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Bronze Home Brew badge wathman   10-14-2009 at 04:57:06 AM

that Corsair 850 Watt is overkill for your system, If you aren't going to be doing crossfire, a Corsair 650TX would be more than enough. Not sure what your budget is, but a 5870 is a nice step up from the 4890. If cost is more of a concern, the 4890 is an excellent choice.

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Bronze Home Brew badge niklas_13   10-14-2009 at 05:07:25 AM

You have a i5 / i7 socket 1156 board and the CPU you have is a i7 920 and its a Socket 1366, Make sure you fix that or you might need a hammer

If you do xfire down road a 750W PSU will be good

If you go SLI i like the 850W

Would be nice to know the rez of your monitor

but for 1680x1050 a HD5850 would be nice if 1920x1080 a HD 5870 would rock

------------------------------ P55-UD4P / i5 750 @ 3.6 180X20 / GSkill 1600 @ 1420 7-7-7-22 / WD Black 640 / HD 5850 / Corsair 750 / Win 7
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Bronze Home Brew badge niklas_13   10-14-2009 at 05:29:23 AM

That looks alot better, A few questions

1 Do you plan to xfire or sli ? if you do i like the board in your first post

2 Whats your rez on your monitor

------------------------------ P55-UD4P / i5 750 @ 3.6 180X20 / GSkill 1600 @ 1420 7-7-7-22 / WD Black 640 / HD 5850 / Corsair 750 / Win 7
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