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lakelucid   03-28-2009 at 01:11:34 AM

I am wondering if ATI 4870 1gig would work well with E5200 cpu, or would the cpu bottle neck the gpu.

The reason I am doing this is because I want to build a budget computer with an expensive and powerful gpu for gaming. I don't know if it is good idea, and yes, I am new to the DIY world.

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djcoolmasterx   03-28-2009 at 01:17:20 AM
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It won't be a bottleneck if you overclock your CPU a bit. The E5200 is a good overclocker so it wont be hard.

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lakelucid   03-28-2009 at 01:33:23 AM
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djcoolmasterx wrote :

It won't be a bottleneck if you overclock your CPU a bit. The E5200 is a good overclocker so it wont be hard.



How fast should I be OCing E5200 to for the ATI 4870 to perform well?

I am considering buying ASUS P5Q SE PLUS LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard to go with the system
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131347

and I use a 22" Asus LCD


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djcoolmasterx   03-28-2009 at 01:55:49 AM
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That mobo is probably overkill.

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mamw93   03-28-2009 at 02:15:30 AM
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You may bottleneck a little bit but you should overclock it to around 3GHZ to see some GREAT results.

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megamanx00   03-28-2009 at 04:12:14 AM
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That motherboard should be good for it. Yeah you need to overclock your 5200 to at least 3 GHz. There is a chance you can get significantly more out of it, but it just depends on the sample you get.

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peaks   03-28-2009 at 02:04:20 PM
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That motherboard is good, wanna be sure you have a stable system when overclocking. Should be able to get over 3 with good board and cooler

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