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[packardbell]

intel core 2 duo 3.2 ghz

[Legion 2.5]

I bought a hard drive for my 360 the other day for this.

[ObserverStatus]

Soul Cool wrote...

ViSeirA wrote...
.... so yeah everyone is obviously an expert because for $2500 I can build a supercomputer that calculates pi to the gazillonth number in 2 minutes.

*goes to build a supercomputer out of PS3s or something*

Wait, the Air Force already did that. Curses.


*ponders what he could realistically build for $2,500 using more expensive parts*

Or I could just use that to pay down on my college cost.

I'm actually surprised that Sony hasn't sued, I doubt they're running their OS and Sony gets pretty upset when people don't.  I doubt they'll tolerate 1760 jailbroken ps3's for long.

[Slakky]

The military doesn't buy anything without an ongoing supply agreement. Whatever the Airforce does with PS3s, they have Sony's blessing, or at least tacit agreement.



I upgraded to a Phenom II X4 a little while ago. DA2 wasn't the sole motivation, but it was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.

[artsangel]

Planning to upgrade very soon, but having trouble deciding whether to wait for the new MoBo's to come out with the Sandy Bridge fix. The issue only affects the SATA 3gb/s ports, and I'm getting a pair of 6gb/s drives, so I should only have an issue if I want to attach a third harddrive in a few years.

I guess I'll see if DA2 runs ok on my machine. It meets the requirements I guess, 8800GTS & Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz.

Modifié par artsangel, 02 février 2011 - 12:38 .

[Ravenfeeder]

Bugger! The Sandy Bridge debacle means I'll probably delay the full upgrade until April or May as I already have 3 hard drives and plan on adding an SSD to that. I might go ahead with the graphics card ahead of March 11 though.

[EnergizerBunny211]

Can anyone help me with my previous post RE: whether or not to SLI my EVGA 470s, or wait for the price to drop and buy a single 580? I'm running an Core i7 950, 12 Gigs of Kingston DDR 3@1333 on an ASUS P6T Deluxe.... and I just today bought the Cooler Master 932 HAF X Full Tower.... Wow.. that is one sexy case. It may not be as pleasing to look upon as say... the Antec 1200, but the functionality and cooling is in my opinion the best on the market right now.... Anyways, if anyone has any suggestions/comments/opinions or advice about the SLI subject... please let me know.... Many Thanks!

[EnergizerBunny211]

Can anyone help me out on my previous post RE: whether or not to SLI my EVGA 470s, or wait for a price drop and buy a single 580....?

[TwistedComplex]

Why do you want intel for gaming?



It's INCREDIBLY expensive for a processor if you're gonna use it for games

[TwistedComplex]

EnergizerBunny211 wrote...

Can anyone help me out on my previous post RE: whether or not to SLI my EVGA 470s, or wait for a price drop and buy a single 580....?

I would suggest (if you can afford it) switching motherboards and getting an ATI 5770

They're 160 dollars, use less power than the nvidia cards, out performs most if not all mid range video cards, and they won't burn your house down like nVidia does

[TwistedComplex]

EnergizerBunny211 wrote...

Can anyone help me with my previous post RE: whether or not to SLI my EVGA 470s, or wait for the price to drop and buy a single 580? I'm running an Core i7 950, 12 Gigs of Kingston DDR 3@1333 on an ASUS P6T Deluxe.... and I just today bought the Cooler Master 932 HAF X Full Tower.... Wow.. that is one sexy case. It may not be as pleasing to look upon as say... the Antec 1200, but the functionality and cooling is in my opinion the best on the market right now.... Anyways, if anyone has any suggestions/comments/opinions or advice about the SLI subject... please let me know.... Many Thanks!

Don't SLI

It's alright if money is tight and you just want a decent proformance boost, but for every card active in your case, you lose a percentage of performance from each (Unless you have maybe 8x8x8 but those boards are incredibly expensive)

I would just save up

Modifié par TwistedComplex, 04 février 2011 - 12:14 .

[Doofus42]

EnergizerBunny211 wrote...

Can anyone help me with my previous post RE: whether or not to SLI my EVGA 470s, or wait for the price to drop and buy a single 580? I'm running an Core i7 950, 12 Gigs of Kingston DDR 3@1333 on an ASUS P6T Deluxe.... and I just today bought the Cooler Master 932 HAF X Full Tower.... Wow.. that is one sexy case. It may not be as pleasing to look upon as say... the Antec 1200, but the functionality and cooling is in my opinion the best on the market right now.... Anyways, if anyone has any suggestions/comments/opinions or advice about the SLI subject... please let me know.... Many Thanks!

Hello EB211.

I have a system similar to yours.  Core i7-950, EVGA classified MB, 6 GB RAM, CM HAF-X case, 2 EVGA GTX570 in SLI, Cosair AX1200 PS.

I agree with you that the CM HAF-X case is great.  (Not sure I would use the word sexy to describe it, but I understand.)  The airflow is great, especially if you add the additional top fan and GPU fan.  I have upgraded from a single GTX470 to 2 GTX570's in SLI.

