Sold my computer...time for some new stuff

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Fri May 14, 2010 3:00 pm

Ok guys...here is what I am looking at. Opinions?

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

SAPPHIRE 100283-2L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor Model HDT55TFBGRBOX

Going to use my existing 3 hard drives, power supply.

Was going with a i5, but the new 6-core Phenom for less than $200 is pretty wicked and performance is better. Going to add an additional 4 gig of RAM later. All running under Windows 7 Ultimate. Hope to have it here next week.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Fri May 14, 2010 6:56 pm

Random thoughts:

I assume that's your Newegg cart list.

I want a 5770.

I would probably have picked the i5-750 instead of the Phenom, partly based on power consumption. Not so much the power itself but for the secondary effect on the air conditioning.

Dunno what power supply you have. I assume it's sufficient? You're pulling some watts there.

My biggest concern - Never heard of that memory brand. Did you check 'em out?

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:37 am

I have a 650watt Corsair PS, hope it works.

The G-skill memory is what I have been running for years, very reliable with a lifetime warranty. It is what I put into my client machines.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:59 pm

Okeydoke.

And the 650 is probably OK, kinda depends on the hard drives.

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Tue May 18, 2010 11:43 pm

http://www.hwcompare.com/graphics/

cool site for graphics card comparisons

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Tue May 18, 2010 11:44 pm

http://www.hwcompare.com/graphics/card. ... 0-Core-216

for under $200 and a superior card

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Tue May 18, 2010 11:47 pm

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

CPU's

you can probably down grade the cpu to the

AMD Phenom x4 965 Black Edition and spend a little more on the card. Then with that Nvidia card I posted above you can use your old Nvidia or get another one and use it for dedicated physx card and this would give your systems ass kickin' ness

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:02 am

Yeah, I thought about the 965, but I drooled over overclocking the X6 to 4Ghz with aircooling. I went ahead and got the 5770 because of the Directx 11 compatibility and also the Infinity display capability with multimonitors. I am looking to do that next year after all the kids move out.

Gambit, the drives are three WD 640GB 7200rpm drives, two black models and one blue. I went to my favorite powersupply calculator site, the link is in the XMEN Technical forum, and it said I had enough overhead. I should be fine.

It all should be here by the weekend. Yippee!

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:50 am

She is assembled...OS is loaded, patched, and now she is loading up the most important part...GAMES from Steam.

See ya online tonight!!!

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:25 pm

Awesome....overclocked automatically with the Asus-included overclock utility to 3.2ghz, no sweat. Heatsink is warm. Very nice!

Digging it.