Hey everyone,
I am stuck deciding on the right Cpu/Mobo for the GPU I finally selected, which is this HIS HD 5850, which I plan to crossfire so I can use Eyefinity, but I can only afford one right now. I was also considering this HIS HD 5830 as well and Crossfire that later.
Wish I can afford the HD 5970, but I can't right now.
Also, do you need to have one or two of these GPU's to run Eyefinity on three monitors.
Right now, my single monitor is 1680 x 1050, but I will hopefully move up in a few months.
Well, I am stuck deciding which CPU / Mobo combination to go with.
Either the i7-930 with either the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R or the ASUS P6X58D-E, both of which are expensive boards that use expensive RAM, like this Gskill set. Right now I am considering this CPU.
Or I can go with an i5-750 with a ASUS P7P55D-E, although the feedback on Newegg bothers me. Any other suggestions on mobo's with the i5-750?
With that, I guess I can either get the Ripjaws here this Gskill set or the Eco set here unless someone can recommend something better.
I thought about AMD, just to get the price down further to save some cash, but had no idea which one to get with a mobo to handle the current GPU with a crossfire in the near future. I've been reading about "bottlenecking" with the GPU. Can anyone verify this? Is it better to have a more powerful CPU to avoid this (like the i7-930)?
Any feedback or suggestions is welcome.
Thanks again everyone!
I am stuck deciding on the right Cpu/Mobo for the GPU I finally selected, which is this HIS HD 5850, which I plan to crossfire so I can use Eyefinity, but I can only afford one right now. I was also considering this HIS HD 5830 as well and Crossfire that later.
Wish I can afford the HD 5970, but I can't right now.
Also, do you need to have one or two of these GPU's to run Eyefinity on three monitors.
Right now, my single monitor is 1680 x 1050, but I will hopefully move up in a few months.
Well, I am stuck deciding which CPU / Mobo combination to go with.
Either the i7-930 with either the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R or the ASUS P6X58D-E, both of which are expensive boards that use expensive RAM, like this Gskill set. Right now I am considering this CPU.
Or I can go with an i5-750 with a ASUS P7P55D-E, although the feedback on Newegg bothers me. Any other suggestions on mobo's with the i5-750?
With that, I guess I can either get the Ripjaws here this Gskill set or the Eco set here unless someone can recommend something better.
I thought about AMD, just to get the price down further to save some cash, but had no idea which one to get with a mobo to handle the current GPU with a crossfire in the near future. I've been reading about "bottlenecking" with the GPU. Can anyone verify this? Is it better to have a more powerful CPU to avoid this (like the i7-930)?
Any feedback or suggestions is welcome.
Thanks again everyone!