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[Proc]

I can't get my nvidia card to talk to my panasonic tv via dvi->hdmi. Vga works but won't output at 1080p.

I've tried editing the driver .inf for my gtx 280 and everything...still no go

Its definitely a driver/nvidia issue because I get an image at boot and when there are no drivers installed.

I think I'm going to go buy an ati card that supports hdmi out so that I can play sc2 single player in glorious 50 inches.

What is the ati card to get these days? Haven't looked for a while.

 

[Teknoman]

I know the FFXIV benchmark is kinda busted, but:

720p scores:

With my new processor, benchmark ran at high 60s-70s fps the most of the time.

 

[otakuderek]

Just got myself a new PC yesterday

Windows Vista 64-bit SP1
ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB
DVD-Super Multi drive with LabelFlash
TV Tuner
AMD Phenom X4 9750 quad-core processor
8GB DDR2
1 TB HDD

Got this for $499.99 at Micro Center (refurb model but was clean and case was scratch free!)

How did I do GAF?
Any game recommendations? I have HL2, CS 1.6, and CS Source.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

How's this build? Is the Hard-Drive worth it? Is this a good price for all this stuff?

 

[Hazaro]

I can't get my nvidia card to talk to my panasonic tv via dvi->hdmi. Vga works but won't output at 1080p.

I've tried editing the driver .inf for my gtx 280 and everything...still no go

Its definitely a driver/nvidia issue because I get an image at boot and when there are no drivers installed.

I think I'm going to go buy an ati card that supports hdmi out so that I can play sc2 single player in glorious 50 inches.

What is the ati card to get these days? Haven't looked for a while.

Get a 1GB GTX460 since it has HDMI out

How's this build? Is the Hard-Drive worth it? Is this a good price for all this stuff?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd/8
Anandtech certainly liked it. But it is a laptop drive... and cost per GB is pretty high.
I'd say you wouldn't be disappointed by it, but grabbing a 1TB now and a 80GB SSD later would probably be the best bet. If you are the type to only use a small amount of storage on your computer however, I'd say it wouldn't be a bad investment.

As for parts see this: http://i.imgur.com/m1nHQ.jpg
x6 is the way to go for most atm. I'd also get an MX518 or similar priced mouse rather than... that. Unless you really like the look of it.

Lastly the 460 should fit in your case, but tightly. 9.5" cards don't fit in that case, the 460 is 8.25 so it should be ok.
*Oh and since it's a 2.5" drive you'll need to 2.5 to 3.5" drive bay to house it.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd/8
Anandtech certainly liked it. But it is a laptop drive... and cost per GB is pretty high.
I'd say you wouldn't be disappointed by it, but grabbing a 1TB now and a 80GB SSD later would probably be the best bet. If you are the type to only use a small amount of storage on your computer however, I'd say it wouldn't be a bad investment.

As for parts see this: http://i.imgur.com/m1nHQ.jpg
x6 is the way to go for most atm. I'd also get an MX518 or similar priced mouse rather than... that. Unless you really like the look of it.

Lastly the 460 should fit in your case, but tightly. 9.5" cards don't fit in that case, the 460 is 8.25 so it should be ok.
*Oh and since it's a 2.5" drive you'll need to 2.5 to 3.5" drive bay to house it.

Will this drive bay do?

As for the X6, well I'm primarily getting this for media production and not gaming so I've heard intel's better on that front.

Finally I need a wireless mouse, and I really like the look of it.

Also thanks for the impressions and your help.

 

[JRW]

I was just converting some videos to go on my dads iPhone and opened up Speed Fan

Is that an OK temp?

Absolutely not OK, Check your CPU heatsink and make sure its secured properly. Is that with the stock intel cooler?

 

[filipe]

Are those temps norm? That's with a game in the background. And something's definitely odd here as I know for a fact my 2nd fan is spinning.

 

[Extollere]

Quick question for you guys...

