Heres the real kicker. I have a Geforce 9800 GT in my computer now I was going to pickup another and SLI them in this new build for the time being, Anyone think thats a bad ided?
Going to run Vista 64-bit And I plan on throwing this all in an Antec 1200.
Also I wonder, has anyone OCed this CPU to over 3.0 on AIR cooling?
Oh sorry. Not so much worried about money...Obviously I don't want to go crazy and spend 6000 dollars...And usage is gaming rig. I would like to use my 9800 and SLI it with another unless thats total suicide Im just told that two 9800's out do a 285 GTX. I have no idea if thats true or not lol.
Id vote against SLI.
Performance can often vary wildly from game to game.
Look at a 5850.
The CPU should do fine @ 3.0 on air with the stock cooler, tho it will probably run a little loud.
Let me ask you this. Think If I went with that asus board it would make my life easier if I got 1 5870 now and went to SLI a few years later?
My experience, which I believe is fairly accurate, is that you have about 8 months max to get a second GPU for crossfire or SLI. If it hasn't happened by then, it likely won't. You'll just end up buying another single card.
This board is full of people that have bought an SLI/CF board intending to add a second card and then never bothered.
That's one of the main reasons I promote P55 boards more than X58, unless you are buying two video cards up front.
If you have the Antec 1200 then I would definitely get this power supply instead.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371024 This is one of the best power supplies out there especially at its price. The only problem is that it can only be used in a few cases but the 1200 is one of them.
After looking into it, I really do like that Asus board. the P6T Deluxe I think im going to go with that for sure.
And another question, Mmrez you said I could probably get the CPU to 3.0 on STOCK cooling?? I wonder If I were to go and get a nice Zalman or something upgraded could I push it further?
And to Rag, I have the Antec and that PSU already they were a handme down? Sort of not really My cousin had them sitting together in his living room both brand new in box, SOO I asked him, "Yo whats going on with that?" Apparently he just didn't like the case? I don't know how thats even possible! But gave it to me! Threw that PSU at me too. So I think ill stick with it for now. I do appreciate the advice on the other PSU tho.
And another question, Mmrez you said I could probably get the CPU to 3.0 on STOCK cooling?? I wonder If I were to go and get a nice Zalman or something upgraded could I push it further?
If someone told you water cooling was needed for good overclocks, they were wrong. A good air cooler will help a lot though. Zalman may look nice, but they mostly fall behind when it comes to lowering temps.
One of the best air coolers is this Noctua... It dosn't always get top results, but it's usually right up there near the top and does it quieter than other brands.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835608014
Watercooling used to be alot more superior to aircooling, but now its more for squeezing out an extra 200Mhz overclock or noise reduction. The air coolers today are good enough to overclock an i7 920 to close to 4GHz. Zalman raised the aircooling bar a few years ago but most of the newer coolers have passed them now. Zalmans newest cooler is a tower cooler like everyone else.
Awesome! You guys have been more than helpful! I'm going to retweak this whole build a bit and repost it later tonight. I have alot of good ideas now Bwahahha