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skitfubar
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_ 		21. September 2009 @ 17:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey guys, I'm thinking about making a decent gaming rig that I can hook up to my TV and play modern games on. I probably won't be playing Crysis so I just need something that will run most modern games well. Here is what I have so far.

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128395
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129113
Mem: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103680
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010

So I don't really know how important a good motherboard is for gaming. I know I need the right slots for graphics cards and such, but I don't know much else about mobo's.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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skitfubar
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_ 		21. September 2009 @ 17:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also, I'm hoping for under $600 these parts combined. basically just looking for the most bang for my buck.
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Xplorer4
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4 product reviews
_ 		26. September 2009 @ 01:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Looks good, but personally i like Crosair PSUs. Dont forget a case, and hard drive. Oh and a DVD burner.

HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
$80

DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
$30

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
$55

Total=$642

You could drop dwon to a 500 or 750 GB if thats really to far out of budget.
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jony218
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_ 		26. September 2009 @ 14:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It looks good. I have the radeon 4670 and it plays every modern game I throw at it and it's a lower level card than the 4870. You will definitely have very good performance with the 4870 even on a game similar to crysis.

One thing that I overlook on my phenom 9750 was the cpu cooling fan. At full load it was hitting 70 celcius with the normal fan I had on it. No overclocking on my part.
I bought an artic 64 (30.00) and that brought the temperature down to 45 celcius at full load idles at 32 celcius. That's just something to look at especially on a gamming maching.
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1895
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sammorris
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_ 		28. September 2009 @ 08:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Mobo: 9/10
GPU: 8/10 - Great card, but suspect quality board and cooler
RAM: 9/10
CPU: 10/10
PSU: 8/10

Nothing majorly wrong here. Corsair PSUs are better than the OCZ, but that is a (the only) quality OCZ unit.
Playing it safe with the HDD, I'd recommend this over the Samsung:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
Remember to buy extra case fans for the Antec Three Hundred.

The 4870 is more than double the performance of the 4670, closer to 2.3-2.4x.
Jony: the Phenom 9750 is a terrible CPU. The X2 550 is not, it'll be fine, unlike the Phenom it's all performance and little heat - not all heat and no performance :P
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