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29. July 2010 @ 16:59 |
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i bought an XG Vigor 500w the shop i bought it from swore by it so they said it would do fine in my system lol took 3 months and the thing died woke up one morning power the pc and nothing,switch the fuse tested it with a friend psu tester and still nothing,now im running is spare 450 which is working ok but lack the connector i need for the video card.
Now thanks to you guys i feel like i made a good decision
GigaByte GA-890FXA-UD5 w/Phenom IIx4 955BE @3.20GHz - Corsair H60 CPU Cooler - 4 GB G-Skills RipjawsX DDR3-1333/PC3-10666 - Cooler Master HAF 932 Case - Corsair HX850 watt Modular PSU - WD Caviar blue 1TB - WD Caviar 250GB - Crossfired Gigabyte Super Overclock HD5770 + Sapphire Radeon HD5770- Logitech 5.1 Surround - Samsung Syncmaster2233 21.5"
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29. July 2010 @ 17:08 |
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You have a HAF932 case? Excellent choice. It's what I call my insurance policy ;) It helps keep everything cool, insures their lifespan.
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29. July 2010 @ 18:00 |
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Shops often do swear by terrible PSUs, it happens. We don't :P
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29. July 2010 @ 22:46 |
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Originally posted by Whysper20:
Very simple :)
So the VX550 it is hopefully it'll be here next week some time
THX guys help was appreciated
A little late but I made it.. LOL.
Yep that little dandy by Corsair is great.. I think that most of us have had one and I've heard NO one complain about it. ;) I use one for my little AMD 3800 and it's been going strong for a few years now. :D
Good luck and I think you'll like that PSU!! :)
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29. July 2010 @ 23:59 |
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@ omegaman7 Yea Ive had it for a week now and i love it the best choice ive made since the chieftec dragon,even added a little green paint to it already :)
@ greensman Better late than never which after the pay i got i have to wait another week but oh well i'd rather wait 1 week than go ahead and buy cheaply made product and be sorry
Sorry i just couldn't resist to show you guys hehe
GigaByte GA-890FXA-UD5 w/Phenom IIx4 955BE @3.20GHz - Corsair H60 CPU Cooler - 4 GB G-Skills RipjawsX DDR3-1333/PC3-10666 - Cooler Master HAF 932 Case - Corsair HX850 watt Modular PSU - WD Caviar blue 1TB - WD Caviar 250GB - Crossfired Gigabyte Super Overclock HD5770 + Sapphire Radeon HD5770- Logitech 5.1 Surround - Samsung Syncmaster2233 21.5"
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30. July 2010 @ 01:38 |
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The yellow Dragpn is cool, but sorry, not liking the green HAF :P
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30. July 2010 @ 01:53 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
The yellow Dragpn is cool, but sorry, not liking the green HAF :P
oh.. come on now.. LOL. I know you said that because of me you little turkey.. lol. :p
Oddly I agree... it seems unfinished for some reason. :S
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30. July 2010 @ 02:01 |
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It's not that it's green, it's just not a nice shade, is all :P
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30. July 2010 @ 02:16 |
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Its differant i have yet to see one that color,Plus you have to like green to start with :)
GigaByte GA-890FXA-UD5 w/Phenom IIx4 955BE @3.20GHz - Corsair H60 CPU Cooler - 4 GB G-Skills RipjawsX DDR3-1333/PC3-10666 - Cooler Master HAF 932 Case - Corsair HX850 watt Modular PSU - WD Caviar blue 1TB - WD Caviar 250GB - Crossfired Gigabyte Super Overclock HD5770 + Sapphire Radeon HD5770- Logitech 5.1 Surround - Samsung Syncmaster2233 21.5"
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30. July 2010 @ 19:56 |
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Originally posted by Whysper20:
Its differant i have yet to see one that color,Plus you have to like green to start with :)
Whysper I was sorta having a go at you about the PSU in the tower now.. ;) NO hard feelings really.. I know you're getting a proper PSU soon. :D
Sammy... I think with a little "better" psu and maybe some "different" lighting I could see that shade of green. :D :P
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30. July 2010 @ 20:31 |
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thread the PSU with black and green sleaving
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30. July 2010 @ 23:55 |
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Yea i think its gonna look better when i get the green fan.Green sleeving huh? i wonder if they got that in UV
Well today i borrowed my buddy 700w rocketfish to use the hd5770 and so far im not disappointed windows experience went from 4,7 to 5,9.I decided to go with the 650 from corsair just got an hinch that sometime soon ill upgrade to a quad core
lol greensman no offence taken ;)
GigaByte GA-890FXA-UD5 w/Phenom IIx4 955BE @3.20GHz - Corsair H60 CPU Cooler - 4 GB G-Skills RipjawsX DDR3-1333/PC3-10666 - Cooler Master HAF 932 Case - Corsair HX850 watt Modular PSU - WD Caviar blue 1TB - WD Caviar 250GB - Crossfired Gigabyte Super Overclock HD5770 + Sapphire Radeon HD5770- Logitech 5.1 Surround - Samsung Syncmaster2233 21.5"
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31. July 2010 @ 06:58 |
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Lol get that rocketfish out of there before it goes pop!
