Potential Bulldozer builds..

my proposed Bulldozer build:

GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3
LOGISYS Computer BETA 400 ST 92mm Hydro Bearing
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 CL8
MSI GTX 460 TwinFrozr II SOC 768MB 192-bit GDDR5
MSI GTS 250 TwinFrozr I OC 1GB 256-bit - PhysX
Crucial M4 2.5in 64GB SATA III MLC
Raptor 160GB 10K RPM
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 6.0
SAMSUNG BLU-RAY COMBO 8X BLACK BD ROM/DVD
SABRENT TV Tuner / Video Capture / MPEG Recording PCI Card
Antec Three Hundred - loaded
hec Zephyr MX 750 750W SLI 80 PLUS BRONZE
ALTEC LANSING 2.1-CH PC multimedia Speaker System
ASUS VH232H Black 23in Widescreen 1080p
Acer AL1916 AL1916B VGA, Black
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

I have an Intel/SLI unit already (hence the reason for PhysX, if you got slots then use them...) and this will replace my current 'daily driver' unit.
(everyday machine).

post your thoughts and Bulldozer builds...

That's a nice build.
And that's a good physX slave.
So, you're planning on ATi/AMD again ?

kind of / sort of....
this time I'm hoping the PhysX will make it better...

And I'm addicted in hearing about your builds !

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I thought about that and to be honest I'm still on the fence about it.
A kick-ass quad I think is good enough for me personally, for now.
I multi-task a little at home but not enough on one unit at a time to worry about the hexacores..

^
youngster - it's about the motherboard (AM3+) which is out now.
the only thing we need to wait on is the processor.

and this is what my Bulldozer will look like so NO, it's not too early..

Doubt yoda, u must not.
Size matters not, look at yoda.
A green Midget he is.
But weak in the force, he is not.

I admire one's putting effort to make gamble out of building a PC. I follow news tightly and there is still no intel how BD will compete against SNB.

P.S. rotfl @ calling me youngster check my join date and yours I also read toms occasionally years back before registering account ...

@ farrengottu 1333 ram is as good and for the half of price

Oh well I was just trying to be reasonable. It isn't always necessary you are free do whatever makes you happy ^_^

I know you did not mean for that to sound funny but it made me laugh anyways("one unit at a time" ). I still think of a bulldozer module as 1 big core(thanks to all the shared resources) or 2 average cores(thanks to the shared resources) I'd say wait for benchmarks but i would still go 6 core if its priced at the 2500K price.

My future bulldozer build
8170P or 6110
Sapphire flex Amd Radeon 6950
Asus Sabertooth Am3+ Board(wow 200$ for a mobo yeah i know a waste)
8GB of DDR 1333 ram
2 320Gb hard drives
Maybe a future 100$ SSD?
All in a Coolermaster Elite 430 case.

I wish i got this instead i could of said 90$ because when i got the sabertooth it was 199.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157262 109.99$

Or go more extreme and get this for the same price as my sabertooth

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157267 199.99$



I love the coolermaster Elite 430 i got it because it could fit a 5970 in it and it had great air flow and it cost only 50$ great deal. I have a 6950 in it and i still could have a bigger card. My old case was the popular Antec 300 but it was also the main reason why i had to get a 6850 over my current card because it could not fit inside it.

Hence? I think you meant "since"....lol

Ok here's my setup, I already own everything except the CPU itself:

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz OctoCore (If available)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
RAM: 16GB UMAX Cetus DDR3-1333
Vidcards: 2 x XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB in X-Fire
Hard Drive 0: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-3
Hard Drive 1: Western Digital Green Drive WD20EARS 2TB SATA-3
Hard Drive 2: Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB SATA-3
DVD-RW Drive 0: Sony Optiarc AD-7260 24x SATA
Case: Ultra Black 40670 Monster Tower
PSU: OCZ Z-Series 1000W Modular
Monitor: LG W2343T 23" 1080p LCD
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech LX 710 Wireless
Printer: OKIData C3400n Colour Laser
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I think that should about cover it! LOL

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sunbeam rated good and is new, I want to try it plus the Blue LED for matching.
Antec 300 Illusion - you might be right on that and I'm thinking of changing it, looking at it now..
windows 7 ultimate - freebie..
Rosewill Challenger is ugly as hell, better shot with the Zalman..

