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[carrick58 23]

Well I bit the Bullet and ordered the parts for a new rig. The Rig : Cooler master case ( extra Fan space and open vents ( Besides it has blue lights)

3.4 Mhz AMD phenom x4 965 Black edition 125 watt.

M.B. Asus ect ect has the same socket for a Hex core upgarde at later date ( room for 16 GB Ram)

8G bytes Ram DDR3 Corsair

1 TB Hard Drive Seagate

Sapphire Radeon 5770 1 GB Crossfire Ready Graphics Card.

Corsair 650 Watt power supply

Well what do you guys think ?

the Operating System and Dvd /Burner

will come next month.

[Parky 8]

Carrick,

 

I would have gone higher-end on the video card... which may have validated Al's claim that you need more punch from the PSU, but when it comes to hardware, he really doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. (Sorry Al....but stick to what you know).

 

You'll run that card, on that platform, with the 650, no problem. The entire "draw" under load from that rig is less than half of what the PSU will handle, unless you overclock the snot out of the entire system.

 

(A 5850 graphics acceleraor and no less, to do justice.....preferably a 5870....at which point you may want to consider beefing up the PSU)

 

Cheers,

 

Parky

Edited February 19, 2011 by Parky

[carrick58 23]

Carrick,

 

I would have gone higher-end on the video card... which may have validated Al's claim that you need more punch from the PSU, but when it comes to hardware, he really doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. (Sorry Al....but stick to what you know).

 

You'll run that card, on that platform, with the 650, no problem. The entire "draw" under load from that rig is less than half of what the PSU will handle, unless you overclock the snot out of the entire system.

 

(A 5850 graphics acceleraor and no less, to do justice.....preferably a 5870....at which point you may want to consider beefing up the PSU)

 

Cheers,

 

Parky

 

I already paid the coin so to late. However, I do intend to up the rig s graphics card and CPU at a later date Maybe try the 5870 with a Hex Core CPU I dont really know the whys and where fores of Over Clocking except that it may invalidate the Warranty On the good side, I got the 5770 after rebate for 119.00 dollars American and a 40.00 rebate on the Motherboard. Thanks Guys ( The TI I talked to said 500 watts would work so I went a little higher .) .