Pics now of rig

[Tribulex]

Okay thanks to those of you who were helpful. Everything is purchased except the graphics card, but I may not even buy that for a while since my integrated chip will run aero/basic compositing and it will only be a distraction :P

Oh and I went over budget, but hey I deserve to have nice things :)

pics : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 98d28141c6

[Tribulex]

Oh look what I found.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... No=6142916

Good deal? Seems like it but I am suspicious, and I dont need all that crap anyway but I figure I can sell what I dont need on uPay

[manolo_]

why the hexacore? i mean will u do some cad-stuff?

[Jazcash]

Oh you're one of those little kids that always wants the newest and best stuff just for the sake of it.

[SwiftSpear]

why the hexacore? i mean will u do some cad-stuff?

Because it's incredibly sexy and well designed in almost every way.

[Spawn_Retard]

Oh you're one of those little kids

[Pxtl]

I just bought a Dell and dropped a low-power 9800 into it. Works for me.

[very_bad_soldier]

I have talked to people about the case, PSU, and mobo, and no one gives me a straight answer.

Lol how could they give a straight answer when you do not give any information about what you plan to use the machine for...
E.g. you wont need a 400$ gfx-card to run spring

[Tribulex]

I dont play spring anymore lol


Okay but I probably will anyway, but no the card isnt for spring. If i wanted to just play spring I would get a 9600.


This is intended to be a top of the line gaming rig for a year or 2. Its also needs to support intense trolling on spring, youtube, steam, facebook, and other internet/social media.


And i think i can bump the card down a notch.


Mainly what I want to know is what sort of Motherboard I should put this little hexacore on. Also you cannot disuade me from the hexacore. SO DONT TRY IT.


Yeah its also for cads and photoshops and mayas and pro-engineers. I maek robots.....

[Tribulex]

Basically as far as the gfx card goes I was hoping to attract those people who like to write walls of text like AF, argh, and maybe forb and smoth too while we are at it, to explain how I can get the most bang for my buck as far as gfx cards go in early 2010. SLI/crossfire some lower end stuff? Or go with one of the higher end cards?

[KaiserJ]

brooo you need moar coars

[knorke]

for case you carefully think about what format of mainboard must fit inside, how much space for drives you will need and how you want to cool it. you might also think about if you want special features like usb on top or if you want an extra like case if you plan to move your computer often.
or just sort by price and take the cheapest with a funny name, works for me.

[Forboding Angel]

Any halfway decent case will house an matx or atx board, so that's not really a concern, unless you're trying to cram a new boar inside your mom's old compaq case which would result in unepic failure.

[Tribulex]

illl buy a nice new case. As far as the motherboard goes thats always where I have no clue what to buy. I want plenty of USBs, wireless card, a couple of useless ports just for show, a lighting controller, a decent integrated sound chip.

The problem I am having is that I keep over running my budget. I am thinking that I may have to fit my budget to my build, instead of vice versa. I guess this means I need to start eating Peanut butter sandwiches. I really dont want to settle for a gfx card that costs less than 400 dollars. Is there a way to achieve the same gfx power for less?

[Das Bruce]

The problem I am having is that I keep over running my budget. I am thinking that I may have to fit my budget to my build, instead of vice versa.

That isn't how the word budget works.

[Forboding Angel]

For usb's you can jsut buy a bunch of 5 dollar unpowered dealies. Most decent boards will have plenty of slots tho.

[Caydr]

I bought a 5850 instead of a 5870, I'd recommend the same for you. Takes $100 off the budget but only 15% of the performance at most, and you can always OC it.

MSI is an excellent brand for the 58xx of your choice, they have a tuner/oc program based on rivatuner that's really easy to use. Lets you bump the voltage even, if you're feeling adventurous and need a space heater.

Be sure to investigate your motherboard purchase, there's a lot of weird numbers coming up in benchmarks for that new 6-core, and the general consensus seems to be that motherboards are somehow at fault... not taking full advantage or something. Like, one site will post a review saying the cpu is on par with a low-end i7, another says it's barely on par with an i5... in the same tests.

For your power supply, try to find one that has an "80 Plus" rating - these are supplies that are on average at least 80% efficient, and they generate a lot less heat/noise. Seasonic's the best brand, and OCZ has a few as well that are pretty good.

A Western Digital Black is a good choice for hard drive.

I haven't priced DDR3 RAM recently but $180 seems high for only 6 gb.

[Tribulex]

Yeah it might be a bit high for the ram but I want to overestimate the costs.


Im rather intrigued by this processor, and I want to try it out, for better or for worse.

Thanks Cadyr, that was very useful information, particularly the bit about the card, since 15% and 100 USD are numbers that I understand rather well.

NOW HELP ME GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MOBO ISSUE GUYZ PLX (coolface?)

[Caydr]

Umm... Just make sure it is from a reputable brand (MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, are some), and uses AMD's most recent chipset.

I think the problems people are having are just because their motherboards are old and probably need bios optimizations, or else weren't designed in the first place to handle the added bandwidth.

To make their products more attractive, AMD doesn't change CPU socket designs very often. It means people can upgrade the CPU more easily, but at the same time some people are probably trying to run a 6-core CPU in what was a budget 2-core-intended motherboard when they bought it 4 years ago or something.

Here's a page with a stupid number of links to boards that would probably be fine:
http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/04/27/ ... es-boards/

And here's some reviews of the CPU all collected in one place:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... ostcount=1

I guess, sift through the reviews and buy one that a reviewer used that gave good results.

[quote="Das Bruce"][quote="Tribulex"]The problem I am having is that I keep over running my budget. I am thinking that I may have to fit my budget to my build, instead of vice versa.[/quote]That isn't how the word budget works.[/quote]
Sub-prime mortgage crisis? Worldwide recession?

[Forboding Angel]

Gigabyte boards are excellent and damn reliable. I highly recommend them.