My BD build

Hex core
Asis 970 evo
2 x2 gig of RAM
6870
120 gig SSD
1 terabyte hdd
Corsair HX 620 psu
custom case

i think that is out of malmental's budget...

It really is MY next build

Im drifting a bit through making the case, but will probably get serious about it when BD is actually available

calm down man. you have a pretty cheap build. most people who can afford it dont get sunbeam psu's that are only 80 plus efficiency. dont get mad at me for stating the almost obvious with that sunbeam psu

i got an idea with the one he just posted.

oh ye' of little faith...
it's not cheap if that's what I want..
I have a different system I can use for like everyday of the week, budget that...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817709021
Sunbeam PSU-ECO750-US-BL 750W ATX12V 2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
might be better than you think and Sunbeam has always been in electronics as well as others.
been around since before you were born too.
maybe you should also research the company as well as the product.
my opinion.

thanks for the support, he doesn't know, he hasn't been on idle chit-chat thread..
I rather have four or five kick-ass units compared to one.
just check configuration list..

no.
I just have my house networked and everyone has their own unit.
I have two in my space plus notebook, then the ms has one (her space) and my about to be 6 year old son has one in his room.
the addition of the Bulldozer will then force a trickle down affect throughout the house and then over to family.
I just like to have one each (AMD/Intel) and they be able to do whatever I want (powerful enough)..

son's unit not listed (remember he's 6):
athlon x2 7850 (2.8GHz)
foxconn AM2+ nForce 630
4GB DDR2 800MHz
8800GT
80GB SATA HDD
17" LCD

Hi Mal, it has been a while. I'm doing well and have a new baby girl that rocks my gaming world, lol. I'm working on my system for only future use as I have so many things going on I barely get to come here like I used to. That will change in a few months as she gets easier to take care of and the wifey doesn't need me to help her hand and foot.

That Gigabyte board looks great. If I wasn't married to the red and black color scheme, I'd go for that board as well. Great value and quality.

My 1090T is only @ 3.8, it can go higher but I don't really need it atm. After I get the new mobo I'll get serious about tweaking it out. I may even get a real water cooling setup instead of the H50. If the BD performs as I'd like to see it, the 1090T will go in my media center rig in the basement and I'll retire the 940 in that rig.

Too many ideas, not enough time... for me at least, lol!

This is my current rig:

http://i581.photobucket.com/albums [...] 53/003.jpg

I'm like you, I have 4 other systems and a laptop. One for my media rig in my living room, 1 powering my 10' projection setup in my basement, 1 in my wifeys office, one in my office and the lappy sits on the sideline waiting for someone to use it that wants to sneak off and hide from everyone else. I also have another spare system that I just sold to a buddy of mine. That will be used to do some of the upgrades such as an SSD.

I think I can fit one of these in the base of my case:

http://www.jab-tech.com/Black-Ice- [...] -3613.html

I'd like the 480 but I'm not so sure that will fit...

the rig bro is wicked..
the black ice (use to be a firewall back in the days called black ice), it's an interesting tool....
when I added SSD to my i5 rig....
whoa.

why the 480, you already have it.?

That's great to hear about your little girl. I have a little boy that's almost 2 1/2, he was born 2 months premature but looking at him you'd never know it. He knows all of his ABC's, can count to 20, knows tons of colors and can tell you whats on almost every flash card you put in front of him. I'm proud of that little guy, especially when I come home and I hear the patter of his feet on the hardwood floor yelling, "daddy, daddy, daddy!" Until you have children, you never knew how much you needed that missing puzzle in your life.

You'll have to keep us posted on this build as you progress. I'll do the same. I have this thread marked.

Great talking to you again bro!

that's the coolest when they yell for daddy...
they go daddy, daddy, daddy!!! and I go what, what, what!!!....

3 X 6990s ?
The sound and heat produced also could be a bit too much !