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Re: New PC?
Posted: 17 Oct 2010, 19:10
by oksnoop2
Coresair wrote:Well my suggested gpu Is only 30$ more. Does it perform any better out of the box? no. The benefit of this card is the chip binning, and lifetime warranty. If you plan to keep the card for a more than two years, The warranty might be worth 30$, But thats up to you. Like I said I have the card you chose, and could not be happier.
Sorry about the ram confusion. I meant a 4GB kit, with two sticks. They are often cheaper than just buying individual sticks. I would go with
this one. It might be a tad slower, But it has tighter timings (cas 7 opposed to 9) and is 15$ cheaper. I think the tighter timings would be more noticeably in day to day use than 200 more mhz.
Sorry about my gfx card confusion. I got a little mixed up. I don't really want to overclock anything so I think i'll stick with my selection.
What does newegg mean with this:
DDR3 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/800
EDIT: Also would the power supply that's been recommend leave me room to expand? Like if i wanted to do SLI down the road or something.
EDIT AGAIN: ok i've made a full list any thoughts on where it would bottleneck?
Re: New PC?
Posted: 18 Oct 2010, 21:43
by Coresair
What does newegg mean with this:
DDR3 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/800
I cant be sure, but I think the board has to be over clocked to accept ram speeds above 1333. Most boards can do this easily so It would not concern me. If you wont be overclocking your cpu, that board will be fine.
No the psu will not work for sli, You will need a 550W at the very least. I recommend a 600W psu for the extra headroom. Also note your selected board does not support sli. If you want sli you need an
nvidia chipset for amd.
Re: New PC?
Posted: 19 Oct 2010, 07:58
by oksnoop2
I ordered the card and cpu. Woo!
Re: New PC?
Posted: 19 Oct 2010, 12:23
by Coresair
Congratulations!
Re: New PC?
Posted: 19 Oct 2010, 16:22
by jK
oksnoop2 wrote:What does newegg mean with this:
DDR3 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/800
The memory controller for AM3 is _in_ the CPU-Die, and AMD just supports <=1333MHz officially. And sometimes you even need to go down to 1066, because the memory controller in pre C-Steeping CPUs is unstable.
So any >1333MHz means that the mobo needs to overclock the memory controller in the CPU.
(IIRC this is since AM2, before the controller was on the mobo.)
oksnoop2 wrote:EDIT: Also would the power supply that's been recommend leave me room to expand? Like if i wanted to do SLI down the road or something.
750W are more than enough, I run a 460GTX 1GB + 95W CPU stable with a 350W PSU. (And I even needed to tinker a ATX2.2 adapter, so the CPU gets less separated energy lanes than it may expect.)