[stang]

Well yer kinda I guess

And it is my money, not from mum

BTW there is no such thing as a GTX 220

 

[G.Trenchev]

Quote:

Originally Posted by G.Trenchev /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's: MB:Jetway I35P-SG CPU:Intel E2160@3Ghz RAM:2Gb@1Ghz VGA:ATI Radeon X1950pro(soon gone) PSU:450W Chieftec Disp: Dell 2209WA

Update:
Got HIS HD4850 today

 

[stang]

How come you went with a 4850 and not a dx11 card? The only reason I sold my second gtx 285 was coz I wanted a gtx 285 card, then bought the Beyer DT880 and am short in cash for an ATI 5850 lol. I am waiting for the release of the gtx 470/480 (should be very, very soon) then the 5850 price will go down a bit.

 

[saturnine]

MB: DFI T3eh8 X58 mobo
CPU: i7 920 @ 4.0ghz
RAM: 6gb Corsair dominator 1600mhz
Video: XFX 5870 XXX
PSU: BFG 1kw
Sound card: X-Fi Fatality, upgrading to Asus Xonar
HDD: WD Velociraptor 300gb + 2 1tb Seagates
Monitor: Samsung 2693hm
KB: Logitech G15
Mousey thing: Logitech G9x
OS: Vista Ultimate x64 / Sabayon Linux

 

[Eagle_Driver]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stang /img/forum/go_quote.gif How come you went with a 4850 and not a dx11 card? The only reason I sold my second gtx 285 was coz I wanted a gtx 285 card, then bought the Beyer DT880 and am short in cash for an ATI 5850 lol. I am waiting for the release of the gtx 470/480 (should be very, very soon) then the 5850 price will go down a bit.

The problem here is that a good DX11 card is still too expensive, and any "DX11" cards in the same price range as the 4850 are all downgrades in performance. (Though granted, the 57xx series cards are roughly in the same performance and price range as what the 4850 originally sold for last year.)

 

[G.Trenchev]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stang /img/forum/go_quote.gif How come you went with a 4850 and not a dx11 card? The only reason I sold my second gtx 285 was coz I wanted a gtx 285 card, then bought the Beyer DT880 and am short in cash for an ATI 5850 lol. I am waiting for the release of the gtx 470/480 (should be very, very soon) then the 5850 price will go down a bit.

There was only 5670 in this price range('bout 100$),which I would not consider as a serious gaming card.As for DX11,IMHO I'll never need it...same as DX10 for the last 3 years.
Still great performance(3x times faster than my old card) and cool'n'quiet as well.I like

 

[Hyperfluxe]

i7 930 @4.5 Ghz
Asus P6X58D Premium
Gskill 6GB Ram @1600 Mhz 7-7-7-24
Noctua NH-D14 Heatsink
ATI HD Radeon 5850 XFX
Corsair 750HX Modular PSU
Western Digital SATA 6gbps Caviar Black 500GB x 2 (RAID 0 config)
Samsung SH-S243D CD/DVD Writer
Windows 7 home Premium
Asus Xonar DX

All under an HAF 932 AMD edition along with my Logitech G15, Logitech G9, and Dell 24inch monitor.

 

[stang]

Wow 4.5ghz. How long is it stable under linx and what are your temps?

 

[Dakallday]

Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced Case
Intel i7 920 2.66ghz.
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Motherboard
Corsair 6gb 1600 ram
ATI Radeon HD5850 Video Card
Corsair HX750 Power Supply
Intel 40gb SSD
Western Digital 1TB

 

[stang]

OC that 920 to 4ghz and the 5850 to 1000mhz core speed

I have my i7 920 at 4ghz and am getting a 5850 in a couple of weeks

BTW it's nice to see someone who uses an SSD as their OS drive. I used to own 1 120gb one, but sold it, as I know the prices would drop a lot (which they did, by $100 in a month). Am going to get one for my b-day in May

 

[revolink24]

Its about time for an upgrade for me.


Phenom 9950 Black Edition (3.1GHz OC)
4GB 1066MHz DDR2
ATI Radeon 4850
Lots of hard drives.... 3TBish
Wacom Bamboo Tablet
IBM Model M keyboard and Saitek Eclipse II keyboard
Antec P182
Logitech MX Revolution on Steelseries I-2
Dual 22" Acer LCDs

 

[Nebby]

Just built a small torrent server.

