mm need some advice here...got a 2 year old dual core 3 series processor 2.5 ghz..

just bought a 500w psu and looking for a decent graphics card about $100 that will run most games on medium settings..

just looking to get by for a year or 2 before i do a complete build...

any recommendations?

I sold my 460 Ti for about that much.

Trading one giant rival for two - ARM/nVidia. The mobile chip market is fairly crowded already with those two and Qualcomm.
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maybe they should just put some more money into making better graphics driver

this might be good news for us...less competition = smaller advancements = longer shelf life of our hardware = less upgrades = save $$:alonehappy:

AMD HD7K SOUTHERN ISLANDS spec's are out:

More AMD HD7900 GCN (Southern Island) Details Leaked: Frequencies, Prices and Release dates

where did he get his price figures from? :suspicious:
$450 is steep compared to the 6970, no?
but i guess since they'll likely have the market domination for 6 months with a brand new architecture they could probably justify this price?

Getting new comp after 4 years, did some research and heres the parts i came up with

Antec Earthwatts 750W Modular Power Supply ATX12V V2.2 EPS12V Active PFC 80PLUS 135mm Fan

Western Digital 640GB Caviar Green SATA2 3GB/S 64MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Disk Drive HDD

Powercolor Radeon HD 6950 800MHZ 2GB 5.0GHZ DDR5 2XDVI HDMI 2x Mini DP Dual Fan PCI-E Video Card

Coolit Systems Eco CPU Water Cooling System AUTO-REGULATED & Maintenance Free LGA1366/1156/1155/AM3

Crucial CT2KIT51264BA1339 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1333 CL9 Dual Channel Memory Kit

Fractal Design Define R3 Black ATX Mid Tower Silent Computer Case 2X5.25 8X3.5INT USB *IR-$5*

Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 ATX LGA1155 Z68 DDR3 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFireX SATA3 HDMI Mo *IR-$5*


Total is $1065 before taxes. Thoughts? I will be gaming at 1680 x 1050 resolution, so is that video card unnecessary? Want to try some of the newer games like metro 2033.
Any thoughts on the mobo? Its cheap but it has everything I need

That video card is way way way way overkill for 1680. You probably don't need to spend more than $120 or so at that res.

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=59445&...e&promoid=1311

will it run new games on max settings?

Actually I'd recommend this instead. By default I'd recommend Nvidia first, but at this price range you'll get more from a 6850 I think.

NCIX.com - Buy XFX Radeon HD 6850 Fansink 775MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI Display Port HDMI PCI-E Video Card - XFX - HD685XZCFC - in Canada

metro 2033 is a graphics intensive game..it's pretty much the new crysis. it requires 580 SLI to max out the video settings IIRC

I'd still go for a 6950 1GB... Metro 2033 is a b*tch to run with everything turned on. Otherwise the system looks good - except for the hard drive.

You don't want to be running an OS drive using a WD GREEN. They are way too slow. You will regret it.

My advice is spring for a SSD OS drive - good prices for them - and then pick up a hard drive later when you have more options as the shortages ease.

Wait until Boxing Day if you can. Stuff will be cheaper then.

That power supply is also overkill. Get this instead

NCIX.com - Buy Antec Earthwatts Green Series 380W ATX12V 80PLUS Bronze *No Pwr Cord* - ANTEC - EA380D GREEN - in Canada

Switch your ram to this

http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=578...n&promoid=1311

Take that money you saved, and get this motherboard instead. Since you will be overclocking, you will want more than 4 phase VRM to the CPU

http://www3.ncix.ca/products/?sku=61...cture=Gigabyte

And yes, don't get a Green, get a 500GB black. You will lose 100GB or whatever, but it will be much faster

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=65758&...20Digital%20WD

ok, Im thinking 6870 for metro 2033,
http://techgage.com/reviews/amd/rade..._1680x1050.png
50fps on those settings is good enough I guess

and use the money to get a wd black and that ram you suggested
If I try Crossfire later will I need a higher power supply, b/c thats why I went with that mobo and 750W supply (its on sale too)

if u're going for a WD Black

may as well get a momentus XT (hdd/ssd hybrid) no? dont depend on what im saying im clueless :D

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX36731 (edited much cheaper on memoryexpress)

the 500gb xt was faster than the black and this new 750gb is supposed to be better than the 500 as the ssd portion is larger

That's @ 0x AA, though. Personally, I'd go w/ something w/ a little more juice that will be sufficient to at least 4x AA.

