New Build and want advice.

Hello mrroguesr;

How about X6 1055T, 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM and 2x GTX 460s?

2XGTX 460 is kinda pricey! $250 each! And the 470 is $325. I looked at the x6 1055t at 2.8ghz and the 1075 3.0ghz but i liked the fact that the 1090 at 3.2ghz was a lil faster and when I OC I'm thinking I could get close to 4ghz if not a lil over that. And be stable with liquid cooler. The case is a AZZA 1000 with 2 230mm fans and 2 140mm fans so i think it should stay pretty cool in that full tower. Dont get me wrong the 460 is cool but I cant have it all right now or I would probably do something like that but just with the 470. I gotta wait a lil bit to get the second GPU. And I just figured that I would use 2000mghz ddr3 and get a couple more sticks down the road.

Ok I'm going to take your advice! Here's my new build and the reason why is because of the GPU's


nVidia GeForce GTX 465 1GB X2
Manufacturer: nVidia
Series: GeForce GTX 400
GPU: GTX 400
Release Date: 2010-05-30
Interface: PCI-E 2.0 x16
Core Clock: 607 MHz
Memory Clock: 1603 MHz (3206 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 205.2 GB/sec
Shader Operations: 427328 MOperations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 38848 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 53416 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: 106832 MVertices/sec
Max Power Draw: 200 W
Noise Level: Moderate
Framebuffer: 1024 MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Bus Type: 64x4 (256 bit)
DirectX Compliance: 11.0
OpenGL Compliance: 3.2
PS/VS Version: 5.0/5.0
Process: 40 nm
Fragment Pipelines: 352 (480)
Vertex Pipelines: 352 (480)
Texture Units: 44 (60)
Raster Operators 32 (48)

nVidia GeForce GTX 480 single card
Manufacturer: nVidia
Series: GeForce GTX 400
GPU: GTX 400
Release Date: 2010-03-26
Interface: PCI-E 2.0 x16
Core Clock: 700 MHz
Memory Clock: 1848 MHz (3696 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 177.408 GB/sec
Shader Operations: 336000 MOperations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 33600 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 42000 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: 84000 MVertices/sec
Max Power Draw: 250 W
Noise Level: Loud
Framebuffer: 1536 MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Bus Type: 64x6 (384 bit)
DirectX Compliance: 11.0
OpenGL Compliance: 3.2
PS/VS Version: 5.0/5.0
Process: 40 nm
Fragment Pipelines: 480
Vertex Pipelines: 480
Texture Units: 60
Raster Operators 48

If this is build is purely for gaming, i don't see the need for going for a hexa core.. The X4 955 will be plenty good.. BTW, i always like the idea of a single more powerful card.. That way, i liked OP's decision of going for the GTX 470 at the first place.. I am aware of the SLI performance of GTX 460's but down the line when OP decides to add another 470, He'll have a performance figure much more compared to the 460 SLI..

And the new build looks like this $1450 And tell me what ya think. It should hall ASS

CD: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
CD2: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
CAS: AZZA Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan + Extra 3 Fans
CPU: AMD Phenom™II X6 1055T Six-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD(Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module Corsair
MOTHERBOARD: Asus M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI Chipset DDR3 ATX w/ 7.1 HD Audio,GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394, SATA-II, RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
TEMP: Aerocool Touch 2000 Dual Bay Touch Screen Fan Control
VIDEO1: EVGA GeForce GTX 465 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card
VIDEO2: EVGA GeForce GTX 465 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card

Who is selling you those GTX 465s and how much do they want for them? How much are the GTX 460s? How much for 2?
How much for a GTX 470/480?
About 19 different gaming benchmarks with stock and factor OC'd GTX 460s vs GTX 465
Check the charts at the resolution you'll be using.

$510
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked

* 1536MB Memory
* PCI-E 2.0 16x
* 726Mhz GPU Clock Speed
* 3800Mhz Memory Clock Speed
* NVIDIA SLi


$325
EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SuperClocked

* 1280MB Memory
* PCI-E 2.0 16x
* 625Mhz GPU Clock Speed
* 3402Mhz Memory Clock Speed
* NVIDIA SLI ready

http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp

Recommended Resolution: 1920 x 1080 for the monitor I'm going to get

Ok 2x 460 OC final

How did that affect the final price?

I can't find any reviews on that 800 Watt XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply.
Any idea who really makes it?

$1775 with monitor I had the same psu with my last Rig seem to work fine till the PC was stolen but this time Im using a Anti theft program that is saved in the bios and cant be removed even if the hard drive is removed or formatted it will still function properly.

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

evga 470 fermi at compusa for 299 + 20 mail in rebate

2 EVGA GEFORCE GTX 460"s SUPERCLOCKED from CP for $355

Final build and computer has been ordered!

CD: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive

CD2: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive

CAS: AZZA Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan + Extra 3 Fans

CASUPGRADE: 12in Cold Cathode Neon Light (Blue)

CPU: AMD Phenom™II X6 1055T Six-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)

FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Corsair)

MOTHERBOARD: Asus M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI Chipset DDR3 ATX w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394, SATA-II, RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

TEMP: Aerocool Touch 2000 Dual Bay Touch Screen Fan Control

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Superclocked)

VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Superclocked)

_PRICE: (+1500)

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