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No budget eh?
i7 975
eVGA Classy
6gb Dominator GT 1600+
2 5970's
CM real power pro 1250w
No Budget.
i7 975
eVGA Classy
6gb Dominator GT 1600+
2 5970's
CM real power pro 1250w
No Budget.
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unlimited budget?
Core i7 975 extreme
ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer "Ultimate Gamer"
ASUS 5870 (x2)
If you can find 5970s in stock 2 of those would be better.
Corsiar 1000HX
12gb corsair ram
If you already have ddr3 ram you can use that.
all for $1,939.96
Are you sure you dont have a budget?
EDIT: brilliant, does the classy or the ASUS SPC support 4 way CFX?
Core i7 975 extreme
ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer "Ultimate Gamer"
ASUS 5870 (x2)
If you can find 5970s in stock 2 of those would be better.
Corsiar 1000HX
12gb corsair ram
If you already have ddr3 ram you can use that.
all for $1,939.96
Are you sure you dont have a budget?
EDIT: brilliant, does the classy or the ASUS SPC support 4 way CFX?
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eVGA havs a 4-way Classy now. They also are in the process of making a dual cpu 24gb mobo now.
edit: I also posted 6gb, because 12gb will limit his overclocking.
edit: I also posted 6gb, because 12gb will limit his overclocking.
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yea i know the classy can do 4-way SLI, but can it do CFX?
I honestly don't think he really wanted us to suggest stuff with an unlimited budget.
Of course, nVidia paid a bunch for eVGA to slap SLI on the box. All X58 mobo's can run CFX and SLI.
I'm sure he'll have an idea on where to start now...
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lmaooo thats a big change from no budget...........
i5 750
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EVGA 121-LF-E652-KR
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OCZ 4gb ddr3 1333
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Sapphire ATI 5750 Vapor-X
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Raidmax 700w PSU
This like maxes out your budget but is probably the best for your budget. Around $500 exact
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the above build is going to be over 500 bucks easy, mostly anything you combo is going to put you over. so you'll have to cut down on the cpu a little bit, possibly mobo too. get something like this:
MOBO
CPU
GPU
PSU
RAM
in total this comes to $551.95 with shipping, without tax. Then you have mail in rebates in total of $55, making this setup cost $496.95 w/o tax. Not too shabby there. You could also cut some cash by getting a 5750 instead of a 5770. Total would drop to $516.95 with shipping w/o tax or rebates, $461.95 rebates included w/o tax. so it saves you 35 bucks to get a 5750, but i'd say the performance is worth it...so ask to borrow some cash from your parents and get something close to this.
you could also save some cash from the mobo, but that motherboard is very good and will last awhile in case you want to upgrade your cpu to a better quad core in the next couple years.
MOBO
CPU
GPU
PSU
RAM
in total this comes to $551.95 with shipping, without tax. Then you have mail in rebates in total of $55, making this setup cost $496.95 w/o tax. Not too shabby there. You could also cut some cash by getting a 5750 instead of a 5770. Total would drop to $516.95 with shipping w/o tax or rebates, $461.95 rebates included w/o tax. so it saves you 35 bucks to get a 5750, but i'd say the performance is worth it...so ask to borrow some cash from your parents and get something close to this.
you could also save some cash from the mobo, but that motherboard is very good and will last awhile in case you want to upgrade your cpu to a better quad core in the next couple years.
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ooops i miscalculated..........yea your probably gonna have to go with AMD on this one
$450-500 is a tight budget for an upgrade like this if you want a really good gaming computer
luckily i can sell my old setup and pay only $354 for an
-i7 920
-EVGA 3x SLI
-Noctua NH-D14
-6gb OCZ XMP 1600
then dish out another $54 for green CM led fans lol
$450-500 is a tight budget for an upgrade like this if you want a really good gaming computer
luckily i can sell my old setup and pay only $354 for an
-i7 920
-EVGA 3x SLI
-Noctua NH-D14
-6gb OCZ XMP 1600
then dish out another $54 for green CM led fans lol
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Core i3 530. That's $120, it's just a i5 6xx without Turbo Boost. Not to bad of a deal though.
H55 from Gigabyte, a basic one for $100
DDR3 4GB $100
500W OCZ ModXStream $70
$100 can get a 4850 if your lucky or a 9800GT/9600GT/GTS 250.
H55 from Gigabyte, a basic one for $100
DDR3 4GB $100
500W OCZ ModXStream $70
$100 can get a 4850 if your lucky or a 9800GT/9600GT/GTS 250.
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no need for a 4850 anymore...........he should just get a 5770 or a 5750
ya i'd say save as much money as possible through other components to hype the gpu as much as possible. the price of quads today you will easily be able to get one, and thus anything under a 5870 won't be bottlenecked regardless of what quad you get basically, so i don't see the sense in buying a slightly better cpu to get a way worth gpu.
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BAD PSU IS BAD!!!!!!
seriously i would save money and get a dual-core use the saved $ on a better psu. That Apevia one would power a 5770 fine, but anything higher power would probably not do so great. 4 12v rails is not so great....
Just my opinion.
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not always true.........4 rails in a cheap PSU is bad, but in higher end 1000w PSU's 4 rails are fine and perform just as good
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You have a good point.
My Ultra 750 Watt has 45amps on a single rail, and this one has 58 total (if I did the math correctly) across 4.