Got a new pc, however when transferring some of the files from the old hard drive to the new, the system just powered off (I remedied this by changing the voltage on the RAM in bios) -- however, some of those files (photos) no longer display. I mean there is a little app icon where there should be a thumbnail. Those files also no longer open, but they still show a file size.

Looks like this. Are those files fucked? (About 400 total) ...Or is there someway to fix it?

 

[ChoklitReign]

I've been obsessed with connecting my laptop to an HDTV and there's one last problem I have. I want the sound only to come out of the TV and not my laptop. In Windows 7 there's an option under Sound Mixer to use HDMI audio but I can't hear any sound out of my TV, even if I mute my laptop speakers and not the HDMI. How do I get sound to go from my laptop and out of my TV?

 

[filipe]

I've been obsessed with connecting my laptop to an HDTV and there's one last problem I have. I want the sound only to come out of the TV and not my laptop. In Windows 7 there's an option under Sound Mixer to use HDMI audio but I can't hear any sound out of my TV, even if I mute my laptop speakers and not the HDMI. How do I get sound to go from my laptop and out of my TV?

On the volume button at the bottom, right click and click Playback Devices. Pick the appropriate one.

Another question guys... Should a front panel fan be blowing air INTO the case or out? It's directly in front of the harddrive and I installed with the logo facing outwards, but just want to make sure.

 

[Shaka]

Tell me:
If those programs prefer Intel/AMD
If they use more than 4 cores
If they support GPU processing (nVidia/ATi)
...and if GPU support is based on CUDA cores or SPU count.

Then I can help you better.

I'm talking budget PC build. I've seen people recommending both Intel and AMD with lots of ram, but I'm aiming at 4-6GB currently. The programs can use all the cores provided and do support GPU processing from what I read. I am not sure what GPU support it's based on but I saw 1 user saying it's not working with CUDA cores. I'm sorry I can't provide you with more in-depth answers but if you can recommend a budget build that can run modern games on vanilla med-high settings, 30+ fps and take advantage of the all the ram provided it will be appreciated.

 

[Hazaro]

Will this drive bay do?

As for the X6, well I'm primarily getting this for media production and not gaming so I've heard intel's better on that front.

You'll want something that looks like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817984009
Amazon and eBay also have them for cheap.

If you are doing media work that uses 6 or more cores grab the AMD. If it doesn't I'd get a 750 (since the main difference is the HyperThreading).

Check some online comparison benchmarks for the particular programs / encoding type you do.

http://techreport.com/articles.x/18799/11
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed/6

The other reason I say x6 is because it will support the new AM3 processors coming next year. Just trying to make sure you get whats right.

I'm talking budget PC build. I've seen people recommending both Intel and AMD with lots of ram, but I'm aiming at 4-6GB currently. The programs can use all the cores provided and do support GPU processing from what I read. I am not sure what GPU support it's based on but I saw 1 user saying it's not working with CUDA cores. I'm sorry I can't provide you with more in-depth answers but if you can recommend a budget build that can run modern games on vanilla med-high settings, 30+ fps and take advantage of the all the ram provided it will be appreciated.

Well the x6 1055T is 6 cores for $200 and that's hard to say no to.

As for budget GPU wise: 4850,4870,5770,5830
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102834
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121376
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161338
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161327

As for the core of your computer see:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=19717308
and
http://i.imgur.com/m1nHQ.jpg

 

[Sloegr]

Right now I have 2 GB of DDR3, and I haven't been able to find matching RAM in-stock anywhere (I think it's discontinued). If I were to buy a separate 2 GB or 4 GB dual channel kit, is there any way to know if they will work together with the old RAM without issue, even if they're not the same brand/latency? I can always replace the 2 GB with 4, but I'd like to keep the original RAM, too.

The motherboard is an Asus P5Q3 (a friend sold it as a really good package price along with the RAM, so I bought it despite knowing that DDR3 provided no performance boost for my machine).

Thanks for the help.

