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    hec XP1080 1080W - Should I buy it?

    Thanks, will look into Cosair and Antec PSUs. Any suggestions other than the Cosair 750, something in the ~$100 range?
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    hec XP1080 1080W - Should I buy it?

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339035 Newegg.ca has it for $99.99 today with free shipping down from $159.99 regular price. Is it a good PSU? Should I get it for my i5-750 @ 4.0Ghz with a 5870 and probably 1 more in crossfire? Thanks in advance.
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    Highest-End rig suggestions

    Thanks a million, I'll definitely take some, if not most of your suggestions :) Cheers.
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    Highest-End rig suggestions

    Thanks for the replies, after chatting with my friend he was wondering whether it'll be worth it to wait for Hex-core processors and the GTX480 and get something like the 5850 in the meantime?
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    Highest-End rig suggestions

    Hi, I thought I was on top of the world when I built my i5-750 and 5850 setup. How very wrong was I. A friend of mine, quite wealthy, recently got addicted to Crysis. He said it looked better than real life, and fortunately has asked me to build him "The bestest ultimate gaming computer...
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    Radeon 5830 Released (Paper launch)

    Some reviews: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3750 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5830,2564.html A quick summary for those of you too lazy to read everything: - It is identical to the 5870 in physical design, meaning at 11 inches, you won’t be able to fit...
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    Aliens vs. Predator: DirectX 11 benchmarks

    Tessellation and advanced shadows from the DX11 screenshots look almost identical to the images from DX9. The only thing that wowed me was the water effects of tessellation from DX11, otherwise DX11 is garbage due to only slightly improved image quality but large performance impact.
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    Radeon 5850 so so hot

    Ahh I see, so out of those Everest temps, GPU Diode (DispIO), (MemIO), (Shader) GPU VRM, which one is the "GPU Temp" that reviews refer to?
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    1680x1050 - Minimum needed?

    At what FPS, 10?
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    Radeon 5850 so so hot

    Specs: Biostar T5 XE i5-750 @ 3.6ghz 4 GB XM3 DDR3 1600 HIS 5850 @ stock Seagate Baraccuda 750GB Now, I bought a Cooler Master H212 plus, and the i5 runs at 24C idle and 36C load, I'm loving it. Best $30 I've ever spent. I wish the same could be said for the Radeon, but it running...
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    How much of a videocard do I need?

    For playing at 1080p, you should definitely get nothing less than a 5770. The 5670 or GTS250 will struggle at that resolution at any slightly eye-pleasing setting.
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    BioShock 2 Gameplay Performance and Image Quality @ [H]

    Rofl, how will the GTX285/275 "give me better gaming experience for the time being" when enabling 2x MSAA drops the average FPS to around 40 and min. FPS to around 20? I don't know about the reviewers, but I'd take smooth 60 min. FPS gameplay with no AA from the 5870 over 20 min. FPS gameplay...
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    Is my power supply good enough?

    Thanks, I'm happy with even stock performance as stock CPU/Video card settings runs everything on max as of now, so in this case I'll drop back stock speeds for both components and hopefully my PSU will last. In a year or two when I decided to crossfire, I'll get a better PSU so in the mean...
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    Is my power supply good enough?

    Thanks for all the replies. Got my 5850 and installed it, and also borrowed a watt meter from a floor mate. Here are the results: CPU - i5 - 750 20 x 200mhz = 4.0ghz, 1.368V, could probably go even higher with my 212 + cooler, temps at 54C under load right now. GPU - HIS Radeon 5850...
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    Is my power supply good enough?

    Hm thanks, I'll remember to stay away from OCz. Now I guess, the better question is, what is the most powerful card that I run with my current PSU? 5770? 5750? 5830 when it comes out in a few days? I've seen people run 4890 and 4870 with i5-750 on worse PSUs, so that's why I thought I could...
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