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Hammer102
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22. November 2009 @ 20:40 |
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Xplorer4
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22. November 2009 @ 22:04 |
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Dont bother with Nvidia. Get a 4890. Out performs that card and for less money if memory serves me right.
The AC Freezer 7 Pro isnt that great, I know from experience. Its not bad but it doesnt cool much better then the stock cooler on a quad core chip.
Shin-Etsu X23-7783D is better paste, but the AS5 is still great paste.
You can pick up the paste and good cooler here.
Not sure ho good the Samsung F3 hard drives are but Id stick with Segate or WD.
Drop the ASUS mobo, there cheap...again I know this from experience.
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Hammer102
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22. November 2009 @ 23:02 |
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I am fine with getting a different CPU fan, but I would like it to be from newegg since I am getting everything else from there. If I get the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 with the XIGMATEK i5 brackets would that work? I have used this cooler before and I like it.
Also, in my past builds I have gotten gigabyte MOBO's. How do feel about those? What about the GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3R?
Lastly, I have gotten Samsung HDD's in the past and have had no problems. So I think I will keep that HDD unless you have another reason for not getting Samsung.
As for the video card, I thought that Nvidia gives more performance when it comes to games. Even though it might be a little more expensive.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22. November 2009 @ 23:06
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22. November 2009 @ 23:44 |
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Originally posted by Hammer102:
Also, in my past builds I have gotten gigabyte MOBO's. How do feel about those? What about the GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3R?
Good board. If you think your friend might ever want to install a second long/wide CrossFire or SLI graphics card, you might want to look at a GA-P55-UD5 simply to get horizontal SATA connectors that won't get blocked by the second card.
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Hammer102
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23. November 2009 @ 02:19 |
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I do not understand why I would spend that much extra for just horizontal SATA ports and a third pci express x16 slot. Even though, does the new fan work?
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23. November 2009 @ 03:06 |
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In my opinion you aren't paying more for the third PCI-E slot, but for the folded over SATA ports under the base of your second card. If you can't ever see a need for a large second graphics card, the UD3R should be a great board for you.
Dick
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Hammer102
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23. November 2009 @ 03:20 |
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Thanks, I appreciate the help. I will go with the UD3R.
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Xplorer4
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23. November 2009 @ 11:13 |
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Originally posted by Hammer102:
Also, in my past builds I have gotten gigabyte MOBO's. How do feel about those? What about the GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3R?
Lastly, I have gotten Samsung HDD's in the past and have had no problems. So I think I will keep that HDD unless you have another reason for not getting Samsung.
As for the video card, I thought that Nvidia gives more performance when it comes to games. Even though it might be a little more expensive.
Gigabyte is good.
Samsung: Well as I recall Sam saying the other day, the F1s were the most unreliable drives on the market.
Video: With a comparable ATI/Nvidia card, the Nvidia might benchmark slightly higher, but in terms of what you actually perceive, your not going to see much difference, if any. Not to mention the newer ATI cards have alot lower power consumption then nvidia. Last but not least Nvidia doesnt have any DX11 cards. ATI does, but there in very high demand and very hard to find in stock. This comes down to the cpu on the cards being in short stock.
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Hammer102
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23. November 2009 @ 19:23 |
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Ok, I just switched out the samsung HDD for a western gate. Also I switched the video card for a SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770. I did not realize that there is a directx 11 out so that is why I picked this card.
Lastly, I switched the mother board for a GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 because it was $20 less than the ATX counter part, which I was looking at.
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23. November 2009 @ 20:28 |
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Originally posted by Hammer102:
Ok, I just switched out the samsung HDD for a western gate.
Is that a cross between Western Digital and Seagate?? :)
Good choices all around.
Dick
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Hammer102
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23. November 2009 @ 20:32 |
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23. November 2009 @ 22:37 |
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WD Caviar Blacks are good choices.
Dick
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24. November 2009 @ 00:28 |
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You should try one of the new tosh-sam-seagate digital drives...
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