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XiS111

XiS111

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Hoping that this all fits together and should be ordering by next week if its all good.

v1: http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/159/21861541.jpg

v1.1: http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5480/85162304.jpg

v1.2
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i was considering the 4870, but reading reviews, it performs just aswell as the 260, but it gets hotter and louder than the 260, and the size of the card.. im not sure it'll fit.

and yeh the velociraptor is for booting, loved having a raptor so im betting this new one is going to keep me happy for a while :)

changed the ram and board to the one your recommended, however im wondering if im able to overclock with this board?
 
mmm the board does look tasty... very well i'll keep it on the list.

another problem i was thinking about was the compact space inside the lian li, not sure how much clearance i'll have for the cpu cooler, and if the scythe ninja mini will be able to perform well enough after overclocking.
 
Looks like these guys got the mini ninja and a gtx 260 in the case no prob. Here is a review for the mini ninja - looks like a pretty nice cooler. Again - thats the one i'm gonna put in my htpc build (with a noctua 92mm fan).
 
Yea, the included fan does not look great. Fortunately the mini ninja comes with 92mm fan clips as well as 80mm so I think I'll be going for this noctua due to the good airflow and low noise (also uses 3 pin).
 
Personally, i'd go for the 1200rpm ones. Better airflow and they are very quiet even at 1200rpm and there is a wire in the box with a resistor in it which takes the speed down to 600rpm if u need to. Also, you can always control the speed using speedfan.
 
okay, edited the basket with those in, finally back to gfx card, should i go for the 4870 or the GTX260? :D

started playing a lot more Steam games recently so radeons should perform better?

just noticed that the GTX260 doesnt have HDMI output :( was looking for something i can use with a 1080p TV.
 
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The DVI output of all graphics card can be converted to HDMI using a cheap little converter (may come with the graphics card). Its a pretty even split between the 4870 1GB and the gtx 260 216 core in terms of performance. I don't think steam games play any better on ATI than NVidia. For example Mirrors Edge makes use of Physx - so it will play faster on NVidia cards. However, as you are using a p45 board which supports Crossfire x8x8 then ATI would be the best bet if you plan on adding a 2nd card in the future.
 
believe i'll be going for GTX260 then, wont be looking to upgrade for a longtime, and not really interested in having 2 gfx cards all budged up in a tiny case :D




just read this review and seems like this card is pretty sweet for the money, tho the XFX one is pretty decent.
 
updated the list, believe its at quite a decent price for the performance, hoping the CPU isnt bottlenecking. ..

now i need to find a decent monitor/TV :D

EDIT: Looked at the Hanns.G HG281D 28" Widescreen seems to have some decent reviews in the monitor section but.. quite a few complaints about dead pixels :/
 
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