BulletInjection Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 There are many options to choose here. "Bulletinjectin" mentioned a GREAT OCing board, no doubt, but yes it is very expensive. He lives in the North ATL area, so since he's wealthy he might not have realized it (Damn kennasawians..J/K bullet) 1. ATi ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150359 ) I love Nvidia, and ATi, I only chose this card as it is really the TOP performer for movies, BLU-RAY, etc.... 2. Asus Mobo ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131386 ) 3. Core i7 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115202 ) 4. Ram ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145250 ) Doesnt get any better then this for the price. You could always go cheaper on the GPU (Like a GTX260 c192, which is like a 150, but not as fast for games) If your not going to play many games that are graphics hungry, you can get a ATi 4670 that has an HDMI out right on the card, and much much much cheaper ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102818 ) LOL I live just north of downtown and I am not rich(I wish ) I was born in the ghettos of long island haha. If you are serious about building a bad ass pc money can't be an option. And a gtx285 is NOT $139 lol its more like $350. If you tell me a budget in a pm ill give you a link to the entire build plan for every part, Building computers is my thang My build: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...8920&st=100 http://www.youtube.com/Bulletinjection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletInjection Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 And please never buy an ATI card haha. And don't get a gtx260 because all I ever hear is that they have temperature problems. My friend had one in a cosmos s with tons of fans and the thing would still run about 55C idle and hit close to 80C a few times in game. Just my 2 and 1/5 cents But ATI has poor drivers and you will get some stupid texture problems like on the 4870's where your floor ends up disapearing. Only had one ATI card and it sucked so bad I had to replace it with nvidia. My build: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...8920&st=100 http://www.youtube.com/Bulletinjection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newls1 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 And please never buy an ATI card haha. And don't get a gtx260 because all I ever hear is that they have temperature problems. My friend had one in a cosmos s with tons of fans and the thing would still run about 55C idle and hit close to 80C a few times in game. Just my 2 and 1/5 cents But ATI has poor drivers and you will get some stupid texture problems like on the 4870's where your floor ends up disapearing. Only had one ATI card and it sucked so bad I had to replace it with nvidia. Long island uh? Im grew up in Staten Island (NYC), small world. I disagree with you though on your ATi comment. ATi/Nvidia both have driver issues, you know that, your a smart guy. ATi does have some fuckin weird sets that come out, which leaves me scratching my head thinking "How the hell did the get WHQL passing" you know what I mean, but NVidia will do the same shit from time to time. I really love both companies, but when it comes to a BUDGET, the ATi 4830 is a performance card, with a budget price. I have had 10-15 GTX260 some watercooled/volt-modded, and they were great cards (the C216 version) on air they did get warm, but come on, that is to be expected with a card like that, that packs a 448bit, a damn die that is HUGE (almost the size of the pentium4 cpu, shit maybe bigger) etc.... The GTX275 is the card to get as of right now (IMO) @ 199$ that is a lot of card for the money. I love my staffie So anti FACEBOOK it isn't even funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 ok well you know how i said i never play games? i think i may get into a few games so i wanna get an overall all around good card for gaming as well as movies. and ive never owned ATI, but never had a problem with any of my nvidia's, i think i want to stick with nvidia. now what do you suggest? the 275? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130492 my friend just bought this card and its legit edit: he got the one that is superclocked. btw, i love the power supply placement on that case. DD M4 Rockford Fosgate P500-4 SoundQubed HDC415 w carbon fiber cap 2 Rockford Fosagate T1675-S XS Power D3400 Under Hood XS Power D5100 in rear Michael Singer 200A Alt Build Log: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/153901-2012-veloster-update-842013-wall-build-4-15s/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 ok so i was getting ready to order the i7 when a friend at work told me this about the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1ghz dual core.... he said its the same cpu hardware wise as the AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, but with the dual core you just have to have a certain board (i believe its gigabyte) and itll allow you to unlock the other 2 cores, making yout $99 dollar dual core, into a $99 dollar quad core 3.1, then you can OC if you want as well. wondering if i should just do this? the board and cpu will cost less than the i7 i believe, if anything, around the same price as just the i7 would cost. he even said the OS will read it as the AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition quad core, even though when purchased it was branded as the dual core 550... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newls1 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 ok so i was getting ready to order the i7 when a friend at work told me this about the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1ghz dual core.... he said its the same cpu hardware wise as the AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, but with the dual core you just have to have a certain board (i believe its gigabyte) and itll allow you to unlock the other 2 cores, making yout $99 dollar dual core, into a $99 dollar quad core 3.1, then you can OC if you want as well. wondering if i should just do this? the board and cpu will cost less than the i7 i believe, if anything, around the same price as just the i7 would cost. he even said the OS will read it as the AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition quad core, even though when purchased it was branded as the dual core 550... That is true, your friend is NOT bullshiting, HOWEVER not all X2's will unlock, and someone correct me if im wrong, but I do believe AMD came out with a new stepping to "correct" this hardware oddity. Many have tried this, and were VERY successful, but more so then not, most were unsuccessful. In all aspects the Corei7 is faster, there isnt anything amd can do to compete with the i7 CPU. So just play it safe, and just get the I7 920CPU and a good motherboard. I love my staffie So anti FACEBOOK it isn't even funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Ya I read that its 50/50. I prally will just go with the i7. I've spent 1000 already on the psu, case, and the 6 drives so might as well not cheap out on the board and cpu lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newls1 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 do great work so far kid, keep it up brotha! I love my staffie So anti FACEBOOK it isn't even funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted July 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thanks. Ill get a few pics tomorow, I put the drives in the case. Had to call antec, they're sending me a new side panel becuase my plexi was all scratched, I've read a lot of people get the scratched out of the box, so they sent me a new side piece :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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