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kaivorth · 07-12-09

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Originally Posted by clowdermilk89

So you gave him MORE expensive DDR2 and a better HSF. The HDD will run the same speed. If you want confimation just check Tom's Hardware and it will tell you that pretty much any Seagate is faster than a Western Digital with exception to the Raptors. Also he said he wanted a small hard drive since he is getting one next month. I gave him the 720 because it would save him money any hopefully he could unlock the 4th core which is more likely since I put the 790GX South Bridge in the list like you did but yours only has one PCI-E x16 so if he wanted to do Crossfire he would have to buy a new board. The memory I listed is the exact same that I have and I absolutely love it and it has great overclocking potential. The only thing that I will agree with is that the heatsink is better and your choice on a graphics card.

First off, I think Toms Hardware is garbage. Second, I gave him better quality memory. I see it as $10 more, he gets DOUBLE the space. That comment regarding hard drives sounds kinda of fanboyish... He will have horrible luck unlocking a quad on the tri. Most of them do not unlock by now. I gave him a quad core from the start. Will probably hit 3.8~ with that heatsink. I do not believe he said that CF was in his future. If it is, I can tweak the build some more.

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Originally Posted by skugpezz

sweet build, but i would advise persons that are just building a ring at this time to go to ddr3

Any reason?
I believe the maximum performance boost was 5% with DDR3. And that was maximum. The OCZ Blades will do fine.

tagurtoast · 07-12-09

lol at that guy whos siggy comps name is amd i7 it so wouldnt come near to an i7 system in benchies ever heard of hyperthreading

MijnWraak · 07-12-09

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Originally Posted by tagurtoast

lol at that guy whos siggy comps name is amd i7 it so wouldnt come near to an i7 system in benchies ever heard of hyperthreading

someones a fanboy.

In trying to avoid a flamewar: synthetic benchmarks aren't a proper tool to compare processors. 'nuff said.

Jnesses · 07-12-09

500Gb. HDD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073
790GX Mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131366
650TX PSU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005
DDR3 RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231189
Dark Knight:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233029
X4 945 PII+4890 1GB.:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.206758

$746.93 with $35 MIR

Game.Set.Match. lol

actually switch out the 650tx for a 700w stealthxstream
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341019

it comes out to $720 with a $35 total MIR

pyra · 07-12-09

I would sugest a gigabyte 790X ud4p, or the 790XT if you want DDR3, i have the DDR2 version and its brill and I have heard a lot of other people on OCN rate it well too.

skugpezz · 07-12-09

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Originally Posted by kaivorth

First off, I think Toms Hardware is garbage. Second, I gave him better quality memory. I see it as $10 more, he gets DOUBLE the space. That comment regarding hard drives sounds kinda of fanboyish... He will have horrible luck unlocking a quad on the tri. Most of them do not unlock by now. I gave him a quad core from the start. Will probably hit 3.8~ with that heatsink. I do not believe he said that CF was in his future. If it is, I can tweak the build some more.

Any reason?
I believe the maximum performance boost was 5% with DDR3. And that was maximum. The OCZ Blades will do fine.

something called future proof setup. I just think at this time ddr3 is the next step

skugpezz · 07-12-09

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Originally Posted by tagurtoast

lol at that guy whos siggy comps name is amd i7 it so wouldnt come near to an i7 system in benchies ever heard of hyperthreading

ever heard seen this ? that is very close http://en.inpai.com.cn/doc/enshowcon...96&pageid=4664

and this? I7 FAILS http://www.modreactor.com/english/Re...re-i7-920.html

slickwilly · 07-12-09

It would have helped if the OP had stated what games he or she will be playing.
As for CPU AMD or Intel I still have only heard of one game that makes full use of a Quad core.
Bench mark scores are for bragging not game performance, I doubt if ether of my builds
would rate very high but they play the games I play very well.

I would recommend a good dual core AMD 550 or Intel E8400 if OP wants to do future up grade than get DDR3 if not get DDR2 video just about any thing from ether ATi or Nvidia from the last year will play any game out now.

Peace be with you.

pyra · 07-12-09

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Originally Posted by slickwilly

As for CPU AMD or Intel I still have only heard of one game that makes full use of a Quad core.

I agree with Slickwilly, save some money by getting a fast dual core and spend more on your gpu.

BDillon · 07-12-09

500Gb. HDD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073
790GX Mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131366
650TX PSU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005
DDR3 RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231189
Dark Knight:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233029
X4 945 PII+4890 1GB.:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.206758[/quote]

Pretty awesome setup and very similiar to the one I just put together. My main reason for posting is I saw several recommending the Mugen 2 and I am going to go ahead and say you should get the Zalman over the Mugen 2. I just installed the Mugen 2 and although it cools amazingly it's a REAL pain to install and almost impossible to install by yourself. I'm not a pro by any means but it took me a good two hours trying to set this thing up by myself, finally i gave up and woke up my brother around 2am to help me get this thing installed

Also it's big, to me the extra degree or two you might gain isn't worth the trouble and the possibility that it won't fit in your case.

good luck!

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