System ideas for the summer, any input?

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jake21

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Currently this is my setup: :eek:
Jpac Voodoo Black Steel case
Asus P4P800VM mobo
Socket 478 P4 3.0ghz
500w OEM psu
1Gb Corsair XMS DDR400
100g and 80g Western Digital
XFX GeForce 7600gs (AGP)
Samsung DVD
Vantec Fan controller
3 80mm fans
1 120mm fan

Im going to build one of these this summer, im leaning toward the AMD heavily from what i have heard about the processor.

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AMD

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Intel

Any input is appreciated!
Thanks,
Jake
 
Why not an X58 core i7setup?

I mean if your going to do this in a few months then i7 stuff will be cheaper, and its way fast.
 
yea but the AMD 940 is super-overclockable and runs very stable at high speeds
 
jake21 said:
yea but the AMD 940 is super-overclockable and runs very stable at high speeds
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So is the Core i7, lol, and it still outperforms the ph2.X4, OC'd or not.

Come back a couple weeks before you plan on building... you'll get much better advice then. Its too early to plan right now.
 
Price checks actually aren't allowed in GenHard. A good method on figuring out its worth is in the FAQ.
 
Any comments about the PSU's? I may want to run SLI/Crossfire in the future with it. The PSU's should do the trick shouldnt they?
 
jake21 said:
Any comments about the PSU's? I may want to run SLI/Crossfire in the future with it. The PSU's should do the trick shouldnt they?
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go i7 for sure. prices will continue to drop and they perform great and overclock easily. the $280 case is not needed. as for the power supply go with something trusted such as corsair, pc p&c, etc. if you're gonna sli in the future you'd probably want to go at least 750w. all depends on what video cards you're using.
 
I agree. You can find some really strong, good looking case for half that. Also, I may sound a bit dated, but if your planning on gaming, why not go with a nice dual core processor instead? I have notice that most game dont actually support quad yet, and if you wait a bit, the price will drop even more. Also, I have heard great things about the XFX Nvidia 285 GTX black edition. I have seen it in action, and it does things my system wouldn't even dream of. It really isnt that much more than you plan to spend, and it really is a great, stable card. And as far as the power supply, I would get the best that you can. Most of the time, a power supply is used in several builds, at least for me. If you get something like a 1000w, you wont have to upgrade if for quite a while.
 
Red_Star said:
I agree. You can find some really strong, good looking case for half that. Also, I may sound a bit dated, but if your planning on gaming, why not go with a nice dual core processor instead? I have notice that most game dont actually support quad yet, and if you wait a bit, the price will drop even more. Also, I have heard great things about the XFX Nvidia 285 GTX black edition. I have seen it in action, and it does things my system wouldn't even dream of. It really isnt that much more than you plan to spend, and it really is a great, stable card. And as far as the power supply, I would get the best that you can. Most of the time, a power supply is used in several builds, at least for me. If you get something like a 1000w, you wont have to upgrade if for quite a while.
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The case has a very good watercooling setup built in and is very watercool friendly. Awesome ventilation. For the processor, if im going with anything it will be quad core, why have dual when you can have quad at the same ghz.
 
jake21 said:
Any comments about the PSU's? I may want to run SLI/Crossfire in the future with it. The PSU's should do the trick shouldnt they?
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PCP&C 750 Silencer.

I saw one in the FS forum for $80...thats a steal, i might go ahead and buy that if I knew I were building a PC soon.
 
I'd go for that AMD build with a few changes:

Video card:
XFX HD4870 512MB

PSU:
BFG 680W LS
or
PC P&C Silencer 750W
both of these PSU's will power two GTX 260s or two HD4870s without breaking a sweat. I suspect the 680W will run two HD4870X2s or two GTX 295s just fine too.

Mobo:
DFI Lanparty DK 790GX With the money you save here you could go for an XFX HD 4870 1GB instead.

IF you can squeeze in an X58 board and a core i7 it would beat a Phenom II even at 4.0GHz by significant margine usually.

edit: oh your also going to want to swap that 1TB for 1 or 2 WD 640GBs. If you put two of em in RAID-0 you'd get some pretty impressive read speeds --of course simply by the fact that your now spreading any 1 file out over 2 drives means you have twice the chance of data loss due to drive failure. If either one of those drives dies, all the data is lost. Make sure you back up anything crucial!!!
 
MrWizard6600 said:
edit: oh your also going to want to swap that 1TB for 1 or 2 WD 640GBs. If you put two of em in RAID-0 you'd get some pretty impressive read speeds --of course simply by the fact that your now spreading any 1 file out over 2 drives means you have twice the chance of data loss due to drive failure. If either one of those drives dies, all the data is lost. Make sure you back up anything crucial!!!
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very true very true
 
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