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11-20-2011, 12:09 PM
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First Gaming PC Build - Please Help
So ive done a bit of searching around and reading about some other builds for a gaming PC and I have put together what I think (first time doing this) will be a solid gaming rig for new games like Diablo 3 and current games like MW3,BF3 and Skyrim, assuming I want to run these games to their maximum potential and performance using AMD's Eyefinity can people please tell me if this build is both compatible and capable of doing what I want. Any suggestions are welcomed but please keep in mind this is the first time ive done something like this.
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P 1155 Intel Core i5-2500K G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) Radeon HD 6950 1GB x2 ( I was told to Crossfire 2 of these?) WD 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Lite-On IHES208-08 Blu-Ray Combo (Figured a combo over a drive for each of the CD-ROM and Blu Ray) Antec Three Hundred Illusion ATX Mid Tower Corsair HX850W 850w Could really use input from some vets who have experiece. Thanks. |
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11-20-2011, 12:35 PM
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How much do you want to spend?
The more efficient thing is to buy a single 6970. This will allow you to put all your settings on maximum for MW3 on a single 1920 x 1080 monitor and get good frame rates. I would get Corsair Vengence over the Ripjaw RAM I would get an Asus board over a Gigabyte board. An HX 850 is overkill for a single card, single GPU graphics card. A TX 650 will work for that.
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Asus P8P67 WS Revolution | Intel 2600K @ 4.7 GHz | Win 7 Pro 64 |8 gigs Corsair 1600 | Two Diamond 6990's in Crossfire| Corsair AX1200 | Thermalright Silver Arrow | Western Digital Black 2TB 64 meg cache | Lian-Li PC-A71B | Logitec Z-5500 | Three Asus 26" VW266H monitors running under Eyefinity | Last edited by David M; 11-20-2011 at 12:38 PM. |
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11-20-2011, 02:00 PM
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Well im trying to keep it around about $2000 (excluding screens)
So i looked at the 6970 and everyone seems to be talking about "CrossfireX" is this something i should know about and utilize for the gaming side of these cards? Thanks And please feel free to respend my 2k for something better suited for my needs. |
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11-20-2011, 02:18 PM
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For $2000, you are above the minimum amount needed to run the most graphics intensive games at full settings at 60 FPS on a 1920 x 1080 monitor. The decision is, do you want more graphics capacity than you really need or would you like to put that same money into a SSD or more drive capacity or both?
The problem with a second card is that they do not scale 100% although some come close. It will be something less. You want to look up how well a 6950 scales for different games if you want to go this route. Edit... I did the homework. Two 6950's scale the same as a 6990...which is pretty impressive. The 6950's are $250 each and the 6990's are $700 each. So it looks like from the following chart the two 6950's are the better bang for the buck. You will also want the 850 watt PSU for running two GPU's. This for sure will give you enough headroom. http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2...amer,2659.html Someone else can recommend a board that is capable of running two cards with 8 graphics lanes per card....if you choose to buy two graphics cards. Given how well they scaled and your budget, I think you would be happiest with two 6950's with 2GB of video RAM each. When hard drives drop down to a reasonable price perhaps sometime in the middle of next year then buy one of them. Crossfire X explanation... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_CrossFireX Last edited by David M; 11-20-2011 at 02:49 PM. |
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11-20-2011, 02:38 PM
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Ive seen a lot of stuff about SSD cards. Could you please explain what i would need this for and what it would do for me PC wise. Ive heard some people says boot time is cut to seconds as well as programs opening much faster.
Thanks. Also for the Graphics Card would this one do the same job, seems the store near me does not carry the one you had suggested. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...336&CatId=7005 Last edited by JayDee17; 11-20-2011 at 02:51 PM. |
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11-20-2011, 02:50 PM
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Exactly.
 It reduces read and write times dramatically but it does not run programs faster otherwise. If you want to get one then get one that is large enough for the OS and where there is some room left over to load some games onto it. 40 gigs will get your OS loaded onto it but there really isn't any room left for some games and you still have $600 left in your budget....your choice of course. For an additional $150 with two 5950's you would be able to turn absolutely everything up. You get 2 GPU's for not a whole lot more in the big picture. You get 4X anti-aliasing etc in every game...with the exception of Crysis 2. Even with my hardware I cannot turn Crysis 2 up all the way. In MW3 I can turn everything up all the way. So you should be able to do the same on one monitor with those cards. Last edited by David M; 11-20-2011 at 03:21 PM. |
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11-20-2011, 03:01 PM
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So i would simply turn the PC on and install the OS to the SSD as oppose to installing it to the Regular C: drive it goes to by default?
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11-20-2011, 03:11 PM
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Your OS will assign your SSD as your C drive at the beginning of the installation process. Do not have any other drives installed during the installation process, so your OS only has one drive to choose from.
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11-20-2011, 03:47 PM
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SO i should build the PC with everything i buy, make sure everything is plugged in and then when i boot the PC up it will only see the SSD card and nothing else?? Sorry if these are stupid questions but id hate to mess the entire thing up 30 seconds after i turn it on lol.
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11-20-2011, 04:16 PM
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Sorry, I did not see the suggestion to cache the SSD.
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11-20-2011, 05:47 PM
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Sorry for not making it known im from the great white north, i was simply using the NewEgg item numbers and looking them up on the Canadian site. I appreciate the help with hardware selection. Although im still completely clueless about the idea of using the SSD everything else has been completely beneficial to me.
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11-20-2011, 09:59 PM
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11-21-2011, 11:23 AM
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GLC, evidently the BIOS must be set to RAID mode to enable SRT. If somebody wants to add an SSD with SRT to a build at a later date but they only have one HHD up front is there any downside to starting out in RAID mode?
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11-21-2011, 12:04 PM
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Good question! I honestly don't know.
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