50 FPS minimum is fantastic.

What do you guys use your SSDs for? I'm thinking of getting one for the OS and all but other than that is it worth it if all im going to use it for is that? I usually only play single player games that require high end specs never multi (until i can get dota 2 -__-) so I most likely won't be installing any games on it and other than that I mainly use my computer for music production and recording. Any thoughts?

It'd decrease the OS loading time, program load times, file access, and that's probably about it. The storage space is at a premium, so you likely wouldn't be storing any large number of files on it anyway. If you put your single player games on it, they'd load fast as hell; it's actually more useless for multi player actually, you'll finish loading but the others still take forever lol. If you want to spend the money on it then do so, but it's likely not worth the cost for most people.

I should probably note that there's a few SSD companies that have serious reliability issues right now. Google before you buy.

For hypercube: ditch the eco. Just get something like a Hyper 212+ if it'll fit, it'll be just as quiet, cool just as well, and cost you only $20. The self contained water cooling systems like that are nice if your case is small, but they only cool as well as a decent heatsink at a few times the cost.

SSD makes everything go faster. I edit photos faster I surf the internet faster I even fap faster.

Intel SSD and Crucial M4 Micron are the two most reliable drive brands on the market at the moment. Sandforce controller has many issues.
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Looking for a HDD for my build....prices after the WD flood :heckno:. Might just get an SSD and reformat my old 500GB for now.

i have the 128GB crucial M4

load my OS, and all my games on it, ie. Skyrim, BF3, etc.

performance is vastly improved

Probably get a faster response here.
But I got new ram for my com, when installing new ram there was no video output.
switched all ram out still nothing.

But when I put old ram back it works fine.
exact same speed just 1.6 vs 1.65 voltage.
size dif is 2gb vs 4gb

ram problem?

I have a m4a77td mobo and using this ram right now
G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit - G.Skill - F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ

this is the one i bought
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=57869&...n&promoid=1311

even the sales guy said it should work

So I need some feedback too please!

Im building this computer to essentially replace my dying laptop.
I'm going to be hooking it up to 2 monitors I have already. Potentially 3 in the future
I'm primarily going to be using this station for web dev: that includes
-coding (with some IDE or even Dreamweaver for just pure webpages)
-Adobe CS5.5 family products

So this is not a gaming machine! I get way too easily addicted to games, so i've had to lay off installing any on my PC

I went with the A8 because it seemed decent with integrated graphics.
Not completely sold on it though as the processor itself seems weak

I'm also on a fairly tight budget. It's nice that it comes with integrated graphics

AMD A8-3850 $140
ASUS F1A75-V Pro ATX FM1 $110
Antec EarthWatts EA-380D GREEN ATX12V $45
intel 320 gen3 80gb $139.66
Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3K2 8 gig $36.99

D-LINK DWA-556 Xtreme N Desktop Adapter $42.29

TOTAL 513.94

-I have an old Antec Sonata II case lying around. I bought it probably 6-8 years ago...but it should be fine right?
-And as Hard drive prices are ridiculous right now, im going to hold off. I have a 160gb spare seatgate drive lying around also from 6-8 years ago, and a 2TB NAS
-I also have a nvidia 7950 GT KO lying around. Is this something thats worth using in a build? (i could reconfigure it if so)
-And yes...i need a wireless adapter lol. thats one of the cheaper non usb ones i could find. I've never tried a usb WLAN adapter though (they are really cheap though)

sorry for turning this into my life story, but any comments guys?

Try one stick at a time, and run memtest.