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Upgrading PC, CPU GFX card/PSU decision
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16. December 2007 @ 18:43 |
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16. December 2007 @ 18:52 |
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The idea of getting a duel core or quad is up to you. There is a price difference, and I don't know anyone who has experienced a phenom before, so I couldn't say if they're good or bad. I do know that people with a 6400+ love it and haven't had any problems with it yet.
Get the 3870. I see you said 3870(s), so are you going to be doing CF? Well, all I know is that although nvidia's graphics cards are a little faster, ATi doesn't cheat on image quality for performance. The 3870 has a better picture than the 8800GT, so I would get the 3870 hands down.
The power supplys you picked out are decent, but this one is far more reliable and you system will never use over 500watts.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...k=corsair%2b520
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16. December 2007 @ 20:55 |
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16. December 2007 @ 21:02 |
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Btw sam, is there a difference between the Sapphire 3870, and the other companies? I remember seeing a benchmark somewhere, and the HIS had about 2 more fps than one of the other brands...
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16. December 2007 @ 21:05 |
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Probably because HIS overclock theirs...
As for the brand, it's basically which one won't go wrong. Sapphire and HIS are trusted brands. Powercolor aren't.
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17. December 2007 @ 00:13 |
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I said the 3870s meaning them in general, and I don't want to get a whole new mobo for the quad cores. I'm using the existing one I have and was also kinda wondering if I would get the benefit of the phenom over the 6400+.
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17. December 2007 @ 00:18 |
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The benefits of moving to a quad core from a dual are far more subtle than those of moving from a single core to a dual core. Generally you wouldn't notice the difference unless you did lots of video work and played four-core games such as Supreme commander.
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17. December 2007 @ 00:36 |
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17. December 2007 @ 01:19 |
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whoa whoa, according to that list, my mobo doesn't support the 6400+?
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17. December 2007 @ 01:23 |
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Hmm, interesting. I don't see why it wouldn't. Contact Gigabyte about that, their tech support's usually quite good.
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17. December 2007 @ 01:49 |
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Thanks sammoris, I will tomorrow.
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17. December 2007 @ 19:03 |
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Would the 3870 work fine with my current motherboard?
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17. December 2007 @ 19:43 |
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The 3870 will work in any motherboard that has a PCI express 16x slot, but you MUST get a new power supply before you start using it.
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17. December 2007 @ 20:34 |
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Oh yeah I will, and I can't seem to find a way to contact gigabyte about the compatibility issues.
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17. December 2007 @ 20:47 |
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Just contact their tech support line and ask!
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17. December 2007 @ 21:23 |
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18. December 2007 @ 00:29 |
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18. December 2007 @ 00:44 |
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Heh, did you have to get that page from the taiwan gigabyte website? The connection to it is terrible! Took me 4 minutes to open the page!
It's curious that the 6400+ has been omitted from version 2.0 of the board. However, if you're not sure, just send the damn people an email! Their tech support over email is supposed to be quite good!
http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/ServiceCenter.aspx
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18. December 2007 @ 01:09 |
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I did.... haven't gotten anything back.
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18. December 2007 @ 02:15 |
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When did you send the message? I think it's fair to give them a couple of days to respond.
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23. December 2007 @ 02:19 |
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Got a reply, apparently they are still testing the processor and will release a bios update when finished.
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24. December 2007 @ 04:16 |
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Hmm, so it's not supported initially then. Curious, I wonder if there are any major architectural differences between the 6000 and 6400.
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25. December 2007 @ 02:08 |
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SWEET, I got rev.1, so I'm GOOD TO GO!
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25. December 2007 @ 15:12 |
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what version is the bios as you need "F11F" to run the 6400?
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29. December 2007 @ 18:38 |
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I actually have no idea what my BIOS version is, how do you check, and how to you upgrade it?
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