What do you think of this??

ChrisLandin · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:08

Hiya all. Well I cant believe my luck. Today ive managed to get my hands on a q9550 cpu, gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 mobo and 4gb corsair xms 1066 ram for £80 which I think is a bargain. Now my main rig as in my signature is what I use however ive selected these parts from oc to build a second rig with the idea of selling it on and making a bit of cash. Now ive been using nvidia stuff when ive been building pc's so dont know much about ati stuff and I was wondering if you guys out there could just help me out with the following items to see if the system would be a good gaming machine and maybe even a better set up than my present rig.

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Product NameQtyPriceLine Total

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game£92.99
(£80.86) £185.98
(£161.72)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)£69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black£41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)£34.99
(£30.43) £69.98
(£60.86)

LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail£18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £336.46

I would get 2 of the gpu's to cross fire and 2 of the hdd's to run in raid.

What do you think?? Also what sort of money would you think it could fetch if sold?

reflux · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:12

Get a 5770 instead, don't bother with the crossfire 5750s. Other than that, it looks fine.

ChrisLandin · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:14

what sort of difference is there between the 5770 singley opposed to 5750's in crossfire? Ive no idea with ati stuff. Cheers

reflux · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:19

Well the 5750s in CrossFire will be a bit faster but they're not really worth CrossFiring because invidually they are weak cards. Best to go with one single card IMO if you can...saves power, less heat, less driver issues.

ChrisLandin · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:30

so is the 5770 a much better card than the 5750?? and if so how? what about putting them in crossfire?

Ast3r · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:50

The HD5750 is 10% slower than the HD5770.2xHD5750s will be the same as 1xHD5850 and 2xHD5770s will beat 1xHD5850 and are equal with 1xHD5870.

reflux · 9 Dec 2009 at 17:53

ChrisLandin said:
so is the 5770 a much better card than the 5750?? and if so how? what about putting them in crossfire?

It's a little better, worth the increase anyway. You could put two in CrossFire which would be very fast.