Hey everyone, I'd appreciate any advice you have. I'm specifically wondering about my motherboard selection and whether or not the PSU is big enough.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Sometime during 4th Qtr 2009 BUDGET RANGE: <$1,000 SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Work, gaming, movies, internet PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I'm flexible, but newegg seems to price well PARTS PREFERENCES: Leaning towards an Intel box, a build attempt is posted below OVERCLOCKING: Not likely unless convinced it's going to be very stable MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The quieter the better
i7 mb's use triple channel ram . Look for 3 x2 gig Using 2 x2 is an option but if you do that then you lose the huge memory bandwidth advantage of the i7 .
You might as well wait a few weeks and buy an i5 which is an i7 that only does dual channel , is $80 cheaper and has cheaper motherboards
The 4870 is a good card , but its mid range compared to the cpu
Fixed original post to swap in triple channel ram (rookie mistake, thanks for pointing that out Outlander).
I've been looking at reviews of the i5 and I'm not that impressed with the low-end chip. Yes it's supposed to be $200, but it doesn't support hyperthreading, has lower initial clock speeds, etc. Thoughts?
What card would you recommend? If I step up to 4890 that's another $50. Perhaps prices for those will come down when the 5xxx come out?