Cases?

[eagleeye]

I need a good case to fit to 4870's recommendations"

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Price range? Want a side window? A ton of cases will fit a 4870, can get a nice enthusiast case for as low as $60 these days. The Antec 900 has a good performance/looks/price ratio. If you want to go all out, like the 200-300 range, then there are about 3 or 4 cases I consider worthy of that price range. It's really up to you personal preferences at that point.

 

[eagleeye]

should I go with an msi or asus board looking to go with amd

antec 900 you have a link?

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

Msi will probably give you the same overclocking features as Asus for less money. Personally when I want a powerful board and don't care about the price, I'd buy an Asus.

 

[aevm]

should I go with an msi or asus board looking to go with amd

antec 900 you have a link?

Antec 900, $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=Antec+900

Also check out these parts:

MSI K9A2 Platinum Crossfire 16x+16x
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136

Phenom 9850 (comparable with Q6600 at stock)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249

750TX PSU (to support Crossfire HD 4870)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&Tpk=750tx

 

[IH8U]

If you are looking for an AMD motherboard try one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128075
$125 (2x PCIX-16) Gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131331
$150 (2x PCIX-16) Asus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136044
$135 (3x PCIX-16) DFI (can only use DDR2 800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131224
$220 (4x PCIX-16) Asus

If you are using an AM2 proc get DDR2 800 RAM
If an AM2+ (ie Phenom, or Tri-Core) get DDR2 1066

*Note If you get the Antec 900, make sure that all power cords on your PSU will reach (as the 8 pin near the CPU is a pain if the cable is too short)*
Stay away from MSI (you get what you pay for) have had, and seen too many die, taking other things out at the same time.

 

[gamecrazychris]

I really like this case, as long as you like blue
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144205

 

[eagleeye]

Update** Ordered the antec case and the corsair psu. Went with MSI since I have an MSI board and have had previous msi boards without problems. Asus doesn't like me lol and gigabyte I havn't had a problem with but I went with the 4x pci 2.0 slots.