new PC build

by nicon • 9 Jan 2012, 16:35 • Journals
Thanks to the feedback from my last journal+talking to hukk&simon I have the following parts in my shopping cart:

- CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
-> adding Scythe Mugen 3 Rev.B SCMG-3100
- Motherboard: Asrock P67 PRO3 Mainboard
- PSU: XFX PRO550W Core Edition
- GPU: ATI Radeon HD 6950, 2GB, PCI-e
- RAM: Corsair CL9 1600 8GB, Vengeance Kit LP
- HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX; 7200rpm, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB Cache
- case: CoolerMaster Elite 430
-> additional: noctua NF-P12 CPU cooler 120 x 120 x 25 mm
- drive: Samsung SH-222AB DVD±RW

Do you trusty crossfire find this good and decently working, or should I rather get 650W? or a different gpu like geforce gtx560 ti 1gb? :S also can you approve that the ram-sticks aren't too big? Thank you very much!

image: ida3P
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newbcake 9 Jan 2012, 16:41
should work fine... stop posting ask journals now attention whore(i would take intel+nvidia but your choice)
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Levin 9 Jan 2012, 16:47
only ati + amd works better but doesnt effect combos like ati + intel etc
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nicon 9 Jan 2012, 16:48
no worries, will be the last one about that topic! it's just everyone making me so insecure with 'don't get this and that', and 'make sure of that', and 'that brand is bad', while my knowledge is so low :x

http://www.amazon.de/Gainward-GeForce-Grafikkarte-Speicher-Dual-DVI/dp/B004L2L70A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326123974&sr=8-1 ? looks like one hell of a huge item to me!? But I'd trust it more than amd, too! ;o
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Levin 9 Jan 2012, 16:52
http://www.amazon.de/XFX-Radeon-HD5970-Grafikkarte-Speicher/dp/B002YCKF02/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326124285&sr=8-1 I got this one but I guess thats no option for you?

that item is overpriced i guess cuz i got my one for 500e one year ago
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nicon 9 Jan 2012, 17:01
dat's madness! nope, I'm a bit above €800 atm, won't spend more than 850
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Demz0r 9 Jan 2012, 17:02
That's a mad price for something so old
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Levin 9 Jan 2012, 17:03
Quoteoverpriced


:p

its around 300 now i guess
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Demz0r 9 Jan 2012, 17:05
Only clicked the link!:D
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niSmO 9 Jan 2012, 17:33
he aint an attention whore, stfu
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newbcake 9 Jan 2012, 17:45
u mad bro???
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niSmO 9 Jan 2012, 17:47
I am angry, comrade
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newbcake 9 Jan 2012, 17:57
why? u mad comrade?
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niSmO 9 Jan 2012, 18:43
Im aggravated, friend
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Demz0r 9 Jan 2012, 17:01
It's good now, don't need bigger PSU. Could of waited for AMD to release the HD7000- series but since they will bring some expensive model up first i wouldn't bother waiting for the less expensive ones. So go with this set.
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Levin 9 Jan 2012, 17:03
your still fine with the hd57+ ones as long as you don't want to use that 3D stuff
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Demz0r 9 Jan 2012, 17:03
HD7000 series is going to be sick mate and without this 3D nonsense:)
But i know you'd be fine with the 5000 series, using 4000 series still myself and getting good FPS on games like MW3 and FEAR 3.
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Levin 9 Jan 2012, 17:04
better be gonna need a new gfx in around year I guess
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nicon 9 Jan 2012, 17:05
Thanks for all your opinions/comments! Would you prefer this one over the sapphire? the customer-ratings seem better to me..
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Demz0r 9 Jan 2012, 17:07
No mate, sapphire does very good solutions with cooling especially, gainward usually makes overpriced models, not saying they aint good but it's still the same parts. :)

Edit: The cooling on this gainward looks interesting tho, might gather a lot of dust tho. Would still go with the sapphire one.
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nicon 9 Jan 2012, 17:13
okay, many say that the sapphire gets kinda loud while the gainward is highly positively rated there and according to the description a lot smaller, but if both fit well in my system, that doesn't matter anyways..
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Demz0r 9 Jan 2012, 17:17
Read some about the gainward and it's power consumption while under load is just enormous. It takes like 40W more power than a gfx card from hd6800 series, so around 330W and if so you might have to take the bigger PSU too. I'd go with the sapphire and save some money with having 'maybe' some more noise. Read 1 review to the end and they couldn't perform overclocking tests with it coz it broke down lmao.:D
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nicon 9 Jan 2012, 17:19
Orite, thanks :) will follow your advice.
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niSmO 9 Jan 2012, 17:30
i dunno nicon bro
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Krii 9 Jan 2012, 17:37
i5 2500k with a 6950 and you are good to go
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Sa7z 9 Jan 2012, 18:50
almost got the same setup, check my profile.

Works fine for me, stable FPS every where and havent had any trouble playing the newer games! Best bang for the buck i guess!
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zenix 9 Jan 2012, 19:27
It's good
For openGL games ( everything that is quake based ) nvidia cards are better tho.
Don't know if ram chips are too big. I only use watercooling on desktops here.
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nicon 9 Jan 2012, 19:39
chose http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00569K7LM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF instead of http://www.amazon.de/Corsair-Vengeance-Arbeitsspeicher-PC1600-DDR3-RAM/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326133954&sr=8-1 so they are not that big..still bigger than the hyperx blu, but a bit smaller than the g.skill you suggested..
will see if I can find smaller ones (1.5v, 1600mhz, anything else of importance?)
e:smaller kingston and corsair all seem to hv 1.65v, gta try the ones above I guess
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rsp 9 Jan 2012, 20:26
Fuck me.

A 550 watt PSU is _more than enough_ for that setup. Therefore you _do not need 650 watt power supply_. Ever.
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Nicolah 9 Jan 2012, 21:30
i'd rather go for gtx 560 ti (i heard some new gfx from nvidia will be in the shop soon)

so or u pick gtx 560 ti

or u wait for new gfw (i think 2 month to get everywhere)

hf
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