Get this card: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-PCI-Express-TWIN-FROZR-II/dp/B004JLNZXU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=A3EEXTUSWX65VP&s=generic&qid=1338294692&sr=1-6
GTX 560 Ti $159.99 is just as fast as GTX 550 Ti SLI without the hassle of two cards. That is a waste of money, space and power.
As far as...
If anyone has a LGA775 cooler they can donate for the cost of shipping or a few bucks I would really like one for a buddy's budget DIII build. I have spare stuff I can swap as well.
2011 and 1155 has the same amount of life. One is a mainstream/gaming platform and the other is for the enthusiast/workstation platform. LGA2011 6 core with 64/32GB RAM and intend to run 2+ GPU's. LGA1155 is gaming orientedand you would want a 3770k or 3570K, 8/16GB RAM, and you are limited to a...
I never said that your 3570K wasn't great for gaming. Someone else in the thread was complaining that Ivy wasn't what it was marked up to be. If you read my wall of text completely I simply stated that after the amount of performance you can get from a SB chip is astounding and that Ivy Bridge...
I do some Photoshop work of my own and 8GB is more than enough. TBH some people in here are starting to sound like Geek Squad. I guess it's just me and how many times I have had to explain to people that in not all cases adding RAM is all you need to do to improve system performance and that...
I have seen Vega's results, but simple logic and this data proves otherwise: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/23.html
PCI-E 3.0 x16/x8-x8 SLI/X-Fire is going to be a common multi gpu configuration. This amount of bandwidth is the same as a PCI-E 2.0...
On a 2.0 X8 slot, sure. But a x8 3.0 slot is the same as a x16 2.0 slot. Therefore I don't believe that there is a card that fully saturates a 2.0 x16 slot or x8 3.0.
Can't argue with that :)
Ivy Bridge is not a flop. I don't know where you got that from. Intel releases processor on a...
I kind of agree with your assumption NKD but you cannot easily come to that conclusion about a few hundered bucks being insignificant to someone buying a GTX 690. I would think in just over half of the potential GTX 690 suitors would pay more than MSRP and do something like purchase the GTX 690...
This is a good deal, even without Staples. There is no reason not to get a Staples coupon. I have used sites like the ones J Macker suggested in the past with success. I think the last time I did was about two years ago when I got a suprisingly nice E-Machine 23" 16:9 LCD for $129.99 - $25 off...
GTX 670 SLI blah blah blah. Listen guys, some people have deeper wallets then us and money is not an object to them. They just want the best available regardless of the price. This means an i7 3960X and maybe one or two of these bad boys.
I don't even think two of these in SLI are as fast as...
Gah cmon people I know this is [H] but lets be reasonable for just a moment. Realize most gamers would benefit very marginally from 16GB memory over 8GB. I would rather put the $50 towards the deals on SSDs and improve a component in my system that will make a significantly positive impact on...
A video or some system specifications would help. I have been running a valiant GTX 560 Ti 1GB underwater and it has been more stable that I could ask for and is quite the performer on my 1080P monitor when I get the GPU core cranked to 960mhz. Maybe I'll be adventurous and pursue a stable 1ghz...
I just got a 2500K from a respectable member in the FS/FT forum for $165. Why buy new when you can help sponsor another geeks habit as well as yours!
This isn't a bad price though. You aren't missing anything paying extra for the 3570K performance-wise though if I was building new I would go...
Here are my suggestions. The Sabertooth is a fine motherboard but I think you see where I am coming from about the price encroaching on X79 price territory. If the OP decides to invest in a Z77 Sabertooth then more power to him and he should have a rock solid mobo for years to come. Just note...
The Radeon HD5XXX series never had great scaling. Ditch them for a GTX 670 and you should expect more all around performance than your current setup than you think.
There are a lot of better 2011 boards in that price range than the MSI GD45. Also, the Z77 Sabertooth is just as expensive as a LGA2011 motherboard. I just don't see the performance matching the dollar here. No doubt it is a great motherboard but ASUS has done a great job cashing in on the...
