New spec recommendation!

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 20:56

Back to post#2

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 20:56

Btw, Is my specs really bad? I was thinking of getting a good PSU and a really good GPU? Or would it be bottlenecked?

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 20:57

ByMRK1 said:
Btw, Is my specs really bad? I was thinking of getting a good PSU and a really good GPU? Or would it be bottlenecked?

Just about to come up with an alternative

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 20:57

Thanks matey!

(Love this friggin' forum!!)

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 20:59

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Sub Total : £312.46
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £64.49
Total : £386.95

Keep your RAM and CPU.

Then switch to a Bulldozer CPU later on etc.

The motherboard and PSU are capable of running a pair of 6950 cards in Crossfire.

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:00

Ok, But how comes such a large powersupply??

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:03

ByMRK1 said:
Ok, But how comes such a large powersupply??

For a pair of 6950 cards then thats whats needed, you can get a way with a good 650W card but the Lepa is modular and is a good price.

The specs before had motherboards that either didn't support multiple graphic cards or were no good at it.

The AM3+ gigabyte board above runs both slots at 8X/8X equally or just 16X with a single card.

The ASUS P67 board above only does two cards at an uneven 16X/4X, the MSI in post#2 only has a single PCI-E slot.

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:05

Ohh sorry, Im only get a single GPU Mate. Sorry for not mentioning before

Akagi · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:06

ByMRK1 said:
Ok, But how comes such a large powersupply??

futureproofing and guarenteed stability.

less than a 750w is barely enough, and 750 will provide a little overclocking headroom etc.

i have a 700 and it powers my rig (in the sig) so it should futureproof for a second card (since the gtx480 pulls practically twice that of a 6870/6950

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:10

ByMRK1 said:
Ohh sorry, Im only get a single GPU Mate. Sorry for not mentioning before

No drama, its only the AM3+ spec that needs changing then

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 OC WINDFORCE 3X 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £269.99
(£224.99) £269.99
(£224.99)
Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
BeQuiet Efficient Power 600W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Sub Total : £353.30
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £72.66
Total : £435.96

So this PSU is Gold rated so will save money on the electricity bill

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:13

Sorry if Im getting annoying or anything? But do I need to change motherboard?? I would have thought processor would need changing more?

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:16

ByMRK1 said:
Sorry if Im getting annoying or anything? But do I need to change motherboard?? I would have thought processor would need changing more?

For?

The AM3+ motherboard will cope with any single card (ATI or nvidia) and just use you tri-core until you can swap to Bulldozer whenever its released.

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:19

Ohh! I see!

Thanks man.. Is the 570 better than the 6950?

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:22

ByMRK1 said:
Ohh! I see! Thanks man.. Is the 570 better than the 6950?

In my personal view yes.

That Gigabyte has a custom cooler and has a nice little overclock compared to a standard speed GTX570 - http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3895#ov

Its 280mm long (11") so it will fit your case according to the Silverstone specs.

You can see relative performance of various stock speed cards here - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_580_Matrix/27.html

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:25

Oh yeah, Is the PSU Modular?

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:26

ByMRK1 said:
Oh yeah, Is the PSU Modular?

No.

Its only redeeming feature is its Gold rating.

Just showing you various options

There are cheaper AM3+ boards but you do lose out on features such as SATA3.0 (useful for SSD drives)

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:29

Ok, Ill never buy an SSD drive btw.. xD
And I dont really mind Gold Rating, Im not paying the bill.. ;D

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:32

Ok,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 OC WINDFORCE 3X 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £269.99
(£224.99) £269.99
(£224.99)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £51.18
(£42.65) £51.18
(£42.65)
Sub Total : £330.12
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £68.02
Total : £408.14

This board - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-466-AS

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78LMUSB3/

Its AM3+ and does support 125W CPU's (important for a full range of CPU compatibility)

ByMRK1 · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:42

Haha thanks man! I should be able to hire stulid as a pc man or something!

stulid · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:51

Well hopefully you get the idea now.

1) Go sandybridge in spec #2

2) Keep the tri core CPU and get a AM3+ board ready for Bulldozer, a 6950 at no more than £200 or a full on powerhouse like the GTX570. PSU choices you have modular or not and Gold or Bronze rating, but anything 600W+ is good for a single powerful card, as long as its XFX/Antec/Corsair/OCZ/Lepa its hard to go wrong.