Purpose for new rig: Future-proof my new rig as cheaply as possible. Looking forward to gaming (Age of Conan/Crysis) as well as media encoding using Adobe Premiere.
Total: $1195 tax included
$1213 total with shipping
Is $1,213 worth it for this rig? Any suggestions to make it cheaper?
Would I need higher wattage psu since I'm crossfiring?
What is an ideal motherboard for crossfire? I heard that 8x / 8x and 16x / 16x are negligible in performance. A cheaper mobo for me would be better than the current one I have selected. Should I settle for P45?
Message edited by aohus on 07-14-2008 at 04:22:24 AM
The Centurion 5 has one 120mm fan and one 80mm fan. It will have a very hard time dealing with two single-slot high-end video cards. Strongly recommend RC-690 instead. It's $21 more after shipping, and well worth it.
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If the P45 gets all sorted out with it's drivers, agreed that it would be a less expensive choice.
The theory was that x8 would be enough for crossfire. We should know in a week or two if it's going to work out in practice... I have a P5Q-E sitting in front of me, and I've been doing alot of reading. There are a few things I think the testers might have done differently to squeeze out more performance, and I'm going to look at them tomorrow when the rest of the parts come in.
