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  • 07-10-2009 10:26pm
    #1
    friedcircuits
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭


    Hey all just searching for parts now I've come up this so far- any comments?
    Any other suggestions?
    Thanks.

    Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA775
    RAM: DDR3 1333MHz 4GB 2x240 pin DIMMS
    Case: Antec NINE HUNDRED-II Case
    Motherboard: MAXIMUS EXTREME S775 X38 ATX SND+2XGLN+U2+1394 FSB1333 DDR3
    Graphics: RADEON HD 4850X2 2GB GDDR3 PCI-E QUAD-DVI TVO FULL


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    Solitaire
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    Yeah.. "What on Earth are you doing with this machine?" and "What's the budget?" :P


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    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    im guessing this is for gaming, so i'd say its all fine apart from the graphics card. Hold of another week or two and get a 5750 card.


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    friedcircuits
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭friedcircuits


    thanks both! whats that graphics card you mentioned? And yes pure games machine!!! and I've no budget whatever I like I'll get it!


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    AlmightyCushion
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    friedcircuits wrote: »
    thanks both! whats that graphics card you mentioned? And yes pure games machine!!! and I've no budget whatever I like I'll get it!

    It's a new ati card. Great performance at a great price.


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    friedcircuits
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭friedcircuits


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    It's a new ati card. Great performance at a great price.
    thanks is this it?:
    http://www.techspot.com/review/198-ati-radeon-hd-5870-review/page2.html


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    AlmightyCushion
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    friedcircuits wrote: »
    thanks is this it?:
    http://www.techspot.com/review/198-ati-radeon-hd-5870-review/page2.html
    No that's the 5870, it's a higher end card. I just realised anti spelled it wrong, he meant the 5850.


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    Anti
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    yup my bad 5850 is what i meant. I hope to be picking one up myself when i get paid :D


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    friedcircuits
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭friedcircuits


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    No that's the 5870, it's a higher end card. I just realised anti spelled it wrong, he meant the 5850.

    LOL. just reading up on it i think I'll go with the 5870!


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    Rezident
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    friedcircuits wrote: »
    LOL. just reading up on it i think I'll go with the 5870!

    5870 looks very good, if you can wait 'til the Sapphire Vapor-X ones are out, they should have a better and quieter cooler.


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    Deano12345
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    Make sure that 5870 can fit in your case aswell.That is one monumentaly huge card !

    @ Anti - What 5850 are you getting ? .Getting a Saphhire one myself (as soon as peats decide to stock them)


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Anti wrote: »
    yup my bad 5850 is what i meant. I hope to be picking one up myself when i get paid :D
    Ya lucky bastid. I'm tempted to get a 5850 or 5870 but I don't use my pc as much as I should (spend way more time on my netbook) and my 4870 still maxes out pretty much everything I throw at it. Still tempting though.


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    Anti
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    Deano12345 wrote: »
    Make sure that 5870 can fit in your case aswell.That is one monumentaly huge card !

    @ Anti - What 5850 are you getting ? .Getting a Saphhire one myself (as soon as peats decide to stock them)

    Yeah i think ill be getting the sapphire one myself through work, as ill get a nice little saving ;)

    @AM Its so tempting, amazing performance, cheap price and low power consumption. Only thing is, ill have to buy a new case too.. So mayaswell get a new mobo, ram, cpu... oh god... I'm swore i would stay away from all this malarky...


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Anti wrote: »
    Yeah i think ill be getting the sapphire one myself through work, as ill get a nice little saving ;)

    @AM Its so tempting, amazing performance, cheap price and low power consumption. Only thing is, ill have to buy a new case too.. So mayaswell get a new mobo, ram, cpu... oh god... I'm swore i would stay away from all this malarky...
    Ha ha. It's always the way. Upgrading one component just isn't enough.


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    friedcircuits wrote: »
    And yes pure games machine!!! and I've no budget whatever I like I'll get it!

    No budget?
    Even if the skies the limit in terms of funds, it's not a reason not to be sensible.
    Once you spend over a certain amount the benefit becomes negligible to non-existent...

    Will you be overclocking this machine?


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    friedcircuits
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭friedcircuits


    Nope no o/c yet anyways maybe in the future. just want to build a machine thats future proof! currently have a 3 year old laptop that still runs all games I throw at it.


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    friedcircuits wrote: »
    future proof!

    IMO Future proofing is a bit a fallacy...
    Getting just a quad core is just about as much future proofing you'll find in a gaming pc...
    Quads have been around for so long, yet there's still only a handful of games that use all four cores and they don't even max em out!

    If I had an unlimited amount of money for my gaming rig, i'd prob just get an amd am2+ with the top Phenom II quad. 4g's of ram, ddr3 doesn't make any noticeable difference. And then splash out on a 5870(make sure your mobo has space for a second one too ;)) and a SSD!
    Then i would invest in the monitors and sound!!! Get maybe 3 24" (1200p)lcds and get a 7.1 speaker system... IMO that's the best gaming rig around!!!

    Frothing at the mouth....


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