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rctycoon   08-16-2008 at 12:17:39 AM

Please give me some input on this

Dfi x38 t2rb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136051

Intel q6600

g.skill2x2gb pc6400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231192

XIGMATEK HDT-SD964/w retention bracket-went with 92mm so i could fit it on mobo,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233014

4870

antec true power quattro 850w psu

WD 250gb caviar


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Plyro109   08-16-2008 at 02:35:56 AM
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Are you putting in two 4870s? I don't see the need for an 850w PSU with only one.... a 650 will probobly be much more fitting to the system.

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huron   08-16-2008 at 02:36:39 AM
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Those looks like fine choices.

I would suggest if you don't want a large hard drive to get the 320 GB hard drive by Western Digital that is only 1 platter.

Personally I would get the 640 GB hard drive (2 platters) by Western Digital. It's only $85 with free shipping on newegg.com.

That's a huge PSU for only that one card - if you are planning on getting an upgrade (another 4870 in the future), then that's OK. Otherwise it's overkill.

Good luck with build.

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aevm   08-16-2008 at 02:38:35 AM
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Add an Antec 900, really nice price at newegg today.

 

Are you sure that cooler and motherboard fit well together? I couldn't find out. You might want to upgrade to P5E Deluxe/HDT-S1283,

 

WD's 640GB disk is faster than the 250GB models, and costs very little per GB.

 

Nice PSU. I'm assuming it's for Crossfire, otherwise it's way overkill. You can save $40 or so getting a 750TX. Use the savings to upgrade the MB.

 

Edit: I hadn't seen the two posts above this one. Great minds think alike :)


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mark $   08-16-2008 at 03:04:36 AM
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Get the Q6600 and the Asus P5Q pro combo deal on newegg and save $55 with it. The deal was on slickdeals.net this morning.

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rctycoon   08-16-2008 at 03:31:40 AM
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yeah im planning on two 4870s, thats why i went with 850w, and im also planning on oc'ing so i figured the more juice the better. If i decide to go with a q9300 instead will this board suffice if i only plan to oc around 3.2ghz? And is it worth it to go with the q9300 over the q6600(about an 80$ price difference) if my main focus is gaming?Im pretty much set on quad core

oh and about the hard drive, i already have a 320gb WD and i just got the 250gb one already(for forty bucks no less!). Now i know alot of people hate buying recertified hd, which the 250gb one was, but it was a good price and it has a five year warranty on it. i have it plugged into my other computer right now and it seems fine, but does anyone know of a free program that will stress test it just to be certain


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aevm   08-16-2008 at 09:22:38 PM
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If you overclock, the Q6600 is actually worth more money than the Q9300 IMO. That's because it has a better multiplier and more cache and can be faster after OCing.

The P5Q Pro is a great product. However, for HD 4870Crossfire, it will cause bottlenecks. Like any P45 MB, it drops to x8+x8 in Crossfire. For best results, get an X48 motherboard. I like the P5E Deluxe and the GA-X48-DS4, for example. The aBit IX38 QuadGT would also be good, but it's just as expensive as the x48 boards anyway.

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foxrocks   08-16-2008 at 09:35:53 PM
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What resolution monitor do you have? Any Xfire bottlenecks caused by P45 instead of X38/48 might be irrelevant if you're not on a very hi-res display.

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rctycoon   08-17-2008 at 12:42:02 AM
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I have a 22inch monitor, but im not thinking about current gaming im also thinking about the future too, and the x38 board is priced very well, only about 20$-30$ more than your average p45 board

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