rc213 said:
That other software, seagate recommended by the way, was 1/3rd of a gig, that was some massive bloatware for a cd burning software.
rc213 said:
Timekiller said:- Should i go for AMD or Intel
AM3 = expandabilityTimekiller said:AM2 or AM3
Timekiller said:i7 920/XMS3 3x2GB/ GA-EX58-DS4/Spinpoint/PCP&C 750W
Timekiller said:Umm...and actually, it's still better to go for a dual core instead of a quad? Won't it get old in much less time then the quad?
dionysus said:That other software, seagate recommended by the way, was 1/3rd of a gig, that was some massive bloatware for a cd burning software.
viciouskillersquirrel said:Just for future reference, are there any real benefits to (say) buying another two RAM sticks and putting them into my spare slots if I'm already rolling 4GB?
I'd pass. The cooler isn't as good as the IceQ and still doesn't run much cooler than the stock one. Also.... going forward it really does make more sense to get 1GB cards or higher unless you don't game above 1680x1050 and don't plan on changing that anytime soon.Ashhong said:found this deal, how good is it? seems pretty good to me
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...lickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16814121290
If you're already running 2x2GB right now and don't even use that, then there's your answer.viciouskillersquirrel said:Just for future reference, are there any real benefits to (say) buying another two RAM sticks and putting them into my spare slots if I'm already rolling 4GB?
:lolVictimOfGrief said:If you're already running 2x2GB right now and don't even use that, then there's your answer.
The only flip side of this.... is DDR2 is extremely cheap now so if you want to max out your board with 8GB-12GB.... do it now.
viciouskillersquirrel said:It was just a hypothetical, really. I like to have a lot of programs running at once, but even 2GB seems to be sufficient. If I were to do it, it'd be for shits and giggles more than anything else.
viciouskillersquirrel said:Another question though: I have two IDE HDDs from my old computer I'm thinking of cannibalising and sticking into my new rig to use as backups. Thing is, both of these drives have XP installed on them. I've had some weird experiences in the past where the wrong OS image tried to boot up, so is there some way to:
1) Make sure my sexy new drive is always the first to boot
2) Remove the XP images from both drives
I'm assuming that there's some sort of XP to Vista transfer tool that works across drives, right?
VictimOfGrief said:I'd pass. The cooler isn't as good as the IceQ and still doesn't run much cooler than the stock one. Also.... going forward it really does make more sense to get 1GB cards or higher unless you don't game above 1680x1050 and don't plan on changing that anytime soon.
What's your budget tho?
If you're already running 2x2GB right now and don't even use that, then there's your answer.
The only flip side of this.... is DDR2 is extremely cheap now so if you want to max out your board with 8GB-12GB.... do it now.
You are fine, the RAM is really zippy on those 4850's too.Ashhong said:not planning on gaming higher than that, cause my 22" dell is only 1680x1050. i already ordered it...didnt want to miss out on it. the 4850 hazaro recommended was only like 10-20 bucks less, possibly less if i can sell stalker2. hope it lasts me a while...if its a really bad choice i can just resell it on ebay for more i bet.
i dont really have a specific budget, just how much i really want to spend. 150+ is too much for a gpu, preferably something around 100..
Clevinger said:on the subject of power supplies, is this PC Power & Cooling 500 watt enough for:
4870 1gb
intel 8400 3.0 ghz
4 gigs of ram
640 gig harddrive
?
thanks a bunch
Tiberius said:this calculator will help you http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
ChrisGoldstein said:I'm looking to get a new pc and I dont want to spend over 500 bucks
How's this laptop? http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bqdw511&s=bsd
or this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227131
I'd like something that can run crysis decent, I'm really dumb when it comes to this stuff but I'd appreciate some input
I could just go with the tower part or whatever I got a monitor and keyboard/mouse
thanks
Even a desktop couldn't run Crysis at anything better looking than a console fps for $500. That experiment of the $400 pc Kosma pulled, assumed you had a case, hard drive, and DVD drive. Also, it was getting 15fps during explosions on the Jungle level which means below 10 fps on Snow.ChrisGoldstein said:I'm looking to get a new pc and I dont want to spend over 500 bucks
How's this laptop? http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bqdw511&s=bsd
or this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227131
I'd like something that can run crysis decent, I'm really dumb when it comes to this stuff but I'd appreciate some input
I could just go with the tower part or whatever I got a monitor and keyboard/mouse
thanks
gamerecks said:Ok, heres what im looking at now:
Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer
Mobo: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Graphics: HIS Hightech H487F1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
Power SupplyCORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz BE
Ram: Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel
Any suggestions?