 

[Shaka]

Thanks Hazaro, gonna see how much that adds up in AU$

 

[abq]

I'm building a "very fast" gaming PC for my cousin's kid on a limited budget. I'm trying to cut some corners by either going with a 5770 1gb and 2gb ddr3 or a 5770 512mb and 4gb ddr3. I'm not sure what resolution he's gonna run it at. Probably not too high. What should I do?

 

[Hazaro]

**Newegg is combo dealing the Corsair 650w and the Samsung F3 1TB
Save $20 today!

Right now I have 2 GB of DDR3, and I haven't been able to find matching RAM in-stock anywhere (I think it's discontinued). If I were to buy a separate 2 GB or 4 GB dual channel kit, is there any way to know if they will work together with the old RAM without issue, even if they're not the same brand/latency?

The board should run both in dual channel to the slower RAMs settings and timings.

Ideally you should buy the same brand and run them at the same speeds / voltage / timings. Set that up in BIOS.

I'm building a "very fast" gaming PC for my cousin's kid on a limited budget. I'm trying to cut some corners by either going with a 5770 1gb and 2gb ddr3 or a 5770 512mb and 4gb ddr3. I'm not sure what resolution he's gonna run it at. Probably not too high. What should I do?

Link the build and where you are buying / how much you are spending. I bet I can do you one better.
Can you cut corners on the case / mobo / CPU?

If you can't and it really comes down to that... pretty sure 2GB is fine for almost any game, but then if you leave AA low or off the 512MB doesn't matter that much...
Perhaps a 4850/4870? It's only another $50 to have both after all...

 

[Johnlenham]

Looking at getting a new PC as the beast im ons been going a fair few years and the 150Gb hard drive is grinding to a halt :lol
Now ive tinkered with some on Dinopc but im a total noob to this sort of thing so if anyone's kind/bored enough could they have a play with it and see what they can come up with for a gaming PC at max £600?

 

[Diablohead]

I know the FFXIV benchmark is kinda busted, but:

720p scores:

http://i26.tinypic.com/2rpyb20.jpg[IMG]

[IMG]http://i30.tinypic.com/348oec1.jpg[IMG]

With my new processor, benchmark ran at high 60s-70s fps the most of the time.[/QUOTE]
I find it quite amazing that you had that graphics card and an Athlon 64 :lol but nice numbers now that you swapped that processor out. I find that the game runs real smooth with a few stutters at around 2900 score so you are easily up there.

 

[abq]

Link the build and where you are buying / how much you are spending. I bet I can do you one better.
Can you cut corners on the case / mobo / CPU?

If you can't and it really comes down to that... pretty sure 2GB is fine for almost any game, but then if you leave AA low or off the 512MB doesn't matter that much...
Perhaps a 4850/4870? It's only another $50 to have both after all...

I'm not in the US, so I don't think you can help me finding better deals. I'm already over budget. My cousin doesn't know anything about computers. He originally told me he wanted a good gaming PC for roughly $500. The on below costs ~$780.

 

[Kamaki]

I'm hoping we can ask questions on pc's that aren't behemoths; you see guys I was planning on picking up this Compaq Mini 311 for when I visit my family this holiday, you know watch some video maybe play some old games like Half Life.

Well anyway my question is if I wanted to install Windows 7 off of the disk is it ok for me to just plug in a usb dvd drive? Will it be detected on start up? Is it even a good idea to install Windows 7 on this machine?

Any general comments on the machine itself would be nice as well.

 

[Salaadin]

Small issue I just noticed.

I loaded up a folder of all my FRAPs screengrabs (all 1080p bmps) and it was loading the thumbs for each pic slowly. I clicked on one to open and my HDD made a cranking noise and the pic appeared all blurry...like it wasnt fully loaded.

I closed out of it, waited for it to load every thumb for every pic and then clicked the image again and it was fine. It only did that for this folder. No other image folders acted this way.

Is this something to worry about? I never saw it before.

