Well not if you want to play a game while running a browser, a voip, and running multiple virus scans...thinks to my friend. He uses 6gigs and utilizes most of it.
2gigs is enough for hardcore gaming...so long as you run no other programs. I can show proof!
Also Jodiuh I want to see a screenshot of your memory usage when you have a 2gig+ firefox...because that is just absurd. Firefox has taken steps to use up less ram...do you have a lot of add-ons and keep up a lot of tabs?
You'd be surprised how quiet and good water cooling is...IF you are gonna extreme OC...Swiftech is a great company to get watercooling blocks and stuff...also Maxishine's rig is quiet and uses watercooling
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Venomous-X w/ 2 x Scythe Slipstream 120mm 1900 RPM 110CFM Fans as PUSH/PULL Config.
Cabinet/Chassis: CoolerMaster HAF932 with 230mm front Red LED Fan as intake, Scythe Slipstream 120mm 1900 RPM 110CFM Fan Bottom Fan as intake, 230mm Side Fan as intake, 230mm Side Fan as exhaust and 140mm Rear Fan as Exhaust.
Lian Li PC-8N
ASUS P5Q SE Plus
Pentium E6300 (Wolfson 3-M)
Western Digital WD6400AARS 640 GB
Western Digital WD5000AADS 500 GB
Zotac GeForce 9500 GT
8 GB GEiL DDR2-800
ASUS Xonar Essence ST
E-MU 0202 USB
Enermax Pro82+
Noctua CPU cooler, two Enermax fans. You wouldn´t believe how silent it is - for a system cooled with air.
The problem is that the air cooling is already fairly quiet and that there are 3 other PCs in the same room that can only be air cooled. So it wouldn't really make a difference anyway.
Unless you're using fans slower than 800 RPM, my setups going to be quieter, less hassle, within 15% clocks, and over 400% less expensive than some high end Swiffy toys.
With the (relatively) recent advances in heatsink cooling, it's difficult to choose watercooling over a normal heatsink fan combo. Once you start upping your cooling requirements and complexity, then it starts to make more sense for watercooling (dual cpu + SLI = lots of heat to manage). Even then, I personally dislike the maintenance aspect of watercooling; if you run it long enough you will eventually have to add water and in extreme cases flush out the system and refill anew.
Speaking from my experience watercooling a dual xeon system a year or two back.
Help guys!! I need to know how many watts I need to have to power my PC and a budget motherboard (hopefully under 100$). Here are the things that I have in mind.
CPU AMD PHENOM x4 945 3.0 GHZ
GPU ATI 5870
Harddrive 1 tb 7400
ram 4gb
motherboard ???
psu ???
thanks.
Help guys!! I need to know how many watts I need to have to power my PC and a budget motherboard (hopefully under 100$). Here are the things that I have in mind.
CPU AMD PHENOM x4 945 3.0 GHZ
GPU ATI 5870
Harddrive 1 tb 7400
ram 4gb
motherboard ???
psu ???
thanks.
For a PSU I would recommend the Corsair 650TX for one card or 750TX or even 850TX if you plan on XFiring. As for the MoBo, look at compatible MoBo's on Newegg with good reviews, that is the simplest way to pick one out.
PC: Intel core i7 extreme 975 (O.C. run @ 4.1GHz) Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 CPU Cooler ASUS Republic of Gamers - Rampage III Extreme Corsair Dominator GT 6 GB PC3-12800 1600 Mhz Triple Channel DDR3 CAS 7 Memory Kit CMT6GX3M3A1600C7 XFX ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB DDR5 HD597ACNB9 (used to run crossfire with another asus ati 5870 but now use only 5970) WESTERN DIGITAL 600GB VELOCIRAPTOR 3.5INCH 10000RPM 32MB CACHE SATA6.0GB WD6000HLHX Corsair CMPSU-1000HX 1000-Watt HX Professional Series 80 Plus Corsair Case Graphite Series 600T - wait for shipping Samsung XL-2370-1 23-Inch Widescreen LED LCD Monitor This is running as a heater in my room. Accessories: Steelseries 6Gv2 Keyboard SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse SteelSeries 9HD Gaming Surface
Mac: MacBook Pro 15": CTO late 2008 unibody Intel 2.8GHz / 4GB DDR3 / GeForce 9400M/9600MGT-512MB / HDD 320GB 7200rpm Monitor out to EIZO ColorEdge CG241W Accessories: 2x eSATA 2TB Lacie 2big quada RIAD HD FW800/400, USB 500GB Lacie 320GB Lacie (for Time Machine) Apple Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Wacom Intuos 3 pen tablet Twelve South BookArc stand
I know these guys are suggesting corsair psus...and they are good but after building several systems for friends, co-workers and so on I would suggest one of the following:
550w Seasonic s12
or if you plan on upgrading
silverstone strider plus 850w
As for a mobo the Asus M4A785TD-V EVO would be my recommendation, I have never had any problems with it and have used it in over 10 builds (for other people)
These are simply my suggestions and you should do research and hear other peoples opinions as well. Hope the build goes well!
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