Hundred Case : $65 DVD drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST 24X DVDRW Drive: $25 TOTAL= $644 The only items that I'm not sure of is the case and motherboard. This build is pretty low end and its really only for the short term (2 years). Other than general advice on how well the parts fit one another, I want to know if this build is viable to play the very new games (specifically skyrim) on a high setting. Cheers Is the reason you chose your processor because you want to keep it budget but be able to stream? | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
On August 25 2011 04:06 potatomash3r wrote: Hey guys, I need some advice on a $600 - $700 (AUD) budget computer excluding software. The site I primarily use for this is pccasegear.com and because I live in Australia the prices are a little higher. So from browsing this thread and some forums I've come up with this build: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition: $119 HD Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HD103SJ: $69 GPU ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2: $179 RAM G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT (2x4GB) DDR3: $49 Motherboard ASRock 880GMH-LE/USB3 AM3 Motherboard: $79 PSU Corsair CX-430 V2 Power Supply: $59 Case Antec One Hundred Case : $65 DVD drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST 24X DVDRW Drive: $25 TOTAL= $644 The only items that I'm not sure of is the case and motherboard. This build is pretty low end and its really only for the short term (2 years). Other than general advice on how well the parts fit one another, I want to know if this build is viable to play the very new games (specifically skyrim) on a high setting. You should probably be unsure about your processor as well  . For less price you could get an i3-2100 and an Asrock h61m-vs motherboard. I don't know much about cases, but I've seen the BitFrenix Shinobi recommended on the last page or two, and that's a few bucks cheaper than the Antec. *shrug* | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 25 2011 04:30 MisterFred wrote: You should probably be unsure about your processor as well . For less price you could get an i3-2100 and an Asrock h61m-vs motherboard. I don't know much about cases, but I've seen the BitFrenix Shinobi recommended on the last page or two, and that's a few bucks cheaper than the Antec. *shrug*Depends what he's using it for, while the i3 would be a better choice if he wants a gaming build, he didn't really specify anything beyond "low end." | ||
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Freeheals
United States488 Posts
This is my cpu cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134 and this is my case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147107 I have the 5 default case fans installed, 1 intake on top, 2 intakes in front, 1 fan on side and 1 on back. PSU is on bottom and GPU is located just below the cpu cooler. Right now I have the cpu cooler facing so that the fan on the cpu cooler is facing the intake fan on the top of my case. Now I am finding that the space between my CPU cooler and my graphics card is very hot, I think because the fins that are supposed to disperse heat just disperse it right onto my graphics card underside.. Can anyone help me out? My computer knowledge is pretty limited Thanks a lot! | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
It's suppose to be Front intake side intake back out top out Basically the flow of most of those is take air from the front push it to the back take air form the bottom push it to the top The cpu cooler can face so that it blows air out the back or out the top, most people have it blow out the back but sometimes memory restrictions force them to blow it out the top. either one is fine with that case as the cpu wont be blowing hot air into the psu as that's a bottom mounded psu. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Freeheals
United States488 Posts
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
On August 25 2011 04:30 MisterFred wrote: You should probably be unsure about your processor as well . For less price you could get an i3-2100 and an Asrock h61m-vs motherboard. I don't know much about cases, but I've seen the BitFrenix Shinobi recommended on the last page or two, and that's a few bucks cheaper than the Antec. *shrug*When I was researching cases, I came across HardwareCanucks on Youtube and I really liked their video overviews of quite a few cases on the market now. It just so happens that they did a review of the Bitfenix Shinobi and uploaded it yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/user/HardwareCanucks | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2011/08/05/bitfenix-shinobi-review/2 If you're paying that much for a case, get some features. I like hardwarecanucks for some things, but their video case reviews feel more like advertisements. | ||
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