My New PC, need VC recommendations

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bobo81

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Hi Guys,

So after years I thought Id get a new one put together and here is what I have:

PSU - CORSAIR 750w TX Series 80 Plus Certified Power Supply

RAM - Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 Core

MoBo - EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 X58 3-Way SLI Core i7 Motherboard with Tri-Channel DDR3

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8M L3 Cache 4.8GT/sec QPI Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost

VGA - Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1GB DDR5 Dual DVI :confused:

I am not much of a gamer but want HD/Blu-Ray quality in my new PC, especially since I cannot play them now. Would you recommend this card with this build?
 
talk about overkill for video, you even opted for the extra 512mb...

take a look and answer the stickey please...

and mind posting where your getting these parts?
 
bobo81 said:
I am not much of a gamer but want HD/Blu-Ray quality in my new PC, especially since I cannot play them now.
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Can I recommend that you add a Blu Ray player then? Cause thats how most people play Blu-Ray.
 
ok thanx guys,

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Browsing, Watching HDRips, possibly playing sports games like NBALive or FIFA
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1,800 w/shipping+tax
3) Where do you live?
Outside USA now, in Asia (This will not matter - trust me)
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
MoBo, VGA Card, Processor, Memory, PSU
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None
6) Will you be overclocking?
Sure, why not - Make that a yes.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Already have Samsung SynchMaster 22" 226BW
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
This month. (March 2009)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Whatever.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
No, I am either planning on Vista 64-bit or XP 64, whichever you guys think is best at the moment.
 
bobo81 said:
Hi Guys,

So after years I thought Id get a new one put together and here is what I have:

PSU - CORSAIR 750w TX Series 80 Plus Certified Power Supply

RAM - Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 Core

MoBo - EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 X58 3-Way SLI Core i7 Motherboard with Tri-Channel DDR3

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8M L3 Cache 4.8GT/sec QPI Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost

VGA - Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1GB DDR5 Dual DVI :confused:

I am not much of a gamer but want HD/Blu-Ray quality in my new PC, especially since I cannot play them now. Would you recommend this card with this build?
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Since you are going with an Nvidia mobo with SLI, I would get a 260 GTX over a 4870 1gig
 
All parts from Amazon, seems to be my best choice.

VGA http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001J6FS3I/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

PSU http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000X2677A/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Memory http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001L4A76G/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

MoBo http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001KX8VES/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Processor http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001H5T7LK/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Also if I am overdoing it please let me know as this stuff is still new to me, but I would like a fast PC for days to come, especially when it comes to playing media like music and surfing at the same time.
 
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I'm only looking for one card, nothing too crazy since Im not a gamer. Just hoping to get good picture.
 
bobo81 said:
Also if I am overdoing it please let me know as this stuff is still new to me, but I would like a fast PC for days to come, especially when it comes to playing media like music and surfing at the same time.
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If that's the most intensive work you're expecting, then yes, this is extreme overkill.
 
If you won't be gaming at all you can save about $200 on the GPU by getting a 4630 or similar. Pretty much anything in ATI's 4xxx series or Nvidia's 9xxx / GTX 2xx series can handle BluRay decoding in hardware. You don't need a high end card unless you're gaming.
 
You need an i7 and 4870 for listening to music and web surfing at the same time?
 
I'd post this over in the General Hardware section and wait for Danny Bui or tiraides or enginurd to fill you in.
 
You don't need to spend $1800 to achieve what you want to do...

Honestly a $500-600 computer would do the same tasks just as well.
 
Guys Id like to definitely have the latest technology, also for purposes of possibly upgrading in the future. Who knows, Ive never had a great PC, perhaps I might start playing games. Until then I will keep what I have but only am looking for a decent card.

If anyone has any other cards they can recommend to me for playing large HD movies, since my PC cannot handle it now, that would be great.
 
For what you list, have you considered just buying a new small all-in-one from HP or a new Mac Mini?

Just throwing that out there.
 
wait for april for the video card, ati is releasing their new batch so prices should go down a notch.
 
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