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On December 09 2011 11:46 TooN wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On December 09 2011 11:39 skyR wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 11:33 TooN wrote:+ Show Spoiler +I bought a Asus p8z68 LX motherboard with an i5 2500k and a GTX 560Ti.
Is this going to be working well? As in it'll work? Yes. As in if it was a good choice of a motherboard? No. Damn, can you recommend me a good motherboard  and why that wouldn't be a good choice (spec wise)
It depends on where you're buying from and if you're planning to do SLI or not.
The ASUS P8Z68-V LX doesn't support SLI and doesn't have mosfet heatsinks. ASUS generally don't have any lower-end boards that are appealing.
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Where can i buy good 90*90*10 fans for GPU's?
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On December 09 2011 13:00 skyR wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 11:46 TooN wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On December 09 2011 11:39 skyR wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 11:33 TooN wrote:+ Show Spoiler +I bought a Asus p8z68 LX motherboard with an i5 2500k and a GTX 560Ti.
Is this going to be working well? As in it'll work? Yes. As in if it was a good choice of a motherboard? No. Damn, can you recommend me a good motherboard and why that wouldn't be a good choice (spec wise) It depends on where you're buying from and if you're planning to do SLI or not. The ASUS P8Z68-V LX doesn't support SLI and doesn't have mosfet heatsinks. ASUS generally don't have any lower-end boards that are appealing.
So microcenter had a processor and mobo combo where fi you buy one of there listed mobo, you will get 50 dollars off.
Here are some other mobo I could go with that is within my budget. Let me know if anything jumps at you that's a better deal/fit.
ASUS p8z68-M PRO 1155 MATX
ASUS P8P67 R3 1155 ATX
Gigabyte GA Z68MX UD2H B3 1155 MATX
MSI Z68A G45 G3 1155 ATX
MSI P67A GD65 B3 1155 ATX
Thanks for your help!
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Hey guys what is better a Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R Motherboard or a ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard?
Edit: It will be used for gaming and i will be overclocking
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extreme4 but that seems like a strange choice, if you multigpu generally extreme3 or g43 or g45 or whatever are good enough and if you use only a single one, p8p67 and asrock p67 or z68 pro3 tend to be better
Extreme4 seems super premium somehow
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On December 09 2011 13:37 Medrea wrote:
Where can i buy good 90*90*10 fans for GPU's?
Just use a large sized fan and ziptie it to the heatsink.
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According to newegg's psu calculator, it recommends 392W which includes a 6670. However, amd recommends a psu with at least 500W. Can anyone explain the difference?
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On December 09 2011 23:50 billy5000 wrote:
According to newegg's psu calculator, it recommends 392W which includes a 6670. However, amd recommends a psu with at least 500W. Can anyone explain the difference?
Cheap PSUs won't be able to constantly provide their advertised wattage. A poor 500W PSU may indeed top out at 400W continuous power (the really bad ones even less). Which is why the AMD website takes a cautious approach when recommending PSUs while Newegg just calculates the total power needed and leaves it at that.
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is the antec neo eco 400w a quality psu, and would it be safe to use it on a computer which runs i5 2400 and 6850 or 6870? it has a regular 500gb 7200rpm hard drive, 4gb ram, simple mobo, and a case fan
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It should be, the Antec Neo Eco 520C at the very least is pretty good for how much it costs.
Easy way to calculate how much power you need it by looking at how many plugs your GPU needs. If it needs 1x PCIe plug, then it needs a decent 400W PSU; if it needs 2x PCIe plugs, then it needs a 500W PSU. The power requirements are really lax these days thanks to the really low power draw of Sandy Bridge processors so you can should definitely be able to run a HD6870 with a decent 400W PSU.
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For newbies, another easy way to calculate needed wattage is to look at TDP's as they're quite accurate peak figures for what a particular component at stock might draw (though some are way higher than needed, e.g. i5 2x00's 95W TDP but they hardly go over 60 - TDP is defined as the maximum amount of heat a cooler will be required to dissipate at stock operation).
So for an i5 2400 = 95W (realistically 60) + HD 6870 (TDP 150W I think) = ~245w , all other components and motherboard add a minimal amount, maybe ~50W altogether under full load. So you're looking at less than 300W peak if you somehow even manage to stress your PC that hard (you won't without specific programs).
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Intel generally lists TDP higher than actual power draw will go for most models, while AMD lists TDP a little under what the fastest models in the CPU family will draw in the worst case. Keep in mind that TDP accounts for any integrated graphics, which you may not be using.
AMD and Nvidia both list TDP generally a bit under what it's possible to draw with synthetic stress tests, but usually a bit above what you'll see in a game or other "real" application.
Also be careful if you have a whole of hard drives as each is in the range of 10W when working (and maybe 20-30W each when spinning up). Some totally loaded motherboards may take a decent bit of power, but never anything like as much as a typical CPU.
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On December 09 2011 19:38 Womwomwom wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 13:37 Medrea wrote:
Where can i buy good 90*90*10 fans for GPU's? Just use a large sized fan and ziptie it to the heatsink.
Can we get a number for "large"?
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On December 10 2011 03:43 Medrea wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 19:38 Womwomwom wrote:On December 09 2011 13:37 Medrea wrote:
Where can i buy good 90*90*10 fans for GPU's? Just use a large sized fan and ziptie it to the heatsink. Can we get a number for "large"?
A typical 120x120x25 fan? Scythe Gentle Typhoon for example.
EDIT: A whole separate question:
Any recommendations for internal Blu-Ray Drives? Need read-only for playing BD movies but don't want to spend extra on the playback software (stupid DRM... though I read on Lifehacker about some hackish workarounds).
Is this a good drive for example? It's an OEM Lite-on for $50 but comes with the "Cyberlink BD solution" disc which includes the latest playback software, I THINK.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106374
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Nothing is wring with it i suppose.I just feel like the extreme 4 is a better option i dont know why.
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On December 10 2011 07:00 Kleataurus wrote:Nothing is wring with it i suppose.I just feel like the extreme 4 is a better option i dont know why.
Thats when you know marketing has gotten a hold of you.
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On December 10 2011 07:21 Medrea wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2011 07:00 Kleataurus wrote:Nothing is wring with it i suppose.I just feel like the extreme 4 is a better option i dont know why. Thats when you know marketing has gotten a hold of you.
What do you think is a better board the pro3 or the extreme4
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