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mjohnste   10-21-2009 at 04:47:57 AM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Nov 1st BUDGET RANGE: $1000 - $1500 Before / After Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming/Programming, DVD authoring, surfing, I frequently have 15-20 things open at once, I multi-task everything.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, sound card, monitor, case, speakers, headphones, 2 backup hard drives

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com, but would consider others COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA

PARTS PREFERENCES: Open to anything with quality

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes, few months down the road.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050 with my one monitor. I have dual 30' in the works come tax time.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I'm really stuck with what video card to purchase, and if I can upgrade in any areas. I've also thought of 2 of the HDs in a RAID array. Problem solved! Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 as soon as they are available. Also added the Intel SSD, and changed the MB to the ASRock X58. Very excited!

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Power Supply: $110.00

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006

Motherboard: $159.99
ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157163

Processor: $279.99
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202

Memory: $134.99
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231225

Video Card: $269.99
SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102857

Hard Drive: $289.99
Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2C1 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820167016

Total: $1245.95


Message edited by mjohnste on 10-22-2009 at 04:55:04 AM
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Bronze Home Brew badge gkay09   10-21-2009 at 06:54:29 AM

That is a good build you have come up with but there are some things that could be improved on...

1. RAM, change to this one...It is better...
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 CAS 7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145250

2. HDD - The Blue drives are slower than the WD Black. Get them as your boot drives...
WD Black 640GB


3. Graphics card - Definitely this one - HD 5870
Reason - Has enough muscle power to run any games out there at 1080p at full settings, And can run 3 monitors simultaneously...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 0HD%205870

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mjohnste   10-21-2009 at 07:16:40 AM

I've looked into ATI cards for a few of the games I play (Aion, WoW) and they both seem to have problems with ATI cards. I'm just concerned about buying a card and then having it fail at these games.

I will definitely check out your suggestions.

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banthracis   10-21-2009 at 07:39:40 AM

Someone who read the sticky before posting yay!

Ok some changes i recommend

EVGA mobo's are rumored to not work too well with ATI hardware, so keep that in mind.

You can go with a ASRock X58 Extreme $169.99, cheap and works great

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

Video Card wise, a 5870 is good, but its $100 more for a mere 10-15% performance increase. Also, MMORPG's are built to run on majority of computers and honestly, the 5870 would be overkill for them.

Problem is finding a place with 5850's currently in stock.


HD wise, the WD Caviar black 640 bg (must be the 640 one), is good, but the Samsung Spinpoint 3 is similar/better performance for cheaper.

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

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] ,1010.html


Also if you get a i& 920, you definitely wanna OC, so grab a nice cooler. CM Hyper 212. It's cheap and cools better than a V8.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] yper%20212

http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

Finally, I'd suggest squeezing in a SSD into that build.

Intel currently makes the best. Newegg is out of stock but Mwave has em. (lol price went up $40 from this weekend)

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA32332

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


Message edited by banthracis on 10-21-2009 at 07:46:22 AM
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banthracis   10-21-2009 at 07:42:07 AM

mjohnste wrote :

I've looked into ATI cards for a few of the games I play (Aion, WoW) and they both seem to have problems with ATI cards. I'm just concerned about buying a card and then having it fail at these games.

I will definitely check out your suggestions.




ATI cards work fine for WOW and Aion. The 5850 and 5870 work extremely well.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3650&p=7

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