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8/20/12 at 9:42pm
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post #12 of 16
8/23/12 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by SabertoothZ77R View Post

1. ASRock is getting better, but still doesn't have me satisfied as ASUS does. Warranty and legendary quality/reliability of ASUS wins.
2. nVidia 660Ti vs ATi 7870, I'm still looking into but so far performance numbers are marginal for the nVidia
3. Sold on the Corsair Vengeance
4. SSDs are more reliable than HDDs, and never had an HDD fail yet, so I am good with the OCZ Vertex 3
5. Had SoundBlaster before and liked it.
6. 650W is later on CrossFire
7. So far I read its the same as an H100, not sure about the better cooling though. But quality-wise Corsair is better from reviwers

1. Then don't buy a Sabertooth. Just buy the vanila P8Z77-V. Sabertooth doesn't have much to offer IMO. Or get a full fledged board with Thunderbolt ports as well.
2. 660Ti is noticeably faster than 7870. It even beats 7950 (that's the one with the new bios) at 1080p half the time.
3. Since you are getting a water cooler, that would be OK
4. Then get the Intel 520 series which performs a tad faster, or get a Vertex 4
5. The problem with SB is NOT the hardware, but the drivers. For example, right now, Windows 8 has this problem where Console launcher would not load the settings when you reboot. Creative knows about it. But they are so lazy to fix it. Realtek, being an integrated audio maker, releases drivers and enhancements 10 times more often. (and that is NOT because they are buggy. Creative drivers are buggier because they do not get patched often.) It's your call though.
6. Do no Crossfire or SLI. It will bite back and you will more often have to go back to a single GPU solution. I had to. Even with lower recorded FPS, gameplay is 1000 times more smoother and bug free when I moved from 6950 CF to GTX670. (reason could be nVidia's more stable drivers as well) If you have to stick with ATI, get the 7970.
7. Differences are marginal, but fan noise is lower on the Thermaltake or if you use the same high speed fans on the Thermaltake, you can get better cooling performance due to the rad being 30% more thicker. (but look at the clearance with the mobo and case first, especially if you would go push-pull)
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post #13 of 16
8/24/12 at 7:42pm
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Originally Posted by Anusha View Post

1. Then don't buy a Sabertooth. Just buy the vanila P8Z77-V. Sabertooth doesn't have much to offer IMO. Or get a full fledged board with Thunderbolt ports as well.
2. 660Ti is noticeably faster than 7870. It even beats 7950 (that's the one with the new bios) at 1080p half the time.
3. Since you are getting a water cooler, that would be OK
4. Then get the Intel 520 series which performs a tad faster, or get a Vertex 4
5. The problem with SB is NOT the hardware, but the drivers. For example, right now, Windows 8 has this problem where Console launcher would not load the settings when you reboot. Creative knows about it. But they are so lazy to fix it. Realtek, being an integrated audio maker, releases drivers and enhancements 10 times more often. (and that is NOT because they are buggy. Creative drivers are buggier because they do not get patched often.) It's your call though.
6. Do no Crossfire or SLI. It will bite back and you will more often have to go back to a single GPU solution. I had to. Even with lower recorded FPS, gameplay is 1000 times more smoother and bug free when I moved from 6950 CF to GTX670. (reason could be nVidia's more stable drivers as well) If you have to stick with ATI, get the 7970.
7. Differences are marginal, but fan noise is lower on the Thermaltake or if you use the same high speed fans on the Thermaltake, you can get better cooling performance due to the rad being 30% more thicker. (but look at the clearance with the mobo and case first, especially if you would go push-pull)

1. I did, I went ahead and got the ASUS P8Z77-vPro instead, offers a lot more than the Sabertooth, cheaper too.
2. I ended not wanting to go cheap on the system and got the Radeon HD 7970
3. Yes, H100
4. OCZ Vertex 3 is still 540/mb Read and 500/mb Write I think, which is up to par with SSDs
5. Yeah, I read on those but those are SoundBlasters other cards, as for the Audigy 7.1 its perfect with Windows 7 no issues and sounds great. It had better reviews then the higher priced cards.
6. Doubt I'll go CrossFire, the 7970 itself should do great.
7. I got the Carbide 400R case, H100 fits like a glove in there (Corsair duh) but I think for now H100 should do.
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post #14 of 16
8/24/12 at 7:46pm
Hello and Welcome.

Nice build you've got going!

I'm starting to feel all alone with my 920 C0 redface.gif
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post #15 of 16
8/24/12 at 10:43pm
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1. I did, I went ahead and got the ASUS P8Z77-vPro instead, offers a lot more than the Sabertooth, cheaper too.
2. I ended not wanting to go cheap on the system and got the Radeon HD 7970
3. Yes, H100
4. OCZ Vertex 3 is still 540/mb Read and 500/mb Write I think, which is up to par with SSDs
5. Yeah, I read on those but those are SoundBlasters other cards, as for the Audigy 7.1 its perfect with Windows 7 no issues and sounds great. It had better reviews then the higher priced cards.
6. Doubt I'll go CrossFire, the 7970 itself should do great.
7. I got the Carbide 400R case, H100 fits like a glove in there (Corsair duh) but I think for now H100 should do.
Good choice on the mobo and the video card. Yes, stay away from multiGPU setups. I learned it the hard way. frown.gif

Intel 520 series SSDs and Vertex 3 specs are on par with each other "on paper", but Intel have tweaked their more and it performs better overall in real world tests. But the difference is not noticeable to the eye I guess.
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post #16 of 16
8/25/12 at 3:30pm
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Hello and Welcome.
Nice build you've got going!
I'm starting to feel all alone with my 920 C0 redface.gif

That what I used to have. Dell XPS 435mt had the i7 920, decent processor, not really old either.. Only those Intel Core 2 Duos and 2 Quad Cores are starting to show age among gamers it seems. Funny how I started my build and told myself to cap it off at $ 1,500.00 than I wanted/need something else, I hit 1600s, 1700s, 1900s, than I hit $1970 but wanted a bigger monitor that was actually 1080p HD so that totalled my build to 2114.00 lol
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Originally Posted by Anusha View Post

Good choice on the mobo and the video card. Yes, stay away from multiGPU setups. I learned it the hard way. frown.gif
Intel 520 series SSDs and Vertex 3 specs are on par with each other "on paper", but Intel have tweaked their more and it performs better overall in real world tests. But the difference is not noticeable to the eye I guess.

Yeah.. I was a bit hard headed about the Sabertooth but if the armor with the fans were such success I think a lot more manufacturers and mobos would've offered similar boards. Plus it lacked as many PCI ports as the P8Z77-vPro, and the vPro's memory allowed 1333, 1600, 1866, 2000 (OC), 2133, 2200, 2400, 2600MHz (OC) which is awesome. Sabertooth stops at 1866MHz. But as for the rest, the video card was the right choice for me. I think Radeon is grown on to me more than nVidia lately. And again I still love the 3GB Memory and 384-Bit Memory Interface as well. Plus it'll be over-clocked a bit so I shouldn't run into any issues with it
Edited by SabertoothZ77R - 8/25/12 at 3:37pm
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