SCooBY>XI< Posted April 15, 2012 Member ID: 3233 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 15 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 334 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 2030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 28, 2013 Birthday: 04/09/1967 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Its that time again -- Take a look --see what you think . would like to stick with the amd/ati setup as I have always had success with these builds -- I'm an ati/amd Guy , wife is into Nvidia /intel ---go figure , guess opposites do attract . http://secure.newegg...spx?Submit=view Edited April 15, 2012 by SCooBY>XI< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exe Posted April 15, 2012 Member ID: 2567 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2904 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 983 Achievement Points: 17118 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 06/08/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Birthday: 12/11/1986 Device: Windows Share Posted April 15, 2012 Can't see your shopping cart mate, it's empty for us, it's saved just on your computer (or account) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
SCooBY>XI< Posted April 15, 2012 Member ID: 3233 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 15 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 334 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 2030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 28, 2013 Birthday: 04/09/1967 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 oops , thought i could get away with being lazy , ill post the links in a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCooBY>XI< Posted April 16, 2012 Member ID: 3233 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 15 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 334 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 2030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 28, 2013 Birthday: 04/09/1967 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 allright lets try this again -- will probably tweek this a bit --but here is the rough for the build . Case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147107 1.) chip http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961 Looked at this one too , fx-8150 looks the same to me , why the price diff ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103960 2.) Mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130600&Tpk=msi%20990fxa-gd80%20am3%2b%20amd%20990fx%20sata%206gb%2fs%20usb%203.0 3.) water cooling http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209054&Tpk=antec%20kuhler%20920 4. )Power http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188&Tpk=rosewill%20bronze%20series%20rbr1000-m%201000w%20continuous%40 5. ) graphics http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127662 6.) Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232 7.) SSD . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726 8.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994083 9.) Stick http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826102204 10. ) Ops http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116997 11.) main board , backside fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200021 target is 60fps + on high/ultra settings on whatever game I am playing under all screen environments (eg... whatever might be going on in game ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill72 Posted April 16, 2012 Member ID: 1624 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 56 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 669 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 558 Achievement Points: 5061 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 4, 2020 Birthday: 04/01/1972 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Looks a nice little set up there scooby....the difference in price for the chips is that the fx8150 is 3.6Ghz instead of 3.1Ghz for the fx8120 so would probably go with the cheaper and maybe overclock it up a little..i dont think the difference in performance would be that noticable.As for the Ram ,is there any need for 32 Gb just for gaming,maybe if your doing lots of high end graphics work or video encoding....and most games wont utilise that amount of ram so i would say 8 Gb is more than enough....Another thing to note is with these new graphics cards being Pcie 3.0 is that you cant get a AMD supported Mobo with Pcie 3.0 at the moment but i suppose its only a matter of time before AMD get with the program...Intel boards are supporting Pcie 3.0 at the moment...But anyway the 7870 looks a damn nice card for the price and is high up on the gpu benchmark scores,im a nvidia guy and decided on a gtx 570 1.25Gb card when i did my build 12 months ago,and it runs BF3 on a mix of high/ultra at around 80-140 fps but the amd 7870 is a 2Gb card so should breeze through anything you throw at it.... Dont know much about the SSD's have'nt got round to installing one but ive been looking at those OCZ agility 3,thats next on my to do list....But yeah man all looks good...You'll be kicking our asses on bf3 with set up Scooby dooby doo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted April 17, 2012 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 519 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17156 Content Per Day: 3.24 Reputation: 42177 Achievement Points: 149131 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 680 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted April 17, 2012 scooby this what i have it works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
