Hey guys, so basically its nearing black friday, and I got a 2200 on my SAT ( 750 math 740 reading 710 writing 9 essay). So my dad comes in and hes leik, Hey son, Dell has cheap computers. And I'm leik facepalm inside So I show him this build I was making. And hes like ok I'll just give you 1k. Anyways, here's the build I made yesterday. CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119160 Cooler Master High Air Flowings 932. Proven full ATX. Just too common :/ $129.98 POWAR SUPPLY:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006 Corsair 750TX. Corsair good brand. Don't leik splosions. $107.99 CPU + MOBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.290354 Intel i5. Tom's Hardware recommended. 2.66 ghz stock. Just awesome. Gigabyte UD3R. I need to Crossfire option. Gigabyte brand recommended to me over Asus. $324.98 Random Accessing Memorys:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231277 G.SKILL RipJaw dual channel kit 4 GB DDR3 1600. Cool designs $94.99 STORAGE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319 Western Digital 640GB harddrive. Black Ranger version. This cowboy holds everything GFX CARD + OS CCCCCCCC-COMBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.297962 HIS 5770. Reference. Comes with DiRT 2 and cool tool. Windows 7 Home Premium. Does stuff $279.98 GFX CARD ZWEI:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102864 Sapphire 5770. Cheapest card. Heatpipe design. Free flash drive $164.99 DVD DRIVE:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106289 Lite-on. $26.99 This all comes down to $1,174.89 Grand Total of $1,297.00 after tax and shipping and stuff What I probably will do is only get the HIS 5770 right now and a second one later. Also I might be able to salvage an old drive.
Graphics http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131184 POWERCOLOR AX5850 1GBD5-MDHG Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $310 ------------------------------ Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $99.99 ($59.99 after $40.00 Mail-In Rebate ) ------------------------- Motherboard BIOSTAR TForce TA790GX A3+ AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $99.99 ($84.99 after $15.00 Mail-In Rebate ) ------------------------ Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727&cm_re=phenom_ii_965-_-19-103-727-_-Product AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor - Retail $200 ------------------------- CPU-Cooling http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler - Retail $36.98 --------------------------- Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339028 hec Cougar Series Zephyr 700 CM 700W Continuous ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail$79.99 ---------------------- Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227478 OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1333LV4GK - Retail $90.99 ($80.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate Card ) ----------------------- Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319 Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $49.99 -------------------------- OS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM $105 ------------------------ Use the same dvd-drive/whatever. Should come out to $1,100. The processor is better, the graphics well, it's better to have a single better card than two weaker cards. You can always upgrade to another 5850 later. The processor is faster DO NOT BULLSHIT ME ON THAT. The PII-955 is a little worse than the i7-920. The 965 is clocked higher, and uses less power; not to mention an unlocked multiplier for easy-OC'ing. The cooler is guaranteed to give you an OC-ability of about 600mhz (usually). The powersupply is 2x 6pin + 2x8pin. 80% Efficiency guaranteed. I'm not much into cases, but I know the antec 900 is one of the best there is. Motherboard has 2x PCI-E 2.0 at x8+x8, which won't bottleneck the HD5850 one bit. Memory is alright. It's just memory. No one cares about it. CL7 isn't bad though. Think my hard-drive is the same as yours. Didn't look at yours. OS--Ditto.
4GBs of RAM? Wtf is that shit? 12GB is where it's at now. And yes, I did bump up to 12GB 140 tabs open in IE8, 3 instances of VS2008 and TF2...with no pagefile...and still 6 GB free...
279 Includes the 5770 in the price. so home premium is 110 like it should be + 5770 + dirt2 = 280. Not a bad deal. Please read. I don't know why I didn't include this before, but I'm buying in a few days, so I can't deal with supply bullshit. 5870 5850s have pretty much been sold out since they have been released. Furthurmore, a pair of 5770s is a lot better than a single 5850. i5 is better than the p2 965. Look at benchmarks on toms hardware. They classify it one tier lower. http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx HEC is placed in tier 5, the worst. I don't want my powersupply blowing up on me. G.Skill RAM is faster antec 900 is midtower. I prefer the HAF 932, and its full towerness. If I wanted a midtower I would just go with the 300 So no, your build fails
Any specific reason? All companies use the same chip. They are lose enough to reference design that they all have about the same power. I've heard sapphire has bad customer service. And they don't come with DiRT2
Sapphire is shaite at costumer service, but most people recommend it. I live in a cave and play on a toaster, ok?!
Because of the card or brand? The card itself is great. I'd rather wait a few weeks for a card that kicks ass than have two cards with no upgradeability.
Fermi is possibly delayed for April Not to mention because of TSMC's 40nm issues, nVidia won't be getting anything anytime soon for production. ATI is still having a hard time, hence the HD5870/5850 shortage. Have you seen the die size of Fermi? Not to mention the transistors, etc. It isn't a cheap card to make. ATI has the ability to make money on performance prices, nVidia makes money on brand name and because their cards cost quite a bit to produce. There's no reason to buy an nVidia card currently, unless you want 3D vision or you only have an SLI mobo. PhysX is available on Win7 with an ATI card and nVidia card because you can use two graphics drivers. Even if nVidia's 'Paper Dragon' does launch in January, it needs to be within a $80 dollar price range of ATI's card, otherwise the price/perf won't be necessary for ATI to drop prices.
Theres nothing wrong with power color. It just has a higher lemon rate than other cards. All cards has lemons. However, I'm not waiting. 5770 is a card that has huge potential. Crossfired, it beats 5870. I am pretty sure it will be within the top ranks of the 5xxx generation and Nvidia's DX 11 generation once they stop fucking around. When the new generation comes out, I'd still probably be able to max out most of the new games. Once it becomes obsolete, then we'll talk