MB: Intel DH57JG
CPU: i3-530
HS: CoolerMaster Gemini II
RAM: Corsair 4gb
PSU: Silverstone 300watt SFX (came with case
HDD: Intel X25-V + WD GP 1.5TB
OS: Win 7

I have to say it was a fun experience getting the heatsink to fit in there but it was definitely worth it. Idles at 23C and doesn't get much hotter when it's just torrenting.

 

[revolink24]

Holy crap thats one hell of a torrent server. I would have just built one on an atom board.

 

[DanTheMiataMan]

Ok so my friend just scored me a i7 860 and a Intel X25M-G2 for dirt dirt cheap.

Now I have a 360/ps3 where I do most of my gaming and have been out of PC gaming and such forever. Like last time was in like 2002 when CS was in Beta 7 or something.

The only big thing I miss about PC gaming is RTS and RPG (Dragon Age/ NWN / Diablo type RPG's).

Do I go with a m-ATX case and MB or do I go with a small ATX case and MB?

The only real difference other than size is that unless I wanna drop like 200ish on a mATX MB if i ever choose to go SLI/CF they mostly all have 16/4 and i hear/read that 16/4 is pretty useless. Where most of the full ATX MB's have 16x or 8x/8x. The only reason this even tickles my fancy is that I've read that 2 mid-range like sub 100 dollar cards running in SLI/CF 8x/8x can put out as much of an umph as a single big spendy large card.

Also most of the mATX cases can support size wise a GTX260 as the biggest card that could fit.


so... yeah help me out mATX with a single semi nice card or go for a full ATX and go 2 mid-range and such. Again I don't think I'd really play FPS or Racing or anything other than like RTS and RPG's. I'd mostly use the computer for Photochop, Stats programs, Typing papers, music, 720p/1080p video editing, and of Folding =)

 

[Head Injury]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheMiataMan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ok so my friend just scored me a i7 860 and a Intel X25M-G2 for dirt dirt cheap. Now I have a 360/ps3 where I do most of my gaming and have been out of PC gaming and such forever. Like last time was in like 2002 when CS was in Beta 7 or something. The only big thing I miss about PC gaming is RTS and RPG (Dragon Age/ NWN / Diablo type RPG's). Do I go with a m-ATX case and MB or do I go with a small ATX case and MB? The only real difference other than size is that unless I wanna drop like 200ish on a mATX MB if i ever choose to go SLI/CF they mostly all have 16/4 and i hear/read that 16/4 is pretty useless. Where most of the full ATX MB's have 16x or 8x/8x. The only reason this even tickles my fancy is that I've read that 2 mid-range like sub 100 dollar cards running in SLI/CF 8x/8x can put out as much of an umph as a single big spendy large card. Also most of the mATX cases can support size wise a GTX260 as the biggest card that could fit. so... yeah help me out mATX with a single semi nice card or go for a full ATX and go 2 mid-range and such. Again I don't think I'd really play FPS or Racing or anything other than like RTS and RPG's. I'd mostly use the computer for Photochop, Stats programs, Typing papers, music, 720p/1080p video editing, and of Folding =)

My suggestion: Go full MB and a mid-tower. It'll give you more room to play around. Go with a single card now, but find a MB with 8x/8x. Then in the future when whatever card you picked is dirt-cheap and not up to snuff anymore, buy another and SLI/CF it.

My suggestion for card: Wait for the pressure of Nvidia's GTX400 series to push the ATI 5000 series down in price. The 5000 series has been selling above MSRP due to demand, but when the GTX400 is finally released to the public it will be enough competition to lower prices. However, initial benchmarks don't look promising for the 400 series, and even the 470 will probably be overkill for you. Buy a 5850 when it gets to like $250. One hell of a card. Nearly as good as the $350 GTX470, overclocks like nobody's business (but you probably won't have to worry about that), sips power like a $100 consumer card, and is nice and quiet too.

If you don't need that much power, get one of the 5700 cards, which still have the benefit of power sipping. I still suggest waiting to see what happens to prices though.

Oh, and PLAY FPS! PC was made for RTS and FPS. If you play FPS on a console, you're missing out.

And for everyone else in the thread: My new rig is in my profile. I'm also a SSD-for-boot-drive user, and it's great. 37 second boot from cold, everything in Explorer is very snappy, installation might as well be instant for all but the biggest programs. Even GIMP loads in less than ten seconds, which takes half a minute on my other PCs.