 ztmikeMark for moderationPremium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | reply to The Limit
Re: $1,500.00 to build a machine That's only 550watts and its not Modular. Modular psu's are VERY nice to have.
My guess is this guy should go with at least a 600watt, I think the one I bought should work excellent unless hes running SLI 295's or something. »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···17139002 |
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 The LimitPremium
join:2007-09-25
Greensboro, NC
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| That's if he does SLI or Crossfire.
What he needs to do is outline the reasons why he wants to build a computer, or what it will be used for.
I know he says "gaming", but that can't be all, correct OP?
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| i play games like Crysis, medal of honor, WoW, and Dawn of War II. crysis takes a pretty good computer to run. i play it on my laptop, XPS M1730 with 2x 8800GTX vid cards and a 2.8ghz processor that can be over clocked to 3.4ghz i think or 3.2ghz. and 4 gigs of ram. i want to build a system that is at least the same. but would like it to be a little bit more beefy. i am looking at 6gigs DDR3 ram, and a 3.0ghz processor. i am just not sure on the motherboard. especially one that would even support 2 video cards. anyone seen a good guilders guide for gaming machines by chance.... |
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 MchartFirst There.
join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL | Any decent i7 motherboard is going to have crossfire/SLI support. You don't need to go out and specifically look for a motherboard that supports a dual-video solution anymore. |
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ztmikeMark for moderationPremium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | reply to Don69Fire
said by Don69Fire:i play games like Crysis, medal of honor, WoW, and Dawn of War II. crysis takes a pretty good computer to run. i play it on my laptop, XPS M1730 with 2x 8800GTX vid cards and a 2.8ghz processor that can be over clocked to 3.4ghz i think or 3.2ghz. and 4 gigs of ram. i want to build a system that is at least the same. but would like it to be a little bit more beefy. i am looking at 6gigs DDR3 ram, and a 3.0ghz processor. i am just not sure on the motherboard. especially one that would even support 2 video cards. anyone seen a good guilders guide for gaming machines by chance.... I hope you aren't aiming for a one processor cpu..I would at least go with a dual core.
But a quick look on Newegg and you could probably even pick up a decent quad cpu like so: »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···19103471 |
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| my bad. yes i am going to go with a dual core processor. sorry about that.
anyone here ever mess with the liquid cooling??? i see it on a lot of the pre built machines from www.ibuypower.com and www.cyberpower.com anyone have a take on them. all th emachines i speced out from them was $2300 or so. and i priced all the components on price breaker and it was right at $1500. if i dont go with the liquid cooling i think i am going to go with the V10 processor and ram cooler. it cooled both. and there are some pretty good deals out there right now. |
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 eX_NihiLoHere's Your Something For NothingPremium
join:2003-08-05
Louisville, CO | said by Don69Fire:my bad. yes i am going to go with a dual core processor. sorry about that. anyone here ever mess with the liquid cooling??? i see it on a lot of the pre built machines from www.ibuypower.com and www.cyberpower.com anyone have a take on them. all th emachines i speced out from them was $2300 or so. and i priced all the components on price breaker and it was right at $1500. if i dont go with the liquid cooling i think i am going to go with the V10 processor and ram cooler. it cooled both. and there are some pretty good deals out there right now. I wouldn't buy a liquid cooling system unless you are going explore the OC limits of your CPU/GPU . It just adds another point of failure in your system. |
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 KrisnatharokCaveat EmptorPremium
join:2009-02-11
Earth Orbit
kudos:3 | Pretty sure you don't need that unless you are going >4.0 GHz on an i7 chip. |
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