I have two gaming desktops so my old GTX470 is in the older system.  I initially upgraded to a single GTX570.  I like to run with the AA and AF overridden in the nVidia driver at 32x and 16x respectively.  Neither the single GTX470 or GTX570 would give me the framerates I wanted, so I upgraded to the GTX570 SLI system.  I do have a 120Hz monitor so I like my framerates to be close to 120FPS.  This also helps if I decide to use the 3DVision on a game.

A recommendation for you now.  The GF110 based cards, GTX570 and GTX580, are better than the GF100 based cards, GTX470 and GTX480.  They perform better, use less power, and are quieter.  However they are much more expensive.  Getting a second GTX470 will cost about $250 USD.  Two GTX470's in SLI will out perform a single GTX580.  The GTX570 is about $350 USD and the GTX580 is about $500 USD.  Power is not an issue with your Antec power supply.  The HAF-X case is good enough to keep whichever 1 or 2 Video Cards you chose cool.

My GTX570s in SLI seem to perform very smoothly, so I would expect SLI GTX470's to perform well also.

So the real question is how much money do you want to throw at this.  Keeping the GTX470 will work well.  Upgrading will be better.  For me the premium for the GTX570 to GTX580 was not justified.

Hope this helps.

[mr_luga]

Should check in on the new GTX 560 Ti, it's really smooth and cheap

[Uomoz1987]

Just upgraded:



CPU: i7-2600K (Sandy Bridge) Quad-Core 3,40 Ghz

GPU: Radeon HD 6950 - 2 Gb GDDR5

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 4 Gb ddr3 1600 MHz Unbuffered CL 9-9-9-24

MOM: ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 socket LGA 1155 chipset Intel P67 ATX



Pretty insane pc overall .

[mr_luga]

I heard Sandy bridge had a fault in it and was recalled. Might want to get that checked up on ASAP to make sure you get a new one sent to you

[Blaza]

I've upgraded bigtime.
Just bought myselfe an Alienware monster

Deus Ex Human Revolution, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3 and TES Skyrim.....bring it on bi***es

[drahelvete]

I was going to... but then I lost my source of income.
Oh, well. C'est la vie!

[AndrahilAdrian]

AlphaMaeko wrote...

- AMD Phenom II x4 3.0 Ghz (Quad Core)
- ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB
- Gskill 8 GB DDR3 (4 x 2 GB)

No need to upgrade, but I thought it was interesting how they listed my exact video card as the DX11 recommendation. I wonder if that means that my card is only just good enough to handle the DX11 effects?

i have a 460 gtx, and i was wondering the same thing.

[Avilia]

Last time I updated for a specific game was then HL2 was released. Ahh the good old days when every new game required a new rig....;-)



I did just buy me a new GPU though - just because I likes me some pretty pictures, no specific gaming reason. I'm hoping it'll mean no more upgrades needed this year...although I did see some sweet RAM... (GTX 560 - biiiig upgrade for me and I'm so enjoying the framerate and general gorgeousness).

[tdawg7669]

DSerpa wrote...

$2500 for a gaming computer.
$200 for an Xbox 360.

Why not get a console?

you can build your own rig for 500 or under, especially if you shop around for parts and take the parts that can be skimped on from older desktops you might have lying around.

[Junri]

Do not bother upgrading your CPU, unless its total garbage put your funds into a better GPU. Most games are more GPU-bottlenecked. Going higher than i5 atm will have little effect on your gaming performance.

Modifié par Junri, 05 février 2011 - 01:08 .

[namedforthemoon]

We just got all the components for our new computer delivered today. My husband doesn't work tomorrow so he's going to build it and get it all set up. It's going to be awesome!

[Withidread]

generalkorrd wrote...

http://www.tomshardw...rror,12108.html
I'm part of this now, that'll teach me for trying to be the stud on the block!

Thanks for the link, this makes me very glad I opted for the i7-980 instead.

[TwistedComplex]

tdawg7669 wrote...

DSerpa wrote...

$2500 for a gaming computer.
$200 for an Xbox 360.

Why not get a console?

you can build your own rig for 500 or under, especially if you shop around for parts and take the parts that can be skimped on from older desktops you might have lying around.

It is if you waste your money on intel

My entire computer costs less than the new i7 and i can run crysis on full with 40+ fps

[AndrahilAdrian]

TwistedComplex wrote...

tdawg7669 wrote...

DSerpa wrote...

$2500 for a gaming computer.
$200 for an Xbox 360.

Why not get a console?

you can build your own rig for 500 or under, especially if you shop around for parts and take the parts that can be skimped on from older desktops you might have lying around.

It is if you waste your money on intel

My entire computer costs less than the new i7 and i can run crysis on full with 40+ fps

agreed. AMD's processors are literally 1/4 the price of their intel equivalents, and AMD motherboards are cheaper too. How Intel stays in business is beyond me.