budabing11 Posted April 17, 2012 Member ID: 2628 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 226 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/26/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2016 Birthday: 11/09/1971 Share Posted April 17, 2012 i seen some reviews of the all in 1 water coolers and the only 1 that could match some of the top end air coolers was the h100. i saw 1 review of the 1 your looking at and it performed as well as mid range air coolers (not great if your gonna be o'c your cpu. the fx chips use a lot of power when o'c (watts- heat). also the cooler produced a lot of niose (54 db) on max fans. if you do go with the Antec H2O 920 you need to check it doesn't get in the way of your top fan (1 fitted . room for 2). the cooler will be sucking air from the outside and blowing warm air into your case. your gonna need some good exhausting through your top fans. ( make sure you check for yourself !!!!!!!!!) better alternative - Noctua NH-D14 (air) 1 of the best air coolers (and quiet) and $10 cheaper on new egg ooooOOOoooooo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018 or corsair h100 about same price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017&Tpk=h100 NOTE: Noctua NH-D14 will not fit in your current choice of case (with its side fan fitted), not sure about the h100. i do know that both will fit in the HAF 922 case along with 2 side fans fitted. a great alternative ( i got 1 and tsw above) its a monster . and same price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197 don't know much about amd motherboards but did notice your motherboard and ram are not compatable. the MB your looking at supports dual channel ram not quad channel. (made this bigger so you dint miss it) You need to get a diff MB that supports quad channel or just get dual channel RAM Also check that all your other componants are compatable with each other (MB-gpu-ram-psu) aside from that, i don't think your gonna need 32g of ram for games for years. 8 gig is plenty . I got 16gb DDR3 1600 dual channel (wanted 8gig only ended up with 16 cos i was too impatient to wait 2 weeks for 8gb i had allready ordered from another shop) ram on my pc and the most bf3 used was 4.5 gb (on ultra settings) 2 sticks of 4gb ddr3 1600 (dual channel) should do it. you can allways add another 8 gb later. GOOD, the money you save on your RAM could go to a better quality power supply unit. i dint like some of the feedback (on newegg) of the psu your looking at. I need a good psu but not looked into it yet but take a look at some seasonic, corsair, XFX or other good 1's. reviews, reviews and some more reviews Graphics card - awesome The most important componant in terms of games and graphics. just check out some reviews of the card on forums or youtube has lots of reviews (professional ones) Ops W7 on newegg WOW. you mean people actually pay for windows. oops did i say that out loud lolol i just recently built a new system so i know how much of a pain it can be trying to decide. good for you that its still fresh in my head. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budabing11 Posted April 17, 2012 Member ID: 2628 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 226 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/26/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2016 Birthday: 11/09/1971 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Here's a absolute fantastic mother board at a great price. see what you think. ASUS Crosshair V Formula. $40 more but you saved way more than that on your ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131735 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCooBY>XI< Posted April 22, 2012 Member ID: 3233 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 15 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 334 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 2030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 28, 2013 Birthday: 04/09/1967 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) After talking with several of our members ,made a few changes -- 1.) case http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119197 2.) mobo http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131735 3.) Power Supply http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817207019 4.) Cpu Fan http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835608018 Board can support higher speed memory --is it worth the expense ? With discounts /promo codes build will be in the $1400 range As always our members input is appreciated , ty for the help and the sound advice ! We have a great group of people here in our family ! Edited April 22, 2012 by SCooBY>XI< budabing11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budabing11 Posted April 24, 2012 Member ID: 2628 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 226 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/26/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2016 Birthday: 11/09/1971 Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) here's a list of all the ram that will fit and not fit under the noctua d14 cooler. (scroll down till you see the ddr3 list) http://www.noctua.at...ts_id=34&lng=en if your still not sure you can allways go with the corsair vengeance low profile ram low voltage 1.35v 1600 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820233199 a bit faster 1866 1.5v http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820233240 16gb 1600 1.5v http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820233198 plenty other options on there. main things - dual channel, rated at 1.5v or