Ashhong said:how much is that video card?
also that PSU calculator website says i only need 290w...does that sound right? most of the gpus i saw alone required 400+ it said. heres my setup
E7400
2-2gb pc2-6400 sticks
250gb SATA HD
1TB SATA HD
512mb ati hd4870
dvd burner
and a wireless pci card
i think thats it. i put that in and only 290...which means my stock 300w dell would be fine? just sounds like so little. i would be keeping this thing on practically 24/7
godhandiscen said:That is the bare minimum. Power supplies tend to deliver 70% of the capacity they advertise. A really good brand PSU like Corsair will deliver 90% of what it advertises. I would recommend a 450W. Also, the PSU is the one part that doesn't "age" like the rest of components. You can use them for up to 7 years and they still do what they are meant to do (capacitor ageing kicks in around 5 years), however you may get better parts in 3 years or so that require more power.
Stay away from that X2. It is almost slower per clock that the old AthlonX2 since it is basically a Phenom with 2 cores disabled. And the Phenom was designed to be a Quad core processor at the cost of slow productivity per clock. Also, the original Phenom is nothing like the Phenom 2, it overclocks badly. Get a fast highly overclocable X2 Athlon or the Phenom 2 X3.DieH@rd said:OK guys i want to upgrade my AM2 processor thiese days [i have LE-1600 athlon, single core]. Im almost certain that i will buy 7750 x2 cpu, but can anyone tell me if there is any point for buying tripple or quad core? Not all games can support more than 2 cores, they are more expensive, etc.
Any recomendations?
Median said:Does anyone else that has the Antec Three Hundred find that the fans are really loud on it? Changing the setting on the switch doesn't seem to have any effect on how loud it is. I'm starting to wonder if I got a defective case.
Echoes said:My friend is building an i7 PC with GTX 295, what's the best case for him between these three?
Thermaltake Spedo
Thermaltake Armor
Thermaltake Kandalf LCS
Thanks in advance.
rc213 said:I found those Antec Tri-Cools fans not be loud just that the pitch of the sounds it makes to be really annoying, I swapped all of them out on my P180B.
Median said:They can be swapped? The ones at the top and back? If so, I might consider doing that. My room's pretty small so the sound kind of echoes. Do you have any suggestions as to which fans I should look for to replace them?
drkOne said:I finally got to build my PC yesterday and I had to improvise because my PSU only had 1 x 6-pin PCI-E (Powercolor HD 4870 with OCZ 500W StealthXStream), went to a random store that was still open (it was already 11PM) and got a 2 Molex -> PCI-E.
The adapter I got has an empty "slot", lacking 1x 12V connector comparing to the one that came with the PSU.
Today when I finally got everything working I noticed the GPU was way too hot and I realized the cooler is really slow comparing to what I'd expect.
A friend that helped me building (since it was my first custom PC) told me I could connect the cooler to the mobo and get it powered through it, we'll probably try that tomorrow.
But I wanted to know if that is the likely cause of the slow speed of the cooler, if it is a good solution and if I should get a new adapter whether I can get it powered through the board or not.
(Here's a screen I took with GPU-Z: http://i39.tinypic.com/1j2lfr.jpg )
Thanks in advance!
drkOne said:Because that's how many the 4870 uses, or am I doing something wrong?
drkOne said:Because that's how many the 4870 uses, or am I doing something wrong?
Ashhong said:aw man...now i need to see if mine does too. so the adapter you bought only has 5 pins instead of 6? is that right?
Ashhong said:aw man...now i need to see if mine does too. so the adapter you bought only has 5 pins instead of 6? is that right?
jimmbow said: