Jamie_Kurosawa Wrote:Quote:Budget: $750-$1000 or so? He can fit a GTX460 in there for sure.Skylit... what part of this did you not read?
Objective: A [SIZE=2]gaming [/SIZE]computer I can use for a long while. Not a hardcore top-line one; don't need Crysis on high specs.
A GTX460 and 5850 will both struggle running crysis completely maxed out on a standard 1080p monitor.
Overclocking may be used later on. Something a Phenom X4 9850 isn't capable of..
Can I ask you the same question? You're the one who wrote an essay on how beneficial a quad core is and then later said it wasn't needed. Make up your mind please.
$750-1000 is way more than enough for build a half way decent gaming rig.
Please, with all due respect just stop. Leave the PC design to a license tech please who listens to the customer and not themselves
Yet you're recommending older and faulty hardware from 2007? Please stop acting full of yourself. You're CLEARLY having a hard time trying to back yourself up.
Honestly? Why would I have the OP waste his money when he could buy much better hardware for a little more or a little less than what you recommended?
I really don't give a crap if you're a licensed tech or not. You seem to know very little about the hardware and or stuff you're recommending.
Kevin645 Wrote:Ati 4870 is not old
It performs much better than its rival the 5770 which costs a bit more... I have the 4870 as of now and it runs great no worries. But for bang for buck its Ati and their respin should be out faster then nvidia respin..
You're correct, the 4870 is slightly stronger than the 5770, but it also lacks DX 11 support while consuming more power and generating more heat. I didn't mean to offend you by saying the 4870 was outdated, but it's technically last generation hardware. The HD6000 series is around the corner.
FYI GTX 460 470 480 suck a lot more power just like the 280s. The only point when gtx 280s were good was when they were respin into 285s which fixed the power management and boosted performance..
Since the nvidia cards are generally new and Ati had the 5xxx series out for a year already expect a respin for them to out perform these cards..
It's the 465/470/480s(GF100 Cards) that suck power. The 460s (GF104) actually rival the 58xx series in power consumption and heat output.
Watercooling is not a fail but for budget builds like yours it costs 300 dollars alone for the basic stuff so better to put some awesome fans on a nice tower cooler.
This, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're not experienced with PCs.
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Good info from this guy
GummyBear Wrote:Also, most motherboards has a builtin sound card which should be decent enough if you're not doing any serious sound works. To save money, I'd suggest you just use the on-board (built into the motherboard) sound card. Personally, I do quite a bit of sound-related stuffs, but I still find the on-board sound card to be sufficient.
Agreed. On board Realtek HD ALC 889 is pretty good, although an add on sound card would sound way less muffled with good monitors. If you plan on running cheap $10-20 USD 3w speakers then it simply isn't worth the extra cost because it's going sound like crap anyway.
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