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need advice on RAM & GPU

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  • 12-08-2010 2:13am
    #1
    zeromemory
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Need your advice guys,

    Motherboard: GA-880GM-UDH2
    Processor: AMD Phenom IIx2 555BE

    will need a good 4gb ram and a gpu on the 5770 side
    i have all the other components
    will be used for gaming photo editing
    budget between 200ish


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    Chuck Finlay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Chuck Finlay


    This is the memory compatibility list for your mainboard.
    A GSkill / GSkill-ECO / OCZ Gold LowVoltage Kit should do just fine.
    Since that's about 80€, there's not much room left for the 5770 (Powercolor PCS+ and MSI Hawk are popular choices here). My bet is on 1024MB VRAM nonetheless.
    What resolution do you play on?


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    zeromemory
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭zeromemory


    thanks for the reply

    which will i choose CL9 or CL8
    with my monitor i currently game at 1280x1024. Will buying a nvidia chipset conflict with my motherboard.

    I can extend my budget to 250.00 so i can have more room to select a 5770. Any specific recommendation for GPU


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    Chuck Finlay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Chuck Finlay


    zeromemory wrote: »
    which will i choose CL9 or CL8
    The cheaper one.
    zeromemory wrote: »
    with my monitor i currently game at 1280x1024. Will buying a nvidia chipset conflict with my motherboard.

    Your board has an AMD chipset; do you mean buying an nvidia GPU? No problems there, anyway.
    1280x1024 doesn't need that much power, do you plan buying a bigger screen in the near future?
    The 5770s refence design is good, so no special recommendations here, except for the MSI 5770 Hawk and the Powercolor 5770 PCS+ being popular choices for having really quiet fans.


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    zeromemory
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭zeromemory


    Will there be a big difference if i choose the 1600mhz over the 1333mhz?
    If there will be no conflicts with a Nvidia GPU i might as well get the GTX460 if the price goes down...

    and thanks for the advice and suggestion.


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    Chuck Finlay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Chuck Finlay


    The difference between 1600->1333 is as thin as the difference between CL7->CL8->CL9, it can be measured, but hardly noticed since in games it will give you 1-2% more FPS or so (if at all).
    And no, no conflicts with the GPU<->Mainboard.

    Hint: By the way, I don't know if you knew it already, but your Board supports ACC, so you could try unlocking 2 extra cores in the BIOS. The PIIX2 are based on the PIIX4 and many of them have 4 intact cores in them. No guarantee it will work flawlessly or work at all, but at least worth a mention :)


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    zeromemory
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭zeromemory


    Tnx Chuck. Evrything on order and waiting to arrive...


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