HELP! Before I hit the BUY button!

[blackulaa]

$1500 system. Have monitor and peripheals. Only want single card solution. Highest resolution is 1680x1050. I will not change on card and cpu. So tell me if I'm ok or could tweak with anything else. We have 2 hours until I hit the buy button Oh should I try to shop at Frys (in store) or just do it all through Newegg? Anybody have newegg promo codes. ><

Thanks

Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
1 ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T - Retail

$39.99

1 Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

$129.99
1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

$74.99
1 VisionTek 900250 Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video

$549.99
1 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply -

$129.99
1 CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-8500C5D - Retail

$134.00
1 ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

$139.99
1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9550 - Retail

$324.99
1 XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail

$36.99
1 XIGMATEK ACK-I7751 Retention Bracket - Retail
$6.99

$1567 before tax

 

[grieve]

Nice machine, almost exact to mine. Dont HAVE to change anything.

Consider 2 or 3 or 4 small HDD's in raid 0 ?

The Antec 900 is a great cooling case... If you dont plan to OC to much and would like something quieter consider Cooler Master Cosmos 1000. If you want a high OC the 900 is perfect for you or even the 1200.

 

[alvine]

dont go raid0 unless you have raid card. when you overclock you most likely to crash few times and integrated raid will go bonkers and you just lost all data BUY IT GOGO I'm so jellous everything looks perfect!! good luck with build m8

 

[cow_moo]

WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

DONT GET THE HD4870X2 IT HAS MANY PROBLEMS JUST GET DUAL 4870 IN CROSSFIRE

 

[blackulaa]

Hmm I've only heard good things about the 4870 x2?

 

[shortstuff_mt]

I'm not sure what drugs cow_moo's on, but the reviews I've read of the 4870x2 have all been good. It's the best single card option by far IMO. I guess some people can't read - "Only want single card solution".

 

[blackulaa]

Um. i just pwnt myself. Wnet to hit buy and Newegg removed the Visiontek from my cart saying they are out of stock lol. Wanted that one for the lifetime guarantee. Anything comprable?

 

[shortstuff_mt]

zipzoomfly.com has a Gigabyte 4870x2 for $539.99 and it comes with GRID for free. If the lifetime warranty is really important, wait for the Visiontek card. Otherwise, it looks like most manufacturers are using the standard card, so they should all really be about the same. The Gigabyte card has a 2 year parts, 3 year labor warranty. It didn't say anything about the free GRID game, but when I added it to my cart GRID was included at $0!

Edit: link to the card on zipzoomfly if you're interested:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009232

 

[anarchy4sale]

I looked but some of them didnt say what they have for warrenty, but this is the best one I found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125233

 

[grieve]

dont go raid0 unless you have raid card. when you overclock you most likely to crash few times and integrated raid will go bonkers and you just lost all data BUY IT GOGO I'm so jellous everything looks perfect!! good luck with build m8

hmm I have almost the exact same machine... I have mine OC'd to 3.4 and run raid 0 with Vista64, I run this 24/7...no issues at all. I did however have my OC mastered before I formatted and went with Raid 0.

Also I noticed a huge difference when I switched to Raid 0…. To be honest I was surprised and I am now considering selling my two 500 gig drives and purchasing four 200’s or something like that… 4 small ones anyhow.

I am not a huge fan of software Raid, however it is much faster then non-raid.

 

[grieve]

WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

DONT GET THE HD4870X2 IT HAS MANY PROBLEMS JUST GET DUAL 4870 IN CROSSFIRE

Your on Krack... 4870x2 is a sweet card, runs awesome in Vista and XP. You may be referring to a certain Catalyst that was released.

 

[blackulaa]

Done. Got the Visiontek from TigerDirect.com

Thanks everyone.

Ended up cheaper this way by about 30-40 bucks for whatever readon lol.

 

[blackulaa]

Wow, like an hour after I purchased my card, it went out of stock...