fireurza Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Share Posted February 6, 2012 opinions welcome. im trying to get it below 1500 if i can. must have the 2 vid cards... need them reference to unlock em those are reference. i also need a decent amd overclocking cpu. everything else is pretty much up for change. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150530 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207017 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103962 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136283 so far that total with win 7 is 1300 and i still need a case... if you can see tweaks i can make to get more value let me know in here. im keeping it under 1500 cuz i want a 30 in monitor lol. remeber i still need a case and a optical drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hackeklaus Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 1012 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 935 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 269 Achievement Points: 5547 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2020 Birthday: 11/23/1987 Share Posted February 6, 2012 minimum required for one graphiccard is 500w. u want to put two in there, on a 850w power supplie? u better take a ps with 1000w like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207019 al the other stuff does not look that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Markoff Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 492 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4492 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 2223 Achievement Points: 31936 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted February 6, 2012 i have the sapphire 6950x2gb graphices card wow what a differents it's made to my gaming great card your love it ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Fireurza I have a Sapphire 6950 2gb but I have 2 fans on mine.And I have the same CPU .Works great.but Markoff is a better player than me.You'll like that Dirt3 game but I advise a steering wheel,which I don't have.I have a gigabyte MB but a few years older.The card and CPU I bought just before Christmas.You got a little better deal.You should be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoff Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 492 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4492 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 2223 Achievement Points: 31936 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted February 6, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2GB-GDDR5-HD6950-PCI-Express-2-1-Graphics-Video-Card-Cross-Fire-Support-/250925243165?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item3a6c4f5b1d this is the one with the 2 fans on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted February 6, 2012 hackeklaus minimum required for one graphiccard is 500w. u want to put two in there, on a 850w power supplie? u better take a ps with 1000w like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207019 al the other stuff does not look that bad. I am running an OCed i750@4GHZ and 2x 6950 2GB with 6970 bios with an Enermax 850watts PSU max power draw of the 6950 2GB is 200 watts...500 watts minimum required is true but thats for the complete PC add another 200 watts for a second card and you will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LaRSin Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 45 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 68 Topic Count: 981 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 9027 Content Per Day: 1.68 Reputation: 3558 Achievement Points: 65928 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 02/25/1951 Device: Windows Share Posted February 6, 2012 I have xfx 6950 good card ,, don't seem to get as scores on the benchmarks as the Nividia guys .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
fireurza Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 ya i used a really good psu calculator that i trust and have used in the past for the power supply. it said i would need a minimum of 751 watts at peak power so 850 is plenty. thats a good card markoff but i cant tell if it has dual bios so i dont know if i could unlock the shaders to make it a 6970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I have unlocked both of mine....not a big deal and still no issues here.....running as 6970s for over a year now but I bought a stock card and changed the cooler....Accelero Xtreme Plus running them @ 950/1450Mhz maxed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
fireurza Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 lol i got a total budget of 2500 for this pc but 1500 is for the parts... 500 for a screen and 500 for scythe fans and heatsink and cable sleeves.... ill be posting a build log for you guys to look at might mostly be links to my build log on xtremesystems but none the less a good build log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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