less and speed of 1600 or above i like the look of these mushkin 1600 cas 8 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820226295 (mushkin, very solid/stable ram) don't know if higher speed mem is worth the expense. generally the higher the speed the higher the timings , so what you gain on 1 hand you lose on the other (as i understand it at the moment). just 2 more things you need to check then your ready to go. i noticed on the mother board spec sheet that it has only sata3 (6gb/s) ports and no sata 2 ports so you may not be able to plug some older sata 2 hard drives in there BUT i'm GUESSING you can actually put sata 2 (3gb/s) hard drives and plug them into the sata 3 ports and it will work just fine. just at the older sata 2 speeds (3 gb/s) YOU NEED TO CHECK THIS FOR YOURSELF!!!!. thats if it could be an issue. if your putting all new hd in there then just make sure there all sata 3 ( 6gb/s) some people have been having problems getting the 8 core chips to work with the crosshair V MB for the simple reason that the MB needs a bios update (bios 0813) for the 8 core chips to work. you can dl the bios update from the asus website and update the bios using a function in the bios and a usb memory stick. (flash drive) http://www.asus.com/...rmula/#download ( download the latest bios ) here's a thread of a guy who had this problem and what he had to do to solve it. scroll down to where it says howdy all http://www.tomshardw...underbolt-build might be a good idea to contact newegg and ask them what bios revision the MB is pre-loaded with. it may have the latest bios installed allready. CHECK!! hope this helps. Edited April 24, 2012 by budabing11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodygood>XI< Posted April 24, 2012 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Share Posted April 24, 2012 In general I like MSI better than Asus, but that is a damn nice mobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Coorslight Posted April 25, 2012 Member ID: 3399 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 21 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 5 Achievement Points: 121 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/24/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2017 Birthday: 05/02/1989 Share Posted April 25, 2012 7.) SSD . http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820227726 i have the 120 Gb OCZ SSD drive. do not buy it... i have errors everytime i restart my computer it has crashed 3-4 times. for the speed its not worth it in my oppinion. i would rather raid two raptors. and i went from a 640gb seagate barracuda drive to that and i didnt notice any speed difference. only on the windows experience index. 5.9 to a 7.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coorslight Posted April 25, 2012 Member ID: 3399 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 21 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 5 Achievement Points: 121 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/24/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2017 Birthday: 05/02/1989 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Amd 790Fx mobo Amd 1090T cpu 6 core 3.2ghz Raidmax 700watt psu coolermaster 120mm cpu cooler ATI HD5770 4Gb's 2133mhz memory 640 gb seagate barracuda hdd 120gb Ocz SSD 2x 74gb Raptor drives dvd burner idk what brand xD 25" Hanns-G monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCooBY>XI< Posted May 3, 2012 Member ID: 3233 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 15 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 334 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 2030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 28, 2013 Birthday: 04/09/1967 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Wife clicked the order button the other day , nice surprise in mail --computer went together easily --a ton of room in the case even with the large push/pull cpu cooler and the frozer 3 equipped graphics card that required renting a crane to put in thought I had a sata connect dvd player around to load windows and such with , however all mine are ide cable (been along time since i purchased one lol ) so had to order one , should be here in a few days --so build is together save the dvd drive ---hopefully will be up and running for this weekend ATI who /what @?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCooBY>XI< Posted May 12, 2012 Member ID: 3233 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 15 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 334 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 40 Achievement Points: 2030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 28, 2013 Birthday: 04/09/1967 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 (edited) Amd 8 core and ati 7870 oc --up and rolling ---booted up fine , from the get go --memory detected (dual 8 mb sticks ) and all 8 cores unlocked and optimized via the windows hotfix for the bulldozer chips -- cpu overclocked out of the box from 3.1 to 4.2 with no wattage change or increase -- temps staying at 32.c and 34c on the vid card --- So far have achieved sustained 230 fps on ultra settings (everything maxed ) 1920 -1080 on skyrim with the high res texture pack loaded --loading up BF3 to see how it does on that now --- still some more tweaking to do ... will put it through a burn in test on some benchmark programs tonight ---hopefully I dont blow it up lol Windows loaded in 4 seconds and yes I came in my pants @@!!! cya on the battlefield Edited May 12, 2012 by SCooBY>XI< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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