Puter DIED. Need opinions on 2 New Specs

[Bloodytrailz]

My P5K-E is crossfire/SLI compatible

so im willing to bet the P5K-Deluxe would be as well
might wanna check, but yeah =P

as far as graphics card

i would go with pwns suggestion and get 2x 4870's

i personally love ATI far more than nVidia however, so im bias on that one ^^;

[Pwnzilla]

Actually I favor nVidia, but everyone has a personal preference.

The P5K3 Deluxe is Crossfire capable. So the options still remain either a single 9800GX2 or two 4870s for best video/gaming performance. It's really just a question of cost as either solution is a very good performer.

[Bloodytrailz]

Originally Posted by Pwnzilla

Actually I favor nVidia, but everyone has a personal preference.

The P5K3 Deluxe is Crossfire capable. So the options still remain either a single 9800GX2 or two 4870s for best video/gaming performance. It's really just a question of cost as either solution is a very good performer.

i cant say i hate nvidia, but in my time ive had 2 nvidia and 5 ATI cards, 1 nvidia died after about a year at factory clock speeds, the other worked fine, and the 5 ati cards have never had a problem

but yeah, that much is really just luck of the draw nowadays >_>;

[Vyndara]

Originally Posted by Pwnzilla

From the most comprehensive review I have seen, the 9800GX2 reliably out performs a single 4870 GPU.

AnandTech: The Radeon HD 4850 & 4870: AMD Wins at $199 and $299

So for best performance choose either one 9800GX2, or go dual 4870s (assuming your mobo has two PCI Express X16 slots).

It's okay....I went for the single AMD card for now but potential to expand later.

Thank you all!

I ORDERED THIS TODAY!!!! Pics to come when I get it (next Saturday):

14009 INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz FSB1333 12MB LGA775 Retail $388.00
13398 ASUS P5K-E WiFi-AP S-775 P35 3PCI/2PCI-EX/2PCI-E 16X 4DDR2- 1066, SATA RAID0 WIFI 1394 1xGbL $168.00
14199 G.SKILL [ P K ] DDR2 PC2 8500 4GB kit (8 Layers PCB) 5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1V $158.00
(MFG Lifetime)
14199 G.SKILL [ P K ] DDR2 PC2 8500 4GB kit (8 Layers PCB) 5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1V $158.00
(MFG Lifetime)
14323 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E DUAL DVI-I/ TVO (ROHS) LITE (1YR MB Warranty) $353.00
13794 Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 SATA-II 32MB (5YR MFG 1YR MB) 1st yr Hot Swap - $89.00
12998 PIONEER 212DBK 18X (SATA) DVD-/+ RW DUAL LAYER BLACK(OEM) w/o SW (1YR MB) $30.00
12490 ANTEC Gamer Nine Hundred Case Black w/ Window NO P.S. $116.00
13505 PC Power & Cooling 750W Red, 60A 12V Rail, Quad PCIe, CrossFire Certified $177.00
12864 Sound Blaster X-Fi XTREME GAMER (RETAIL) $102.00
12766 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit English OEM on DVD $124.00
1439 Yes Windows is being purchased with my PC (Build, Fully Test & Install O/S, drivers & updates)
1092 $10 NS Enviro Handling Fee 1 $10.00 $10.00
9963 2 Year Parts & Labour Carry-In Warranty on Parts or System $1501-$2000 $129.00

Total Items $2,002.00

Now I need into Beta!!

[Dalamar]

Gratz!

Guess i know what i am doing next Saturday. Hooking up your new machine!

[Vyndara]

Originally Posted by Dalamar

Gratz!

Guess i know what i am doing next Saturday. Hooking up your new machine!

Or you could watch me trying to hook it all up and re-install everything while pointing and laughing.

How am I gonna get my game saves from HalfLife2 btw???

[Dalamar]

I have to get the harddrive out of the old one and hook it up

[Pedro]

Better to have a fresh install on a formatted HD, so save her HL files to a flash stick

[Dissonance]

Sapphire, my favorite Video Card manufacturer

[Pwnzilla]

Originally Posted by Vyndara

I ORDERED THIS TODAY!!!! Pics to come when I get it (next Saturday):

14009 INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz FSB1333 12MB LGA775 Retail $388.00
13398 ASUS P5K-E WiFi-AP S-775 P35 3PCI/2PCI-EX/2PCI-E 16X 4DDR2- 1066, SATA RAID0 WIFI 1394 1xGbL $168.00
14199 G.SKILL [ P K ] DDR2 PC2 8500 4GB kit (8 Layers PCB) 5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1V $158.00
(MFG Lifetime)
14199 G.SKILL [ P K ] DDR2 PC2 8500 4GB kit (8 Layers PCB) 5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1V $158.00
(MFG Lifetime)
14323 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E DUAL DVI-I/ TVO (ROHS) LITE (1YR MB Warranty) $353.00
13794 Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 SATA-II 32MB (5YR MFG 1YR MB) 1st yr Hot Swap - $89.00
12998 PIONEER 212DBK 18X (SATA) DVD-/+ RW DUAL LAYER BLACK(OEM) w/o SW (1YR MB) $30.00
12490 ANTEC Gamer Nine Hundred Case Black w/ Window NO P.S. $116.00
13505 PC Power & Cooling 750W Red, 60A 12V Rail, Quad PCIe, CrossFire Certified $177.00
12864 Sound Blaster X-Fi XTREME GAMER (RETAIL) $102.00
12766 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit English OEM on DVD $124.00
1439 Yes Windows is being purchased with my PC (Build, Fully Test & Install O/S, drivers & updates)
1092 $10 NS Enviro Handling Fee 1 $10.00 $10.00
9963 2 Year Parts & Labour Carry-In Warranty on Parts or System $1501-$2000 $129.00

Total Items $2,002.00

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