Need Advice on my New Build

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:31 pm

Hello guys Im in the process of building a new Gaming Rig so far i purchased just the case, but tomorrow after work i want to order everything else...so here is the list of the parts i would like for my computer.

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131365
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231225
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115202
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371026
OR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371024
GFX Card(s): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130475
i currently have the case already i also have a 1TB HD WD there is nothing on it i am going to be running Vista 64bit on the system since i already own the OS i was going to use a EVGA mobo which was a lot cheaper than that asus one but i was told a bunch of bad things about the EVGA like bent pins shorting out etc. im also wanting to get those 2 gfx cards i was told they were really good, i was also told there was some ATI cards where u can run 3 and they were mid range cards that werent too expensive and they would out perform a really high top end card...im not to sure about it though as i haven't heard much about it, im also open to different parts of anything im building to make my gaming rig more stable thanks much i am open to any suggestions thanks for your time and concern.

im open to a AMD build as well...doesnt have to be intel

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:19 am

My only question would be the video card....if you're putting together parts for a gaming rig now..why not get a DirectX 11 graphics card?

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:43 am

^i havent been keeping up with all the new stuff...reason i came here been so busy at work just dont have the time to read up and what not...but i would be more than willing to use a directx 11 gfx card.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:58 am

definitely replace that video card with an ATI 5850...it will blow that nvidia away for the same price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814129141

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:59 am

oh yeah, everything else looks solid ...I didn't see a hard drive

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:03 pm

loop2kil wrote:oh yeah, everything else looks solid ...I didn't see a hard drive

i also have a 1TB HD WD there is nothing on it

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:18 pm

yea loop what sava said im currently just going to use my spare 1TB HD that is clean in the future i will go with some sort of a raid set up ....ummm as for the mobo i was also thinking maybe a evga one but ive heard tons of bad things about evga with the bent pins etc...was thinking if it was a good idea to stick with that asus mobo or try out that evga and with that new video card is that visiontek company any good? never heard too much about them

evga mobo: but if im going ati then i would obviously need a different mobo then this since it doesnt support crossfire.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:12 pm

hehe, missed the 1 tb part.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150442

Visiontek is fine...here is one with a lifetime warranty for only 10 dollars more.

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:15 pm

i was also wondering what are your opinions on an AMD gaming Rig are they as stable as the Intel i use to game with AMD but a couple years ago i switched to Intel....AMD is much cheaper i can afford their top end CPU and its a lot less then Intels top end CPU i was just curious to what you guys think about Gaming with a AMD set up? sorry to be such a bother i appreciate all your help

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:18 pm

I've been more of an Intel fan lately.
I'm also a fan of Asus motherboards

If you're looking to stay more on a budget, Sapphire 5770, $165 bucks at the Egg, and it's got plenty of balls.

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:39 pm

nah its not really a budget issue, was just curious as to how stable AMD was now a days for a gaming rig ....

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:21 pm

Genuinely™ wrote:nah its not really a budget issue, was just curious as to how stable AMD was now a days for a gaming rig ....

Very, but Intel regained the top speed crown and it holding on to it well, for a while now.

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:40 pm

well im only playing World of Warcraft no FPS games for me anymore, so im sure AMD can hold its own with WoW and i would only need a directX 10 card since wow is still using directX 9

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:39 pm

Genuinely™ wrote:well im only playing World of Warcraft no FPS games for me anymore, so im sure AMD can hold its own with WoW and i would only need a directX 10 card since wow is still using directX 9

Intel is by far cheaper and faster than AMD at this time.

And I'd stick with Nvidia for a graphics card, the driver support is just much much better at the moment. The new series is getting ready to release also which should drive prices down some more on current models.

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:42 pm

hmm idk i thought AMD was still cheaper than Intel....top mobos for amd are around 200 and top cpu is around 200 for AMD and im sure AMD can handle a non FPS game like WoW

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:48 pm

Genuinely™ wrote:hmm idk i thought AMD was still cheaper than Intel....top mobos for amd are around 200 and top cpu is around 200 for AMD and im sure AMD can handle a non FPS game like WoW

Nobody says a top of the line AMD processor can't handle wow.. hell my cell phone can handle Wow

But you pick out a AMD chip and I'm sure any one of us can find you a Intel chip faster and cheaper

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:08 am

^haha true, i may just wait a week or two i still need to do tons of research i for sure want a i7 920 cpu i just dont know any good motherboard to combo with it and i would like one really good gfx card since wow wont really need 2 lol..so i find it a wase to get 2 cards and run sli/crossfire i would like around 6gbs of tri chan ram 12800 pref. psu i picked out the 750W Earthwatts Antec

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:43 pm

Sava700 wrote:Intel is by far cheaper and faster than AMD at this time.

And I'd stick with Nvidia for a graphics card, the driver support is just much much better at the moment. The new series is getting ready to release also which should drive prices down some more on current models.

any clue as to how long? im in need of an upgrade but can definitely wait a bit.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:06 pm

velvta wrote:any clue as to how long? im in need of an upgrade but can definitely wait a bit.

Well the "Fermi" line which is what they are calling it was hinted to release of late Jan of this year...and we have since past that date so I would say by June at least.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:28 pm

velvta wrote:any clue as to how long? im in need of an upgrade but can definitely wait a bit.

March at the earliest.