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digitalbean   11-11-2009 at 05:51:01 PM

Alright Folks, here is the buy,

5 x i7's and 10 x phenom's X4

And if your in and around montreal, this could land you a years membership to the gaming lounge =-)

Thank you for taking a peak and speaking your thoughts on the builds :hello: !


Tigerdirect Description Quantity
Item#'s

A455-2881 ASUS M4A785-M AMD 785G Socket AM3 Motherboard x10
A79-9751 AMD Phenom X4 9750 2.4Ghz 4MB OEM CPU x10
C13-6084 Corsair XMS 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz (2x2048MB) x10
TSD-750AS6 Seagate 750GB Serial ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G x10
A355-2010 Apex PC-389 ATX Black Mid-T Case x10
A406-1120 XION AXP Gaming ArmorX Mid Tower Case Without PSU x5
A455-2868 Asus P6T Intel X58 Socket LGA1366 Motherboard x5
CP1-I7-920 Intel Core i7-920 2.66Ghz 8M LGA1366 CPU x5
C13-2040 Corsair XMS 6144MB PC10666 DDR3 1333MHz (3 x2048) x5
M17-7300 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit Dvd OEM x15
P450-4884 XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB PCIe w/Dual Link DVI x5
ULT-LSP550 Ultra LSP550 550w Power Supply x15
TSD-500AAKS WD Caviar 500GB Serial ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G x5
E145-9504 EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe w/Dual Link DVI x10
N100-1454 P Netgear 16 Port 10/100 Desktop Switch x1
L23-7830 Logitech Deluxe 250 Desktop OEM Black mouse keyboard x15
L49-2343 CA LG W2343T-PF 23IN 1920X1080 5MS DVI LCD Monitor x15



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Enzo Matrix   11-11-2009 at 11:38:13 PM

There is no point going i7 with a single 4870 for gaming. I personally would put the 4870s in the phenom systems and use phenom II x3s instead. For the i7 builds I would use a core i5 instead and use a 5850 or a 4870x2. This graphics power is especially necessary for 1080p monitors. I would also use 5x 700W power supplies and 10x500W PSUs. To be safe.

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digitalbean   11-12-2009 at 01:59:58 AM

Enzo Matrix wrote :

There is no point going i7 with a single 4870 for gaming. I personally would put the 4870s in the phenom systems and use phenom II x3s instead. For the i7 builds I would use a core i5 instead and use a 5850 or a 4870x2. This graphics power is especially necessary for 1080p monitors. I would also use 5x 700W power supplies and 10x500W PSUs. To be safe.




Thank you Enzo Matrix for your reply, i guess the reason i am going with i7 with running single 4870's is in hope that it will be good enough for today's standards; an upgrade in video cards in the next 6 months would be due. Unfortunately the budget is already stretched out as far as i can really take it personally, that is untill the Digi bean begins to revenue some profits for expansions.

I chose i7 as a base with a lower end video card to conserve budget and to keep options open for future upgrades.

Corect me if im wrong but if i stacked 15 dual cores, in the upcoming years when developpers make full use of all cores available would i not be kicking myself for not going with a good mobo/quad processors to start?

Thank you again!

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Enzo Matrix   11-12-2009 at 03:31:04 AM

Yes your design would be dependant on how long you plan to keep the computers.
A single 4870 is good enough for todays standards.
And yes I would definitely not go with a dual core cpu for even today's gaming.

The i7 is the best performing cpu today, you could probably keep that for a while. The AMD systems are good too because they tend to like to keep backward compatibility with their sockets. It's entirely possible that their next CPU line would work on AM3 sockets. My suggestion of a phenom IIx3 is based on that the phenom II outperforms the older phenom design. If you want to go quad core at that price, the Athlon IIx4 would perform better than the old phenom because it is based on the phenom II, just without the L3 cache (who's performance benefit is debatable). Not to mention the Athlon II x4 620 is clocker higher at 2.6GHz

The 9500gt would not really make a game like call of duty 4 playable on maximum settings at 1920*1080. I would go the extra mile for the 9600gt. Use the money saved by going to an Athlon II x4.

If you want go go for longevity, your money would be better invested in Windows 7 64-bit. 64-bit right now is between "the future" and "the now". But closer to "the now". Windows 32-bit will not recognize more than about 3.5GB of ram, so it would definitely not be good when it is time for ram upgrades.

I would also recommend going with an AM3 board that supports DDR3 ram for your AMD systems. The ram will be about the same in price, the motherboard might cost a touch more. Here is a good one that also supports crossfire, if you ever want to do that with two ATI cards.
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=4296

To give me a better idea, what games will be played on these computers? Also, is overclocking or tweaking these systems in the future an option?

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