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ciberfog   06-25-2009 at 08:19:05 AM

Going to order today at newegg.com

Primary use: Gaming (casual and some hardcore games) most ps3 user.
Multitasking (web, video, sound and image editing).

Dont plan in overclock right now, waiting for the WC setup.


Setup:

HD
WD Caviar 16mb cache 320 GB OEM 55 USD

MOBO
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD 110


CPU AND VIDEO COMBO 390 USD

SAPPHIRE 100269SR Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black


PSU 70 USD (only will use 1 HDD and 1 Optical and the video card)
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI


MEMORY ( gskill for save 10 bucks? )

MUSHKIN 69 USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146785

GSKILL 55 USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231166

OCZ REAPER 65 USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227289

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ciberfog   06-25-2009 at 09:41:04 AM
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I found this ones, nice reviews and better speed, and same price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231194

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Proximon   06-25-2009 at 11:22:06 AM
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Yes get that, although my understanding is you won't benefit from anything faster than 1066, it worth having.

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gkay09   06-25-2009 at 03:19:03 PM
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Well seeing that you dont plan on crossfire, I would suggest you consider this config...
CPU + Graphics card -
X4 955 + HD 4890
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.199014

Mobo- GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128392

RAM -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231189

These changes wont affect your budget at all...but would certainly increase the performance...

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K1ash3r   06-25-2009 at 04:11:26 PM
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does the mobo you listed support DDR3 and Crossfire?

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ciberfog   06-25-2009 at 11:47:02 PM
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gkay09 wrote :

Well seeing that you dont plan on crossfire, I would suggest you consider this config...
CPU + Graphics card -
X4 955 + HD 4890
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.199014

Mobo- GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128392

RAM -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231189

These changes wont affect your budget at all...but would certainly increase the performance...




Thats a nice imput, what about, keep the same combo (940 + video) and get a better ram sticks? maybe 6gb?

That mobo you put there, is good? I mean the 760 chip

Or the combo of the 955+video will give me more performance than a better ram?

So ddr3 is the best ?


Message edited by ciberfog on 06-25-2009 at 11:48:55 PM
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gkay09   06-26-2009 at 06:18:31 AM
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@K1ash3r Yes that mobo is an AM3 mobo so it will support only AM3 CPUs and DDR3 RAM...But no crossfire as it has only 1 PCIe slot...

@ciberfog that mobo wont support AM2+ CPUs(X4 940) It supports the following CPUs...
X3 7x0, X4 945, x4 955, X4 810, X2 550...And would obviously support the newer CPUs that AMD might release...

And generally you wont notice much performance increase by increasing the RAM(Above 4GB)
And that X4 955 + Video combo surely would give you better performance than better RAM...
I wouldn't say DDR3 is the best but it is the way to go as newer CPUs will take advantage of the DDR3 speeds and DDR3 would slowly out-phase the DDR2 RAMs...

So if you don't plan crossfire, then that mobo is a very good option to consider as the money saved there can get you a better CPU...

And here are few reviews about that mobo...Go through it and if you feel it has enough to offer, then get that else you can stick with the X4 940 + 790X, even that would be a good alternative...Either ways, get which best suits your needs...
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/m [...] -ud3p.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/985/1/


Message edited by gkay09 on 06-26-2009 at 06:40:19 AM
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