New Rig Suggestions

4chmob · **New Rig Suggestions -** 01-08-2010, 23:59 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Well I am building a new rig, I started with a computer case:

http://www.compusa.com/applications/...&Sku=C283-1187

Well now I wanna get a motherboard and CPU But I have dilema I dont know which one would be, Im deff a gamer so Its gotta run all the games. I need Help. I deff want my motherboard to be able to run SLI or crossfireX and Raid.
Another question is crossfireX better than SLI??

So I need Mother board and processor, a good one. Help please thank you

edit:// Forgot to add that Its gotta be from Compusa becuase thats Where I got my prefered card.

DSK · 01-09-2010, 00:01 | posts: 17,984 | Location: Coldwells,UK

What kind of budget do you have?

4chmob · *Last edited by 4chmob; 01-09-2010 at 00:16.*

I got 300$, is that enough for both solid things? If not suggest me a motherboard that I should get and a CPU that I will be gettin later this month

Jae-So · 01-09-2010, 00:26 | posts: 6,679 | Location: Bristol, UK

combo deal: i5 + P55A-UD3

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 00:32 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Can You Read? "Its gotta be from Compusa becuase thats Where I got my prefered card. " Well Read the whole posts before u post something. thank you

Jae-So · 01-09-2010, 00:41 | posts: 6,679 | Location: Bristol, UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4chmob

Can You Read? "Its gotta be from Compusa becuase thats Where I got my prefered card. " Well Read the whole posts before u post something. thank you

I just didn't read that last part, no need to be rude about it

inklimited · 01-09-2010, 00:41 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

Way to respond! I take it you frequent 4ch on the regular?

Anyway... what sort of RAM do you currently have? The speed and type of RAM will help decide what sort of board and CPU you can get for your budget.

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 00:46 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Well I didnt mean to be rude Im sorry.

Well I dont have any ram yet I got a laptop and im building me a rig. Well I deff will be trying to use the best ram something like tri channel ram something real real fast.

IcE · 01-09-2010, 00:47 | posts: 7,006 | Location: Toledo, Ohio

You're not going to be able to get the fastest of everything for $300.

inklimited · 01-09-2010, 00:50 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

Well, $300 isn't going to get you a triple channel X58 setup, it won't even get you a dual channel i5 setup.

What you are going to need is something along these lines:

-4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
-Intel P55 based motherboard
-Core i5 or i7 8xx depending on how much you want to spend

OR, albeit it is a little older

-2GB DDR2 800MHz+
-P45 based motherboard
-Q9xxx CPU

OR, you could get a Phenom II setup. I don't know a great deal about AMDs, so I'll leave it to to someone else.

Jae-So · *Last edited by Jae-So; 01-09-2010 at 00:53.*

P55A-UD3 + i5 750 will be about $330

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 00:54 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Yes but im not tryin get everything all together Just one thing at a time for now i got 300$ So I thought i'd get mobo first then rest later r

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 00:56 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

I was thinking of this one
http://www.compusa.com/applications/...&Sku=E145-2074
What do you think? I would get the CPU and Memory later this month

Jae-So · *Last edited by Jae-So; 01-09-2010 at 01:16.*

^ looks good, I prefer gigabyte but that's a nice looking board, decent features too.

EDIT: considering the price it would have the N200 chip giving it another x16 PCI-E lanes right? BTW the one I listed should have USB3.0 and SATA3.0

inklimited · 01-09-2010, 01:13 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

A P55A-UD3R would do the same thing as the FTW edition, as well as a few extra features, and cost about $50 less.

But compusa doesn't have one, they do have this:

GA-P55M-UD4 - $149.99

It's got all the same features as the FTW, as well as SATA3.0 and USB3.0.

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 01:15 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Just found nice Asus mobo
http://www.compusa.com/applications/...027&CatId=4720
and after reading the reviews decided to get it.

One question I am scared to get mobo now and the rest later, what If theyll break it while shipped and i find out bout it 2 months later when I get the rest parts and try to put it together LOL

inklimited · 01-09-2010, 01:16 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

Shipping damage is going to result in physical damage, so you would be able to notice it upon arrival. If you are worried, get shipping insurance.

BTW, most use couriers, not the postage system. So it will be delivered by hand.

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 01:17 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Well That gigabyte Looks very good too especially the price...So You say its pretty much the same thing as Asus P7P55 just one less pcie x16 slot?

Jae-So · *Last edited by Jae-So; 01-09-2010 at 01:30.*

disregard this NVM

inklimited · 01-09-2010, 01:28 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

Yep, same thing pretty much, newer USB and SATA.

Are you really ever going to tri-fire?? It costs a mint as well as the power requirements.

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 01:41 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

I was planing on gettin power suppy 1000watts and I was deff tryin to put 3 XFX Radeon HD 5870 XXX Edition in CrossfireX...Just do it month by month you know. Cuz I decided if im gona have a rig its gona be a monster

Mega_Death · 01-09-2010, 01:50 | posts: 1,394 | Location: Michigan

The scaling for three gpu's is pretty poor be it Nvidia or ATI. And depending on the P55 motherboard you get, a third gpu could be pointless if the PCIe lane is only 4x.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ling,2517.html

A quality brand 850 watt would be plenty for two higher end gpu's.

Make sure to read reviews by various websites before jumping into a purchase that you may regret. The customer reviews from etailers should not be taken too seriously.

Jae-So · 01-09-2010, 01:52 | posts: 6,679 | Location: Bristol, UK

if ur planning on going with 3 GPUs I suggest X58, but as pointed out above trifire/tri-SLI doesn't scale all that well

4chmob · 01-09-2010, 01:54 | posts: 210 | Location: Chicago

Mega Death so what do you suggest I should just put 2 in corssfireX, because I really like that asus espiecially, that remote controller for overclocking looks raw and whole bunch of features.

now u got me thinking bout GA-P55M-UD4 because its queite a bit difference in price. and I still be able to pug 2 video cards in GA-P55M-UD4

deltatux · 01-09-2010, 01:54 | posts: 18,785 | Location: Toronto, Canada

What's your final budget going to be, it sounds like it's going to be very expensive like about the $2000 range especially since you're fitting 3 Radeon HD 5870 which is about $1200 right there.

Also, I don't think P55 boards support more than 2 PCI Express x16 lanes, so you can't have more than 2 GPUs at the same time... You need an X58 board for that.

deltatux