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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:20 Medrea wrote: There is the ASRock Pro3 SE and the ASRock Pro3 (B3) I cannot seem to find a board that is labeled as simply Pro3 in the p67 line. You're pulling at straws here. Every motherboard is B3 revision, this is sort of irrelevant ... It's pretty stupid to be recommending a motherboard and not include such an important suffix. | ||
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JJGamer
United States76 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:31 skyR wrote: You're pulling at straws here. Every motherboard is B3 revision, this is sort of irrelevant ... It's pretty stupid to be recommending a motherboard and not include such an important suffix. Thats fair I guess, and indeed the poster was confused, though he ended up picking what is probably the intended model anyway. Although I would go with the cheaper one. | ||
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
Decided to go with a more standard brand in Asus for my motherboard and I decided to spend a bit more money on it since it's worth it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730 Downgraded the PSU.. definitely a bit over priced: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 Thoughts? | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:33 JJGamer wrote: Another question.. I have an SSD and I assume I should be booting windows incredibly fast and it does to some point. When it gets to the Welcome screen it hangs there for, I will say, 30 seconds. Any ideas why? It could be busy starting up malware  Find and kill your memory problem first. On October 14 2011 14:34 legendre20 wrote: Changes in the build: Decided to go with a more standard brand in Asus for my motherboard and I decided to spend a bit more money on it since it's worth it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730 Downgraded the PSU.. definitely a bit over priced: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 Thoughts? I don't understand. Didn't we just figure out you don't need a multi GPU capable motherboard? Why are we going even more expensive than the first board Right, first choice was an h67. I forgot. Either way that board is way too expensive for what you need, unless you have very specific uses that require a 190 dollar motherboard. I forget, when do we suggest a Z68? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:34 legendre20 wrote:+ Show Spoiler + Changes in the build: Decided to go with a more standard brand in Asus for my motherboard and I decided to spend a bit more money on it since it's worth it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730 Downgraded the PSU.. definitely a bit over priced: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 Thoughts? HX750 is not overpriced. It's still an extremely good PSU, it's semi-modular, and comes with a seven year warranty. If you are not doing a multi-GPU configuration than there is no reason to pick a P8Z68-V Pro... Even a P8Z68-V can do a multi-GPU configuration and has the same amount of phases as the Pro. The only things differing would be connectivity and maybe advanced rma option? | ||
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:40 legendre20 wrote: Yeah first board was pretty cheap lol.. I guess I want to spend the money to give myself options. Most likely I will only be running one GPU, but if I do decide to get another one, I'd like to be able to. Figuring that out would help yourself out a lot. It influences, and is influenced by, a lot of other things like monitor and motherboard. Also 150 dollars for a PSU for a single card setup is a good deal? | ||
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
 And yeah you're both probably right. Let me check out the P8Z68-V. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
Yeah that first PSU is an excellent PSU that would probably survive a lightning bolt hitting it (Kidding... OR AM I!?). But I dunno if your setup warrants that kind of attention considering the rest of the budget. | ||
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:45 legendre20 wrote: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773 better? I think for budget multi-GPU setups we have been going with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128495 Runs in x8x8 mode. Which is better than the x16x4 mode you linked. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
edit: and by "single monitor" I mean that a game would be displayed on one monitor rather than across multiple. Monitors with nothing strenuous going on don't count. Issue with the Z68MA-D2H is that the bottom slot is x4 (I think). So if you want to run x8/x8, you'll be putting two graphics cards right next to each other, which is terrible for airflow. I'd just go with the AsRock Z68 Pro3 ($105) and Antec Neo Eco 520C ($40): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157251 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030 You can always spend the rest of the budget on nicer peripherals/chairs/headphones/speakers/whatever. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On October 14 2011 14:57 legendre20 wrote: Forgive the lack of knowledge here, but is there really that much of a difference between x16x4 and x8x8? I've been told it was pretty minor.. Depends on your overall setup. Small resolution monitors running at 60hz do not warrant the upgrade on the lane. Large resolution Monitors and monitors running in 120hz get a bigger benefit from better lanes. Large resolutions at all framerates, and 120hz monitors because 120hz monitor suggests you have a setup that is capable of delivering a framerate that is near it, which suggests you nede the lane bandwidth in order to shove information down the bus that quickly. For 1080p 60hz monitors, I could see there being a small benefit. | ||
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
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damageinc
United States58 Posts
My 500gb wd cavier black hard drive is starting to run low on room. Is there any difference in performance with buying a second one of those, or should I just buy a 1TB+ and transfer everything over? | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
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