EPT6950 for $285. Wonder if they even have any in stock, I didnt add to cart or anything.
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Medrea
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6950 for $285. Wonder if they even have any in stock, I didnt add to cart or anything. | ||
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
On March 20 2012 01:13 SirHyoon wrote: so you reckon paying extra $134 for a 2700K from a 2500K isnt worth it? Just slightly uninformed about how big of a gap in performance it is between them two. Depends on which games. I hear BF3 can actually use the hyperthreading, but for all blizz games and most other games, you will notice about 0% improvement between the two. Reason being that Starcraft II and other games only use 2 cores, so adding more virtual cores through hyperthreading doesn't really help at all. | ||
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Medrea
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Running Battlefield 3 on a processor with hyperthreading is a huge liability since people with it have been reporting terrible stuttering problems. BF3 is in fact a prime case where HT hurts gaming performance. | ||
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Melancholia
United States717 Posts
On March 19 2012 13:35 skyR wrote: Well considering how the Rosewill case is terrible (molex fans, no thumbscrews, mounting system looks god awful, etc), yes. I meant different than the Corsair Obsidian. Also, what are the differences between the HIS 7970 and the Sapphire 7970 one? The second fan? | ||
Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On March 20 2012 04:41 Melancholia wrote: I meant different than the Corsair Obsidian. Also, what are the differences between the HIS 7970 and the Sapphire 7970 one? The second fan? Reasons not to get the 550D then would be for lower price, lower size, or lower weight. The difference in those graphics cards is the cooling solutions (and bundled accessories, and price, and maybe customer service / warranty support). Both use the same reference PCB design; the HIS uses the reference cooling design, while Sapphire packs a custom cooler. I think just saying the second fan is misleading, because that maybe trivializes the difference--the reference cooling design is much noisier and doesn't cool the graphics card as well, but it exhausts most of the heat through the length of the shroud, outside of the case. Sapphire's non-reference design is a typical open-air cooler, which will expel a lot of the heat right back into the chassis, resulting in a bit higher system temperatures. | ||
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skyR
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On March 20 2012 04:41 Melancholia wrote:+ Show Spoiler + On March 19 2012 13:35 skyR wrote: Well considering how the Rosewill case is terrible (molex fans, no thumbscrews, mounting system looks god awful, etc), yes. I meant different than the Corsair Obsidian. Also, what are the differences between the HIS 7970 and the Sapphire 7970 one? The second fan? Well you should specify what you want for a case if you don't like the 550D since there's a lot of cases... + Show Spoiler [just to name a few] + Coolermaster Cosmos II Corsair 600T Silverstone RV03 Thermaltake Level 10GT Antec P280 Antec Eleven Hundred Antec Three Hundred Two Bitfenix Raider Bitfenix Shinobi Bitfenix Survivor Fractal Design Define R3 Coolermaster HAF 912 Coolermaster 690ii Advanced Coolermaster Storm Enforcer | ||
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Melancholia
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skyR
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maareek
United States2042 Posts
My question comes down to this: if I buy an SSD today (well, in, say the next week or two), is there a good reason to not buy the Intel 520? I'm looking at getting either the 120GB or 180GB version at this point. Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on some darkhorse or the like as its been quite some time since I've been what I'd consider well read on the tech scene and it's a little intricate to just jump back into. If you feel moved to wax eloquent on the subject (or to link to some Anand-level guru-ness on the subject that I've missed), I'd be glad to read it. Thanks in advance. | ||
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skyR
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Melancholia
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On March 20 2012 12:21 Melancholia wrote: Out of curiosity, if I wanted 64GB of RAM why wouldn't I just get 4 sets of something like this 2x8GB GSkill set? Because there's a fairly limited subset of motherboards with 8 slots, and that's in the insanely expensive benchmark for fun enthusiast class of hardware? If that is what you want to do, though, there's no reason not to go with the cheaper option. It does beg the question, though... what do you think you need 64GB of RAM for? | ||
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Melancholia
United States717 Posts
The motherboard we were looking at has 8 RAM slots, I was mostly wondering if there was some reason why just any 8GB sticks wouldn't play nice at 64GB: $280 - ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 | ||
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skyR
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Melancholia
United States717 Posts
On March 20 2012 12:49 skyR wrote: You are purchasing it with the knowledge that it sucks right? Because I did mention that it sucks. Ah, I had somehow managed to miss it. Still, for $270 it's tempting. There's an Asus alternative for $260. | ||
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Poe
United States32 Posts
I am not super sure on what to look at when getting a board, as I have only built three computers (all amd), so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am looking to spend around 100-150. -I use my system for gaming and streaming. I won't need any on board graphics. -Would like decent and reliable sound quality without buying an additional sound card. I just use a general 2 speaker setup, and of course a headset. -I currently only have one video card, its an nvidia, that will be my next upgrade after mobo+cpu. I am generally partial to single gpu setups, but it would be nice to have an option of 2x if I decide at some point. -I have 2 sata hard drives, so I assume just about any board will cover that. -I live in the desert and it gets toasty here, so my home and therefore computer are always a little warmer. Being able to have several fan plug-ins and speed options would be cool -I do a little overclocking (hence the 2500k instead of 2500) but usually don't go as far as altering voltage. Would like a board that has at least decent overclocking options and bios These are some of the things I have been considering but I just have no clue: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128498 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130582 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130596 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138317 I of course am interested to hear of better options for equal cost as those I listed, with the same criteria I am looking for Thanks in advance for the help! | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
I would suggest the Asrock Z68 Extreme3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271 | ||
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Poe
United States32 Posts
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Aycrith
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1000$ What is your resolution? 1920x1080 x4 What are you using it for? Gaming/Streaming/Work What is your upgrade cycle? Very long time, no plans on upgrading in the near future. When do you plan on building it? ASAP Do you plan on overclocking? No Do you need an Operating System? No Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? Yes, I created a post about a week ago. Everyone was very helpful giving me additional information on what would work best on for my situation. I've decided that I need SLI and 2 cards to support 4 monitors. I just need to know what are the most cost efficient cards to buy that will last me the longest amount of time. Where are you buying your parts from? Newegg unless anyone has a better solution. In my last post I was hoping to use some of my old parts frrom my existing computer. I've now decided to overhaul everything and buy everything from the case up. Thank you everyone! | ||
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billy5000
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