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Wihl

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Well, after tearing my hair out for a few weeks I've managed to get a list together. How does this look? Suggestions? I am not willing to spend more money on it than I have so far, but maybe there are upgrades that are very similar in price.

CASE: Antec Three Hundred 140mm Fan (Without PSU)

PSU: Corsair Powersupply 550W Black,ATX/EPS, 120mm Fan, 4xSATA, SLI, WxHxL

MB: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3, P45, Socket-775, ATX, 2xGbLAN, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex(2.0)x16

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI/HDMI/HDCP

RAM: Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5, Kit w/two matched CM2X2048-6400 Dimm's

CPU: Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Socket LGA775, 6MB, 1333Mhz BOXED m/fläkt

MONITOR: TFT BenQ 24'' V2400W HDMIDVI/D-SUB, 1920x1200

Price: ~$1700 (I'm Swedish, stuff is a lot more expensive over here) + $50 or so in shipping.

Cannibalizing my old computer for a harddrive and a DVD burner. I'm also wondering, would the PSU be able to support 2 4870 in crossfire or would i need a 620-650W PSU or similar for that?
I'd be thankful for any help you guys can give me. I'm a bit outdated when it comes to computer parts nowadays :p

PS.
I'm sorry if there's a bunch of spelling mistakes, english isn't my native language.
 
Even though english isnt your native tongue, your doing better than most can in these forums...even if theyre from the UK/US :D

Spec looks good to me but best wait till someone with more knowledge comes along.
 
Build looks good. Unsure if xfire would be supported on the 550w PSU, i would venture to say yes, but i cant find my chart....... Wait for one the other guys to tell you

UK and US English is way different :p
 
Wihl said:
Well, after tearing my hair out for a few weeks I've managed to get a list together. How does this look? Suggestions? I am not willing to spend more money on it than I have so far, but maybe there are upgrades that are very similar in price.

CASE: Antec Three Hundred 140mm Fan (Without PSU)

PSU: Corsair Powersupply 550W Black,ATX/EPS, 120mm Fan, 4xSATA, SLI, WxHxL

MB: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3, P45, Socket-775, ATX, 2xGbLAN, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex(2.0)x16

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI/HDMI/HDCP

RAM: Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5, Kit w/two matched CM2X2048-6400 Dimm's

CPU: Intel Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Socket LGA775, 6MB, 1333Mhz BOXED m/fläkt

MONITOR: TFT BenQ 24'' V2400W HDMIDVI/D-SUB, 1920x1200

Price: ~$1700 (I'm Swedish, stuff is a lot more expensive over here) + $50 or so in shipping.

Cannibalizing my old computer for a harddrive and a DVD burner. I'm also wondering, would the PSU be able to support 2 4870 in crossfire or would i need a 620-650W PSU or similar for that?
I'd be thankful for any help you guys can give me. I'm a bit outdated when it comes to computer parts nowadays :p

PS.
I'm sorry if there's a bunch of spelling mistakes, english isn't my native language.
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An average system under load with 4870 CF uses about 450W. You can get away with the 550 although you may want to edge higher depending on future considerations and the fact that Power Supplies work most efficiently I believe around the 50-60% of their total capability and that pushing a PSU near its rated capacity is probably a risky proposition. You may never have an issue though. I'd personally just go for the 620HX just cause I want modular but really it is up to you. Will you be overclocking? Might consider a HSF if so.

Parts overall look fine to me if you have to buy now, do keep in mind that I7 based CPUs/chipsets are coming out sometime before the end of the year, so CPU wise the current platform is about dead for upgrades.
 
The Corsair 620W is probably the minimum I'd use for a Crossfire system. You'd be better off with a 700-750W Toughpower, Corsair, or Silverstone PSU. Make sure the PSU has the connectors you need.

You also might want to look into an HD4870X2 instead, if you have the money for it. If not, try a single HD4870... you may find it enough for your 24" gaming needs and won't even need Crossfire... or maybe not. :p
 
Didnt even see you were on 24". Get ONE 4870, if you dont think its enough, buy another one later. I bought another to go into my system. It lasted all of 20 mins, i didnt see any change and only had bad stuttering / so it got returned
 
Thanks for the replies, I've decided to go with a Corsair 650W just to be on the safe side. I think I'll get one 4870 now and then later on sell it and buy a 4870x2.

I found that looking at more webshops than 2 is a good idea :p Managed to include a 500 gb harddrive, a DVD burner and the PSU upgrade at the same price. However, I had to go with a 512 mb 4870 instead of the 1 gb version. How much of a difference will this make?
 
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