 

[Hazaro]

Looking at getting a new PC as the beast im ons been going a fair few years and the 150Gb hard drive is grinding to a halt :lol
Now ive tinkered with some on Dinopc but im a total noob to this sort of thing so if anyone's kind/bored enough could they have a play with it and see what they can come up with for a gaming PC at max £600?

This actually isn't a bad deal.
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Veloce-i5-760-5770-94p763.htm

I'm not in the US, so I don't think you can help me finding better deals. I'm already over budget. My cousin doesn't know anything about computers. He originally told me he wanted a good gaming PC for roughly $500. The on below costs ~$780.

Some things you could do:
Get an Antec Case + PSU bundle. -50
Get 1333 instead of 1600. -5
Get a cheap AM3 board -30
Get a cheap Athlon x3 or x4 -30

There's things you can cut down a bit... Just depends how much you want to cut.

I'm hoping we can ask questions on pc's that aren't behemoths; you see guys I was planning on picking up this Compaq Mini 311 for when I visit my family this holiday, you know watch some video maybe play some old games like Half Life.

Any general comments on the machine itself would be nice as well.

That's a good netbook, not sure on the OS.

Small issue I just noticed.

I loaded up a folder of all my FRAPs screengrabs (all 1080p bmps) and it was loading the thumbs for each pic slowly. I clicked on one to open and my HDD made a cranking noise and the pic appeared all blurry...like it wasnt fully loaded.

I closed out of it, waited for it to load every thumb for every pic and then clicked the image again and it was fine. It only did that for this folder. No other image folders acted this way.

Is this something to worry about? I never saw it before.

Check your drive SMART and run a diagnostic tool from the manufacturers website.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Are those temps norm? That's with a game in the background. And something's definitely odd here as I know for a fact my 2nd fan is spinning.

Another question guys... Should a front panel fan be blowing air INTO the case or out? It's directly in front of the harddrive and I installed with the logo facing outwards, but just want to make sure.

Those temperatures seem fine with a game running and the front fan should be pull air into the case and the rear fans should be blowing the air out.

 

[NarcissisticJay]

Hey guys, I need a little help.

Recently set up my home network with a HTPC in the living room and everything is working amazing with the exception of one part. I know its a bandwidth issue but Im not sure what I need to do to fix it. Trying to steam uncompressed blu ray over my wireless N but it stutters at points.

Will the jump from 2.4GHz to 5GHZ fix this?
Should I upgrade?

Is there any player that I can play ISOs that I can manually add a buffer

 

[brain_stew]

I'm not in the US, so I don't think you can help me finding better deals. I'm already over budget. My cousin doesn't know anything about computers. He originally told me he wanted a good gaming PC for roughly $500. The on below costs ~$780.

Link to the etailer.

You're spending way too much on the PSU, you could go with a cheaper case, a 500GB Samsung F3 HDD will actually be faster and cheaper. An AMD build will get you more bang for your buck. Don' cheap out on the GPU or RAM, both are essential in my book.

Getting an AMD build with a Athlon X4 CPU is ideal in my book. Its fine for todays games, can OC well to get more life out of it, has 4 full cores so won't age too quickly like the Intel and it leaves you with plenty of upgrade options later down the road

 

[Johnlenham]

This actually isn't a bad deal.
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Veloce-i5-760-5770-94p763.htm

I guess its worth the £12 for a better processor but then im a Nvida guy myself so this worth doing?
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB add £57.00

and the PSU?
I had mine blow up and take the motherboard down with it so im abit weary of those things...

I suppose if I put the blu ray drive in instead of cd I could sell my ps3 to cover the costs aswell.
Hmmmmmmm

 

[MCX]

Is an Intel Core i7 920 a good CPU? Is it easily overclockable?

I may be able to snag a rig with that processor and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 for a reasonable price. I am pretty clueless about a PC's internals. Would I be able to upgrade the GPU to an HD 5870 or a GTX 460 in the future?

I believe this is the correct mobo:

I haven't done a PC upgrade since '07 when I bought a Q6600 and an 8800 GT.

