New gaming rig for 3D - need opinions.

[mnewsham]

As I said on my first post, "here", I don't live at the U.S...

assuming I do everything you recomeneded, I save about 200$...the problem is a 570 cost around 400$ here.

I will go with the 1333mhz CL9 Ripjaws, I read good reviews about them.

As for SSD, don't have OCZ here for a reasonable price, have either Intel or A-data (with sf1200).

I'll probably get another gtx 570 down the road...hopefully before skyrim is out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211479
SF-1200 is the way to go at the moment.

Pick up another 570 as soon as you can.

 

[eddietandy]

LOL at the bolded.

Drop that down to 4GB of DDR3 1333 (as Donut said, DRAM speed doesn't matter for Sandy Bridge overclocking), a single F3 1TB, and a Corsair 750TX. That should get you pretty close to the second GTX 570.

If that doesn't get you to 2 GTX 570's, drop the D14 as well and just overclock as high as you can on the stock cooler. Anand was able to get to 4.4GHz on the it and trust me, the second GTX 570 is much more important than that last 100MHz.

That Seasonic is $130 at newegg through Sunday with promo code EMCKJKC27. Just the kind of deal I was looking for two days ago when I bought my PSU...

 

[shepardh]

ok, here is the updated rig considering your suggestions.

I5-2500K (Still at 4.5ghz)
Noctua NH-D14
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
2 X 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1333mhz CL9
1 X Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
1 X Adata 40GB SSD S599 (os only)
1 X GTX 570 (and extra one down the road)
Seasonic X-750

I was planning on buying that in 2-3 weeks, will hopefully see some gtx 560 sli benchmarks by then...could always get two of those.

thank you for all your help. :thumbsup:

 

[Zargon]

there is a nice 30MIR on a 650w XFX single rail modular PSU that got great reviews and a jonnygugu thumbs up

its like 105 shipped - 30 MIR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207007&cm_re=xfx_650-_-17-207-007-_-Product

 

[Davidh373]

a 570 is around $400 here too, but the 2 460s you were going to get would cost around $400, assuming you get the standard 1GB version, the SE version might cut $20 off. The point is that just because you aren't getting two cards, doesn't mean you won't still get desired performance. A decent alternative to the 570 would be the 6950 if prices are any better.

 

[mnewsham]

Thought nvidia was still the best for 3d games?

 

[Davidh373]

Thought nvidia was still the best for 3d games?

They are, but the OP seems not to like the idea of a $400 graphics card. Maybe a $300 one will be more of an interest. AMD does have 3D, it's just more of a "budget" 3D.

1 X Adata 40GB SSD S599 (os only)

OP, I would not go for an ADATA drive. ADATA SSDs, although having a Sandforce controller, have horribly cheap memory and are known to crash the OS during sleep and hibernation.

 

[mnewsham]

They are, but the OP seems not to like the idea of a $400 graphics card. Maybe a $300 one will be more of an interest. AMD does have 3D, it's just more of a "budget" 3D.


OP, I would not go for an ADATA drive. ADATA SSDs, although having a Sandforce controller, have horribly cheap memory and are known to crash the OS during sleep and hibernation.

I was not aware many games supported amd's 3d I thought it was mostly used for 3dbluray. As for ADATA i was under the impression most of the problems had been rectified.

 

[shepardh]

I'm going to run it with 3D vision, so can't really use an ATI.

I've read a few articles about the 560, I might be able to fit 2 of those into my budgest, and I was going to buy the rig in 2-3 weeks which is exactly the rumored launch date of the 560 (January 25).
So, waiting for some benchmarks...

I actually read good reviews about the Adata, and I don't normally use either hibernate nor sleep on my desktop, so I'm good to go!.

 

[mnewsham]

I'm going to run it with 3D vision, so can't really use an ATI.

I've read a few articles about the 560, I might be able to fit 2 of those into my budgest, and I was going to buy the rig in 2-3 weeks which is exactly the rumored launch date of the 560 (January 25).
So, waiting for some benchmarks...

I actually read good reviews about the Adata, and I don't normally use either hibernate nor sleep on my desktop, so I'm good to go!.

with the rumored specs the 560 should do well, however can you fit $500 in your budget for video cards? The rumored price is 250.

 

[shepardh]

with the rumored specs the 560 should do well, however can you fit $500 in your budget for video cards? The rumored price is 250.

The original plan was 400$ for GTX 460 SLI, so yeah...can do 500$.

700 was too much though (2 X 570...it's not even 700, it's more, the GTX 570 is ridicoulsly expensive here)

 

[mnewsham]

The original plan was 400$ for GTX 460 SLI, so yeah...can do 500$.

700 was too much though (2 X 570...it's not even 700, it's more, the GTX 570 is ridicoulsly expensive here)

sounds like it will be a great system. Good luck on the build and keep us posted.

 

[Davidh373]

I've read a few articles about the 560, I might be able to fit 2 of those into my budgest, and I was going to buy the rig in 2-3 weeks which is exactly the rumored launch date of the 560 (January 25).
So, waiting for some benchmarks...

Awesome, that will likely be a good option. I've been looking forward to repacing this 9800GTX, so I'm quite excited myself!

 

[shepardh]

sounds like it will be a great system. Good luck on the build and keep us posted.

Will do, will post benchmark results as soon as I get it...

and again, thank you all.

 

[Davidh373]

btw, the recommendation was mostly for a single 570... not two.

 

[Davidh373]

Will do, will post benchmark results as soon as I get it...

and again, thank you all.

sweet!

 

[mfenn]

As I said on my first post, "here", I don't live at the U.S...

No need to bust out the ellipses, "here" can mean anywhere. If you wanted to make sure that we know that you are not located in the US, why don't you just state that?

 

[mfenn]

ok, here is the updated rig considering your suggestions.

I5-2500K (Still at 4.5ghz)
Noctua NH-D14
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
2 X 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1333mhz CL9
1 X Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
1 X Adata 40GB SSD S599 (os only)
1 X GTX 570 (and extra one down the road)
Seasonic X-750

I was planning on buying that in 2-3 weeks, will hopefully see some gtx 560 sli benchmarks by then...could always get two of those.

thank you for all your help. :thumbsup:

The D14 and X-750 are still overkill. You're looking at right around $150 right there.

 

[mnewsham]

The D14 and X-750 are still overkill. You're looking at right around $150 right there.

D14 is overkill hyper 212 would be fine but with a second 570 down the road i would opt for the X750.

 

[mfenn]

D14 is overkill hyper 212 would be fine but with a second 570 down the road i would opt for the X750.

You'd still want a 750W PSU, it's just that the X-750 is one of the most expensive 750W PSU's around.

 

[Davidh373]

You'd still want a 750W PSU, it's just that the X-750 is one of the most expensive 750W PSU's around.

Agreed, I've seen great branded PSUs for just about $80 for a 750W. I don't think you need the absolute creme of the crop.