CompUSA is still going strong under the guidance of TigerDirect. I have two within about half an hour of me and what is cool is that they use online prices in-store. Considering TigerDirect is a major competitor with Newegg, as long as they have the component I need available at the store the...
So far this seems to have resolved some minor issues I was having with the 296.xx drivers and my GTX 560 Ti 1GB. I was getting driver not responding errors and this weird purple screen glitch that both would happen now and then. A performance boost on top is nice as well. GJ on the drivers...
Both radiators are excellent paired with the GT-15's.
Although both radiators benefit from the GT-15 static pressure, the SR1 does more because of the moderately high fins per inch.
However this reason is also why I would choose the RX360 over the SR1. Static pressure is nice, but you are...
There is no need for more than 8GB on a gaming rig. I run 8GB myself and haven't come close to maxing it out but with ram being so cheap I can see myself grabbing another 8GB kit for 16GB just for the hell of it.
As someone noted earlier, I would rather have a $200 mobo and a $550 6 core than a $400 board and a $300 cpu available on another cheaper, yet just as capable platform.
If you are gaming and have no more than two GPU's, get a nice 1155/z77 mobo and a 3770K. At the end of the day your going to...
Very impressed with the performance as well as the build quality of this memory kit from Wintec: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161452. I had to write a small review for prospective buyers.
As you can see from the pictures they have a Corsair Dominator-esque look to...
You won't be running multi-gpu so this should be good for you. I really want to help man.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131794
The board only takes 8GB, but I run 8GB myself and haven't used more than 5 ever. So here are some 8Gb kits that can easily be expanded...
LGA775 doesn't overclock well with all 4 dimm slots populated. Even then it will be difficult to push that chip to 3.6ghz because for one, it doesn't have an unlocked multiplier and two, it also takes a decent understanding of FSB overclocking (a completely different beast from overclocking the...
My brother has the Extreme 7 paired with a 3820 with 7970CF all underwater and overclocked for the past month it seems to be giving him some killer performance with very minor hiccups that seem to have been GPU driver related. I'll admit the board overclocks really well even on a locked chip but...
I got the mobo fired up tonight and has been running superb with an i5 2500k, GTX 560 Ti, 8GB Wintec One DDR3 1600 and a Crucial M4 64GB SSD. I await the replacement heatsink before pushing any extra voltage. Just playing with the multi at the moment.
They are shipping me the part so all is in fine and dandy. The technician I spoke with assured me it would be fine without. He also informed me that the issues with the board was a corrupt dual BIOS and malfunctioning pci-e slot.
Are you delirious? I don't want to be an asshole about it so I will disregard your choices that you made because for $300 you could buy an Intel Core i5 3570K and 16GB DDR3 RAM. All you would need is a $70 motherboard to build a machine that renders the one you want to upgrade a viable choice to...
Although your processor isn't slow by any means, I wouldn't run GTX 670 SLI on anything less than a Sandy Bridge i5 2500K or Ivy Bridge i5 3570K.
SB/IB are phenominal gaming chips and provide a noticable performance boost over their aging Nehalem counterparts to warrant the upgrade...
There should be four SATA 2 3GB/s and two different colored SATA 3 6GB/s to the side of those four SATA 2 ports. These two are high bandwidth SATA 6GB/s ports controlled by the Intel Z68 chipset. You want to plug into the either of those two SATA 6GB/s ports for optimal performance from the SSD...
I have a GTX 560 Ti 1GB and without some Enzotech copper BGA sinks on the mosfets I could not use the card, but it runs super cool now. The unique thing about the Nvidia reference GeForce GTX 570 is that it comes with a uni-sink already attached.
You might have to do a small bit of grinding...
This is the way to do it from my experience as well. Especially if you happen to live near a Microcenter to take advantage of the in-store deals they frequently have. If not you can still find awesome deals. The [H] FS/FT forum is flooded with deals on all kinds of hardware and other goodies.