 

[longdi]

On the contrary, i think buying a solid PSU first is important, clean safe load power ensure stable OC and in future you can upgrade more parts like GPU or adding more HDD. Corsair - oem by Seasonic/CWT, are very good ones i trust.

 

[longdi]

Is an Intel Core i7 920 a good CPU? Is it easily overclockable?

I may be able to snag a rig with that processor and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 for a reasonable price. I am pretty clueless about a PC's internals. Would I be able to upgrade the GPU to an HD 5870 or a GTX 460 in the future?

I believe this is the correct mobo:


I haven't done a PC upgrade since '07 when I bought a Q6600 and an 8800 GT.

most i7 can reach 3.6 on stock settings with every energy saving features turn on, so yes it is very good and oc-able.

If you want to play starcraft 2, get a good cpu, i ran some tests and found CPU clock increase give as much performance as GPU clock increase!

 

[abq]

Link to the etailer.

You're spending way too much on the PSU, you could go with a cheaper case, a 500GB Samsung F3 HDD will actually be faster and cheaper. An AMD build will get you more bang for your buck. Don' cheap out on the GPU or RAM, both are essential in my book.

Getting an AMD build with a Athlon X4 CPU is ideal in my book. Its fine for todays games, can OC well to get more life out of it, has 4 full cores so won't age too quickly like the Intel and it leaves you with plenty of upgrade options later down the road

I'm using a site that compares different prices from different e-tailers. This is the PSU category:
http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?k=436

Which Athlon CPU and mobo would you recommend instead of the i3?

 

[kagete]

Hey guys, I need a little help.

Recently set up my home network with a HTPC in the living room and everything is working amazing with the exception of one part. I know its a bandwidth issue but Im not sure what I need to do to fix it. Trying to steam uncompressed blu ray over my wireless N but it stutters at points.

Will the jump from 2.4GHz to 5GHZ fix this?
Should I upgrade?

Is there any player that I can play ISOs that I can manually add a buffer

Not too experienced but have you tried just turning N on? and turning off a/b/g?

 

[brain_stew]

I'm using a site that compares different prices from different e-tailers. This is the PSU category:
http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?k=436

Which Athlon CPU and mobo would you recommend instead of the i3?

Any of these would be god:

Antec Earhtwatts Green 500w
CorsairVX 450w
OCZ ModXstream 500w

Heck, while its not nearly as good as the other options even a Coolermaster 460w Extreme Power would suffice for a modest rig like that.

See if there's any Antec or Coolermaster case/PSU bundles available as that might save you some cash. On a budget like that I'd skimp on the case a little, something like a Coolermaster Elite 310 is cheap as chips but still pretty damn roomy.

Actually just seen this bundle, its perfect for you:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=177980

Get it

For the CPU an Athlon ii X4 635 would be a perfect choice:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=540590

A socket AM3 870 board should be what you're looking at imo, like this:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=599058


RAM can be changed to something like this:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=642439 which is super cheap

if not this is great stuff:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=515204

This HDD is cheaper and faster:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=466164

but if you can afford it upgrade to this one:

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=461197


With the amount of cash you've shaved off you can probably afford a 1GB GTX 460 now. Result!

 

[abq]

Thanks brain_stew! I should check back here in a month or so when I'm gonna build a new rig for FFXIV

 

[Lion Heart]

90 bucks (CAN) for a DIAMOND ATI RADEON HD 4850 1GB used...is that a good deal or can I get something better for the money?

 

[Monroeski]

I wouldn't call a 6 core CPU you can clock to 3.8Ghz mid range.
If you ask me if going with a i7 for $100 more is not worth it. Either choice is perfectly good though

My "mid range" comment was more directly pointed at the video card, and to a lesser extent the case.

 

[Diablohead]

Earlier today I chucked my old pc down the tip, removed the hdd's and important stuff first of course.

