[Help + Suggestions Please] Gaming SLI Build £2000

JohnM

JohnM

JohnM

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I'm very sorry, this should have been in General Hardware, I didn't realize i was in Graphic Cards.

Heya,
I'm looking to build my 1st proper gaming system, I've built small gaming systems and work systems in the past but I can finally afford to splash out and get a decent dream gaming PC.

I'll show the basket down below, but I would like to know...
Have I made good choices? Any problems with some of my selections?
Any better alternatives?
Is it all compatible with each other?
Will everything fit? (Cooler on MOBO)
Bar a OS, keyboard and mouse is everything that I need to setup this system, up and running, there? (Wires/cables etc)
I'm going to be installing Vista 32Bit, should I install just 2 gigs of ram? or keep the 4?

Is SLI worth it? (Never seen a SLI system)

Will also be looking to overclock after a months time of purchase, let everything settle in and warm up. Good system to OC? I'm going to need advice on that as well but I'll post that in the OC forum.

Thank you.

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Even though this might be in the wrong subforum, one thing you could do is get a GT instead of a GTX. They're got almost the same amount of power (the GT bein around 10% slower than the GTX at stock) but the GT is so much cheaper. And nVidia are doing to release their new verison of the GTS at the end of this month anyway (so i've heard) so you might want to wait till they come out, as I've heard they'll be as fast as or even faster than the current GTX but quite a bit cheaper than it
 
you could get equal performance to that for a lot less,

what is your budget?

I'll get you specced up.

SLi not really worth it, but for a 24", might not be a bad idea, couple of 8800GT's if your buying now, but you'd be better to wait for the new 8800GTX coming out.
 
If I had to buy it soon then I'd get this, but it would be quite different if i were to wait a few more weeks.

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could save money buy dropping to 2x500GB like the ones you originally said to save money.

I take it you have mouse/keyboard.


and the P35 or X38 boards are much better, but they don't support SLI, and at the res of that montor then the current GTX isn't worth the cost over the GT so you may aswell wait or get two GT's, make sense?

feel free to ask any questions.

and a lot of the things in that spec are more personal preference such as the case/speakers/psu etc...
 
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That case is superior to the 900 IMO, nice and large inside.
The PSU should be more than enough, I'm not sure about the mobo as that's not my area of expertise, lol, but that seems adequate. You could change the HDD to the 500gb versions if you like. I put 4gbs of RAM seeing as they're so cheap now...you'll still see about 3.25gb which is still 1.25gb more :p And if you upgrade to x64 then you'll have 4gb ready. GTs are a lot better value than GTXs - you might want to wait for the new GTS' which should be coming out soon - faster than the current GTXs and should be cheaper. (should be anyway)
 
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similar to my spec, just mine has a few more higher quality parts in it, but the performance wouldn't be much difference.

plus mine has a 27" screen, and a very nice case and psu. the psu i specced will last you till you die.


and as for 32-bit OS, you have a maximum memory of 4GB for videa and system memory, so if you only have a 512mb gpu, then you will see 3.5 GB system memory.
 
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yantorsen said:
similar to my spec, just mine has a few more higher quality parts in it, but the performance wouldn't be much difference.

plus mine has a 27" screen, and a very nice case and psu. the psu i specced will last you till you die.


and as for 22-bit OS, you have a maximum memory of 4GB for videa and system memory, so if you only have a 512mb gpu, then you will see 3.5 GB system memory.
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Ah right, my bad. I put two 24" screens in. But that's only because I'm greedy. And I like 'spending' other people's money.
 
I'm amazed with the 27" on there.
Going GT instead of the GTX opens so many other experience altering upgrades, rather than the GTX experience.

Yantorsen, If you waited a few more weeks, what would you change for what?
 
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I'm amazed with the 27" on there.
Going GT instead of the GTX opens so many other experience altering upgrades, rather than the GTX experience.

Yantorsen, If you waited a few more weeks, what would you change for what?
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well I don't know the exact release dates of it, but I'd get the new 8800GTX, with an X38 chipset motherboard, instead on the 680i motherboard, and two GT's.
 
yantorsen i would never advice buying 2x2gb ram over 4x1gb nor would i advice spending 200 quid on a case, especialy when skimping out on the mobo to do so. And running a 27" on a 512mb with a 256bit interface is going to cause some problems playing at native res with any aa for games at the moment let alone the future.

Unfortunetly the only cards with a differnt interface taht are still powerfukl enough for current games wouild be the GTX and ultra and i wouldn't advice buying them either.

If you going for a big screen like that i suggest you wait for something powerful to run it in its glory.

Also i dont think a bnew gtx is coming out but a Gx2 is i beleive. Which is just going to be either 2x GT or GTS on one card.
 
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yantorsen i would never advice buying 2x2gb ram over 4x1gb nor would i advice spending 200 quid on a case. And running a 27" on a 512mb with a 256bit interface is going to cause some problems playing at native res with any aa for games at the moment let alone the future.

Unfortunetly the only cards with a differnt interface taht are still powerfukl enough for current games wouild be the GTX and ultra and i wouldn't advice buying them either.

If you going for a big screen like that i suggest you wait for something powerful to run it in its glory.

Also i dont think a bnew gtx is coming out but a Gx2 is i beleive. Which is just going to be either 2x GT or GTS on one card.
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27" is the same res as a 24", and if you noticed it was TWO GT's in SLi, they'd cope fine.

and 2x2GB is allows more room for upgrades, and the price is not much difference these days, plus your not going to want to run it past 800mhz when overclocking a quad.

and like i said, if he's spending that much anyway, may aswell get a nice case, i said it was subjective.
 
yantorsen said:
and as for 22-bit OS, you have a maximum memory of 4GB for videa and system memory, so if you only have a 512mb gpu, then you will see 3.5 GB system memory.
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Confused?

Im guesing the 22 bit is a typo and you mean 32bit.

Also your saying he will see 3.5mb because he has a 512mb gpu... 32bit only sees 3.2mb regardless.
 
yantorsen said:
27" is the same res as a 24", and if you noticed it was TWO GT's in SLi, they'd cope fine.

and 2x2GB is allows more room for upgrades, and the price is not much difference these days, plus your not going to want to run it past 800mhz when overclocking a quad.

and like i said, if he's spending that much anyway, may aswell get a nice case, i said it was subjective.
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The small interface will not be able to cope with the large textures and filtering.
 
8igdave said:
Confused?

Im guesing the 22 bit is a typo and you mean 32bit.

Also your saying he will see 3.5mb because he has a 512mb gpu... 32bit only sees 3.2mb regardless.
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yes i meant 32-bit, and it is to my understanding what i said before, when i run my 8800gtx in xp 32-bit, i see 3.32gb of ram.
 
8igdave said:
The small interface will not be able to cope with the large textures and filtering.
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it will be able to from benchmarks I've seen.

anyway tbh, in my opinion, you don't need to spend this kind of money on a PC, better to get something cheaper now, and save the money for a future upgrade.
 
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