My First Build

[sk-jb93]

NZXT Tempest Corsair TX-650W ATX XFX ATI HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 (maybe CF) AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz Black Edition Corsair 1600C9 4GB (2 x XMS3 2GB) Samsung 1T 7200rpm 32mb cache Asus M4A87TD EVO USB3.0 AMD3 Noctua NH-U12P SE2

 

[sk-jb93]

any comments on what could be changed or what wouldnt work or fit

 

[jimmyzline]

Not bad at all. The only thing I would change (if you still can) is the mobo. This will suit you much better and with the rebate is only $10.00 more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131363]

It will have true pci-e x16 link width for both cards if you do indeed CF two 5770's. The one you are looking at now is x16, x4

 

[sk-jb93]

the link didnt work when i opened it sorry, would you be able to send the name of the product?

 

[jimmyzline]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131363

Sorry. It should be fixed now.

 

[sk-jb93]

theres a few problems with that mobo for my situation is that, it has to be overclocked to take my 1600mhz ram and it has no usb 3.0 ports

 

[hunter315]

Rather than a M4A79T i would suggest a M4A89GTD using the 890GX chipset, it supports 8x/8x crossfire which barely impacted two 5850s in their initial review so its effect on 5770s would be negligible, its cheaper than the M4A79T and it has some new nice features like SATA III and USB 3.0 which will be useful soon.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631

1600MHz being listed as (O.C.) just means that it wont automatically read the SPD settings for 1600MHz ram and will set it to the defaults for 1333MHz memory unless you go in and adjust it which you should be doing anyway.

 

[sk-jb93]

can that one crossfire, or only hybrid crossfire?

 

[jimmyzline]

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/902/2/

"ASUS states that the M4A79T Deluxe supports DDR3 1600MHz/1333MHz/1066MHz memory kits in both ECC and non-ECC configurations."

Hunters suggestion on the 890GX chipset mobo is worth a look too.

 

[jimmyzline]

can that one crossfire, or only hybrid crossfire?

It will crossfire just fine but as Hunter said, it will be x8/x8. You won't really notice the difference.