It's kind of sad to see a pc which I have had since 2003 which has traveled around with me so much over thousands of miles go lay in a pile of waste I removed the pentium 4 and have it here on my desk, I love how processors look and how small they are, the underside looks as new as it was in 2003 with not one single mark, scratch or burn

Going to remove the chip from my 9200se also, that graphcs card is old now but it was my baby since unreal tournament 2003.

 

[Askia47]

How is the Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive? I might add it to my system, for movies and media.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136496

 

[SlickWilly223]

I'm going with a Crosshair IV ($225), AMD X3 720 B.E ($105) and that new OCZ 2000MHz RAM for $100! The Crosshair should automatically make my X3 into an X4, and then overclock the shit out of it! The 2000MHz RAM should come close to current Triple-Channel memory read/write speeds.

The saved money will allow me to buy a new SSD and a GTX480... and a new watercooling setup. Cannot wait.

Oh, and did you guys know there's an SLI hack for the AMD chipsets? Only drawback is that it scales about 5% less than an X58 board.....

 

[kagete]

I'm going with a Crosshair IV ($225), AMD X3 720 B.E ($105) and that new OCZ 2000MHz RAM for $100! The Crosshair should automatically make my X3 into an X4, and then overclock the shit out of it! The 2000MHz RAM should come close to current Triple-Channel memory read/write speeds.

The saved money will allow me to buy a new SSD and a GTX480... and a new watercooling setup. Cannot wait.

Oh, and did you guys know there's an SLI hack for the AMD chipsets? Only drawback is that it scales about 5% less than an X58 board.....

Umm if you can afford that RAM and MOBO why aren't you gettin an x6 Phenom instead? Or buy a $100 mobo to make room for the x6? The unlock won't be 100% sure and even if it does you may not be able to overclock well or performance might not be stable. Just my 2 cents

 

[TheExodu5]

The CPU does seem pretty underpowered for the setup in question.

In fact, why not get an i5 750 for a tad more, considering you're going the watercooling route? The i5 should be a better overclocker.

edit: I guess the 720 would be great if you can get that fourth core unlocked...the problem is that it's not a sure thing.

I haven't looked into the X6...do they overclock as well as the 720/i5?

 

[Teknoman]

I find it quite amazing that you had that graphics card and an Athlon 64 :lol but nice numbers now that you swapped that processor out. I find that the game runs real smooth with a few stutters at around 2900 score so you are easily up there.

Yeah that was just stubbornness on my part :lol The beta ran pretty smooth with my Athlon in instances, and places further outside of town/ further away from the first camp, so hopefully they'll fix that ati bug soon.

EDIT: Also Bioshock 2 now runs at high 80-100+fps at 1440x900 with everything maxed out

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

You'll want something that looks like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817984009
Amazon and eBay also have them for cheap.

If you are doing media work that uses 6 or more cores grab the AMD. If it doesn't I'd get a 750 (since the main difference is the HyperThreading).

Check some online comparison benchmarks for the particular programs / encoding type you do.

http://techreport.com/articles.x/18799/11
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed/6

The other reason I say x6 is because it will support the new AM3 processors coming next year. Just trying to make sure you get whats right.

I was under the impression that the i7's wipe the floor with the hexacore AMD CPU's for media production. How do the new hexacore AMD CPUs' compare to say the i7 920 (2.8GHZ) I picked out?

Anyway I'm mainly doing 2D animation on this with Toon Boom Animate 2.

And of course I'm also going to be playing the occasional game (Witcher 2 hype! ) but that's secondary.

 

[DieH@rd]

Just got myself a new PC yesterday

Windows Vista 64-bit SP1
ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB
DVD-Super Multi drive with LabelFlash
TV Tuner
AMD Phenom X4 9750 quad-core processor
8GB DDR2
1 TB HDD

Got this for $499.99 at Micro Center (refurb model but was clean and case was scratch free!)

How did I do GAF?
Any game recommendations? I have HL2, CS 1.6, and CS Source.