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16. December 2010 @ 08:56 |
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Need some advice on PSU's. I'm building a new rig with the following:
I7-875K CPU
Asus P7P55D-E PRO LGA 1156 P55 ATX Intel
OCZ DDR3 2GB PC3-10666 1333MHz Platinum XTC Dual Channel-> 6GB RAM
Seagate 2TB Sata3 HD
Cosair H70 watercooling system
Gigabyte GV-N470SO-13I NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card
LG BR burner
ANTEC DarkFleet 85 Full tower case
What would be a good power supply to power this with? I'm partial to Thermaltake but open to suggestions..
Thanks in advance
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16. December 2010 @ 13:02 |
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A GTX470? All wrong, buy an HD6870 instead.
I'd say something like a Corsair VX 550W.
Also, you want 1600mhz memory instead of 1333 really.
I'd also suggest using a gigabyte board instead of the Asus, as Asus boards are often unreliable.
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16. December 2010 @ 13:28 |
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Perhaps he has his reasons for the GTX470(Lot of games are Nvidia biased, in which it's almost beneficial to purchase Nvidia). They appear to be similarly priced. Perhaps you should explain the performance gains eh? Or is it simply because the 6870 uses significantly less power, at a near equal performance? Totally the wrong thread for this LOL!
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16. December 2010 @ 13:41 |
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GTX470: Performance level 160. Power usage: 240W-270W variable. Noise level: High. Running temperature: 91-95C Expected lifetime: 2-3 years
HD6870: Performance level 170. Power usage: 150W. Noise level: Very Low. Running temperature 80-85C Expected lifetime: 5+ years
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16. December 2010 @ 14:09 |
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THAT might dissuade him LOL! Thanks sam ;) Though life of a component can be gained by cooling. Other than a fan problem, My 8600Gt is going strong. My GTX260 has been pampered in the cool haf932. And not everyone exhibits the hot temps. I've seen people hitting 60C peak on the 470. Their idles were around 26C. Probably significant cooling there though ;) Perhaps nvidia improv as well...
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16. December 2010 @ 14:42 |
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Thanks for all the feedback guys.
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16. December 2010 @ 16:17 |
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Asus is the hard option, very hard. Replacing motherboards every few months is very tiresome. My Gigabyte P55 board, along with several other people's, is faultless.
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16. December 2010 @ 16:21 |
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i would say choose 8GB of ram vs 6 (2x4gb sticks) and can that board to SLI?
does your video encoding use cuda, if so stick with nvidia. If not might aswell get the 6870/6950.
PSU, for futures sake of crossfire/sli either a seasonic or corsair 850W PSU.
everything else looks blessed.
MGR (Micro Gaming Rig) .|. Intel Q6600 @ 3.45GHz .|. Asus P35 P5K-E/WiFi .|. 4GB 1066MHz Geil Black Dragon RAM .|. Samsung F60 SSD .|. Corsair H50-1 Cooler .|. Sapphire 4870 512MB .|. Lian Li PC-A70B .|. Be Queit P7 Dark Power Pro 850W PSU .|. 24" 1920x1200 DGM (MVA Panel) .|. 24" 1920x1080 Dell (TN Panel) .|.
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16. December 2010 @ 18:33 |
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Crossfire HD6870: 550W PSU minimum, 650W recommended
Crossfire HD6950: 650W PSU recommended
Crossfire HD6970: 650W PSU minimum, 750W PSU recommended
SLI GTX470: 750W PSU minimum, 850W recommended
SLI GTX570: 750W PSU minimum, 850W recommended
SLI GTX480: 850W PSU minimum, 1000W recommended
SLI GTX580: 850W PSU minimum, 1000W recommended
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16. December 2010 @ 20:28 |
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From the responses so far, looks like I came to the right place for information.. :)
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16. December 2010 @ 23:45 |
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Cman, edit your sig to conform to forum specs as your sig is 6 lines of text & forum rules states max of 5 lines of text.
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17. December 2010 @ 05:13 |
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Yes for LGA1155 systems you want dual channel memory, not triple channel. I'd recommend going with:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145324
If you're not going to go with a Gigabyte, can I tempt you into an MSI board instead? It pains me to see someone opening themselves to the pain and suffering of owning an Asus board!
As for the video card, whichever of these is the best you can afford [assuming you actually need this level of performance]
HD6850
HD6870
HD6950
HD6970
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