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Przepraszam
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 Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 02:09 Post subject: New PC? |
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I have some cash to spare and thought about upgrading my current pc
Currently am running
Core 2 Duo E8400
XFX ATI 4890
WD Raptop 10K
4GB Memory
I was thinking to buying these items
GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 1333
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Thermaltake Frio
A-DATA S599 AS599S-128GM-C
Radeon HD 6870 OR Radeon HD 6850
Total Cost: $1100
what do you guys think? Should I even bother to upgrade?
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Przepraszam
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Waargh
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 03:03 Post subject: Re: New PC? |
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| besthijacker wrote: | | Should I even bother to upgrade? |
No. PC is dead. Get a 360 JTAG, a PS3 and a nice telly for the same price.
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 03:14 Post subject: Re: New PC? |
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| Waargh wrote: | | besthijacker wrote: | | Should I even bother to upgrade? |
No. PC is dead. Get a 360 JTAG, a PS3 and a nice telly for the same price. |
You forgot the "  " mate
@besthijhacker: Imho the upgrade isn't strictly necessary, just overclock your E8400 and you'll be fine for several months  |
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 03:22 Post subject: |
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| besthijacker wrote: | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894 lists as $180
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851 is $180 as well
Quad and Six cores cost the same ?
According to the website Prolimatech Megahalems CPU Cooler Rev B is only for Intel Sockets and is OOS
Actually, I have a question about memory. On that motherboard on newegg it states
"DDR3 1866(OC)*/1333/1066"
Would a 1600 memory work? I always did not understood this.
Also my case is Cooler Master HAF-932 |
hum, didn't realize they dropped in such price. I'd still go for the quad and OC, I would imagine less heat due to less cores working.
The memory will be fine, it's just stating it'll work with the memory at such speeds out of the box instead of having to dick around with settings.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed/9
an AMD 965 BE (black editions have unlocked MP) OC'd around 4.0ghz is on par with the i7 920 in games. You'd have more trouble OC'ing the hex
The meglahelm will work with AMD, apparently you have to get teh AMD kit for it so meh. theres also the noctua coolers that are really good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016
I personally have the corsair H50 with a couple noctua fans and <3 it. |
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 03:47 Post subject: Re: New PC? |
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| ixigia wrote: |
@besthijhacker: Imho the upgrade isn't strictly necessary, just overclock your E8400 and you'll be fine for several months |
I have jailbroken Xbox 360 that is sitting in the basement collecting dust for 6 months now
E8400 is OCed to 3.8GHz..
Those Noctua fans are quite expensive.
I decided to switch to AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition.
Total Cost :$1,138.44
I will wait for Black Friday before ordering these parts. Maybe there will be some good prices around the internets but newegg is the only place I trust to buy computer hardware from!..or I get impatient, I will order them next week. |
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 05:25 Post subject: |
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those noctua fans are bad ass and near silent for the amount of air they push 
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Werelds
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| Posted: Sun, 7th Nov 2010 12:02 Post subject: |
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Yeah good choices, although I don't get SpykeZ' aversion from the Frio. I've got one and it does its job perfectly fine, keeping my i5-760 at 35 idle, clocked at 4.2 GHz with a comfy 26-degree room temperature 
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| Posted: Mon, 8th Nov 2010 03:57 Post subject: |
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i just really hate thermaltake, it's like going to autozone to buy a fart can for your car lol
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Nov 2010 23:50 Post subject: |
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you know what friends...
fuck this..after 2 weeks of hard thinking..i decided only will buy an SSD...frak the rest
/cheers
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Nov 2010 00:02 Post subject: |
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your pc is fine, believe me all what new rig would give u would be like 20-30 fps difference in some games
overpriced ssd on the other hand will do the trick
 Spoiler: | no not really |
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Nov 2010 01:43 Post subject: |
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SSD at the moment is really not worth it.
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Frant
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Nov 2010 05:00 Post subject: |
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I have a friend who just bought a 1090T (hex-core) and managed without difficulty to bring it to 4.1Ghz on air cooling without adding a lot of voltage.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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