You did well, but try to save some money untill end of 2010. By then ATI 6xxx will be released [or about to] and upgrade the GPU. Radeon 4650 is a fine lowrange card, but its not nearly good enough for todays games @ high settings. I mean, you will have problem playing UE3 games @ 1650*1000 with it.

 

[Ryoma-Echizen]

I'm going with a Crosshair IV ($225), AMD X3 720 B.E ($105) and that new OCZ 2000MHz RAM for $100! The Crosshair should automatically make my X3 into an X4, and then overclock the shit out of it! The 2000MHz RAM should come close to current Triple-Channel memory read/write speeds.

The saved money will allow me to buy a new SSD and a GTX480... and a new watercooling setup. Cannot wait.

Oh, and did you guys know there's an SLI hack for the AMD chipsets? Only drawback is that it scales about 5% less than an X58 board.....

More balanced rig:

Asus M4A89GTD PRO $140
Phenom II X6 1055T $199
$239 (without betting on luck, and also better proc. than a quad)

With that ram you can overclock it to 4.2Ghz.

TheExodu5
Thubans overclocks as well as any i7. The new upcoming 95w watt(available in japan) version of the 1055T also overclocks at same Ghz the 125w can achieve with far less voltage.

2.8Ghz 1.325v 125w / 1.4-1.5v 4Ghz
2.8Ghz 1.15v 95w / 1.35v 4Ghz

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=254765
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=250607



Flying_Phoenix
In multicore apps:

X6 1055T 2.8Ghz $199 ~ i7 920-930 2.66-2.8Ghz $289~
X6 1090T 3.2Ghz $299 ~ i7 950-960 3.06-3.2Ghz $550~

Overclockd to 4Ghz the X6 just wipe the floor to any i7 at same clocks except 980X six-core. In games just getting a better gpu with the price difference.

 

[J-Rzez]

Hey guys, want some advice based on experience.

My mobo took a shit on my last night and I decided I'm just going to get a newer mobo and cpu now. Now I'm reading different comments all over the place, and I've been out of the loop lately. I'm looking at either an i5 or i7. I noticed a lot of people here going with the i5, and wondered why that is?

I do very-very little video encoding, and more so use the rig to game on than anything else. What would be a better fit for me? I don't really want to break the bank on this, as I'm probably going to upgrade to a new 460 once evga releases a 1gb card, maybe two heh.

So is it an i5 or i7? If so, what are the recommended versions? I'm looking at about $400-500 tops between processor and mobo.

 

[kinggroin]

I can't get my nvidia card to talk to my panasonic tv via dvi->hdmi. Vga works but won't output at 1080p.

I've tried editing the driver .inf for my gtx 280 and everything...still no go

Its definitely a driver/nvidia issue because I get an image at boot and when there are no drivers installed.

I think I'm going to go buy an ati card that supports hdmi out so that I can play sc2 single player in glorious 50 inches.

What is the ati card to get these days? Haven't looked for a while.

Try booting into VGA mode, then make sure to select 1080p 60hz. Restart. Also, make sure dual monitor isn't enabled.

 

[SuperAwesome]

Hey guys, want some advice based on experience.

My mobo took a shit on my last night and I decided I'm just going to get a newer mobo and cpu now. Now I'm reading different comments all over the place, and I've been out of the loop lately. I'm looking at either an i5 or i7. I noticed a lot of people here going with the i5, and wondered why that is?

I do very-very little video encoding, and more so use the rig to game on than anything else. What would be a better fit for me? I don't really want to break the bank on this, as I'm probably going to upgrade to a new 460 once evga releases a 1gb card, maybe two heh.

So is it an i5 or i7? If so, what are the recommended versions? I'm looking at about $400-500 tops between processor and mobo.

i5 750

 

[J-Rzez]

i5 750

So how's this combo then? Price wise that is. I have a liking towards evga products.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.434532

Is an aftermarket cooler really recommended for this cpu as people say too? :lol

 

[projekt84]

i5 760 just came out

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067