The PC Builder's Guide

[spychi]

nah this would be alot better
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128441
more power phases for stable OC and better cooling

[Xyvik]

Gigabyte, MSI and Asus have all been good to me, so that board is also a good one. I do like the Crosshair IV over that board, though, if you're talking about true overclock potential. You pay for it, though.

A little note for those planning to upgrade: The 1090T X6 Black Editions are currently out of stock at newegg. Apparently they are extremely hot items. Wait a little bit and there should be more.

[mikill]

I would wait a couple of generations before going to the 6 core. My suggestion, (I have a great computer I spent a lot on it, 1700-ish) is to look at what you want it for, then determine your price range; Then pick either an AMD Processor and a ATI Graphics Card OR an Intel Processor and Nvidia Graphics Card. It seems like the former is on top right now.

[Xyvik]

I would wait a couple of generations before going to the 6 core. My suggestion, (I have a great computer I spent a lot on it, 1700-ish) is to look at what you want it for, then determine your price range; Then pick either an AMD Processor and a ATI Graphics Card OR an Intel Processor and Nvidia Graphics Card. It seems like the latter is on top right now.

Uhm...sorry, but very much not correct. Nvidia cards are currently reviled by everybody in the industry (just about all the tech forums I frequent are filled to the brim with threads complaining about the cards) and just today BFG, a huge nVida retailer, had to get out of the GFX business because they refuse to support Fermi and nVidia refuses to support the 2XX cards. BFG was the second largest nVida-exclusive card maker. What does that tell you about the current state of Fermi?

Intel processors are top dog in video editing, etc. etc., but you pay double, triple, and sometimes even more for them, and their motherboards cost about twice what you can get from AMD.

There is literally no reason to purchase nVidia right now, and the only reason to purchase Intel is if you are loaded with cash and want bragging rights for power you'll never use if you aren't a 3D artist.

Intel's 6-core processor is more than $1000. AMD's is just over $300. If you have the cash for that Intel monster and you need it, go for it. Otherwise you're paying more than 300% more money for less than 50% performance increase, and some cases even less.

[mikill]

Uhm...sorry, but very much not correct. Nvidia cards are currently reviled by everybody in the industry (just about all the tech forums I frequent are filled to the brim with threads complaining about the cards) and just today BFG, a huge nVida retailer, had to get out of the GFX business because they refuse to support Fermi and nVidia refuses to support the 2XX cards. BFG was the second largest nVida-exclusive card maker. What does that tell you about the current state of Fermi?

Sorry my error I said latter when I meant to say former. My bad. I understand that nvidia has lost ground in the last approx 2 years in when you compare it to ATI. In fact I love my ATI HD 5970 so much I will never go back to nvidia.

[Xyvik]

Sorry my error I said latter when I meant to say former. My bad. I understand that nvidia has lost ground in the last approx 2 years in when you compare it to ATI. In fact I love my ATI HD 5970 so much I will never go back to nvidia.

Okay good....almost had a heart attack there

[spychi]

I just saw that alot of tech sites awards Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 as the best non-referent GPU heatsink solution
I am a proud owner, I never was dissapointed with Sapphire
the card looks sexy, works cooler and is quiet

[mikill]

How cool does it run?

[spychi]

How cool does it run?

Idle 33C
Load 62C
Overclocked at 900MHz core clock and 1250MHz memory (5000MHz effective)
but I will soon OC it in a diffrent way -with MSI afterburner
voltage increase to 1.25V and I should get 1GHz core clock and 1290MHz memory
Oh and Xyvik you should also remember that XFX is starting to think about the same solution but only with nVidia cards, it is a sign that GeForce new GPU's went really the wrong way


I will post some pictures tomorrow as I don't have any with the new GPU, I only posted those with the second box version of 4870 1 GB from Sapphire
http://sclegacy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3385

[mikill]

Idle 33C
Load 62C
Overclocked at 900MHz core clock and 1250MHz memory (5000MHz effective)
but I will soon OC it in a diffrent way -with MSI afterburner
voltage increase to 1.25V and I should get 1GHz core clock and 1290MHz memory
Oh and Xyvik you should also remember that XFX is starting to think about the same solution but only with nVidia cards, it is a sign that GeForce new GPU's went really the wrong way


I will post some pictures tomorrow as I don't have any with the new GPU, I only posted those with the second box version of 4870 1 GB from Sapphire
http://sclegacy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3385

Is that a good level of temp to be at?