Which quad core?

kyleswitch said:
I know that the triple cores (720be) are either quad cores with the 4th core dissabled or just a quad core with a broken fourth core, but what are the chances that I can open that 4th core up?

If it is too much of a risk and I am focused on getting a quad core, does this look like a good set up? >>

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

MoBo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402

Is there anything wrong with that CPU? I doesn't have as many ratings as the other quad cores for the same price and it has a higher GHz on each core (.2)

I thought, if I really want a quad core, why be a fricken Penny Pincher, and just save $60 more for it.
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kyleswitch said:
Okay cool, Ill just stick with the quad core. And thank you, I wasn't sure if that MoBo was a good idea for this build or not.


The motherboard says it has 2 PCIe x 2.0 slots ones a x16 an the other is x8. Does that mean I can still SLI or can I not put an ordinary x16 card in that x8 slot?

Thanks again
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Its a Crossfire only board. Not SLI. With a single card the top slot runs a X16. In Crossfire with two cards they are X8/X8. If you want a X16/X16 board you need a 790FX chipset.
 
kyleswitch said:
I probably wont ever crossfire or sli anytime in the near future. So, will it still run a Nvidia card as long as there is no SLI going on?

I found this card, stranglehold im pretty sure you have the same one, it's epic.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127445
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Yeah it a kick butt little card, well its a bigger GTS 250 card. Havent really played alot of games on it yet. But havent had any problams at all. Plus it runs cool too.

kyleswitch said:
Oh, of course, but stupid question. Even on a board with ati's chipset, I can still use a single Nvidia GPU right? It will only not work if I try to SLI on it right?
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Sure you can run a single Nvidia card on a Crossfire board. If you thought you might want to run crossfire in the future you could go for something like the 5750 or 5770.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...iption=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...iption=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
 
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Im thinking about getting 2x

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161309

or 2x

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102848&cm_re=4890-_-14-102-848-_-Product

depends on what money comes around and when it does. But of course, Ill get one at a time. those 4890's look gorgeous :)

So on that Asus Evo board I posted, there will be no problem with Crossfiring them? The pcexpress 2.0 x 16/ x8 socket just confused me a bit. I didnt know the x8 meant for xfire only, or so I was told.
 
kyleswitch said:
So on that Asus Evo board I posted, there will be no problem with Crossfiring them? The pcexpress 2.0 x 16/ x8 socket just confused me a bit. I didnt know the x8 meant for xfire only, or so I was told.
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It will run a single card at X16. If you run two in Crossfire they run in X8/X8. Not a problem really, if you were going to run two 5850/5870 it would probably kill a few FPS.

You need a 790FX board to run Crossfire in X16/X16

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223

Nice board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128415

or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131363
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131392
 
I like the msi board, but for now I'll sry with the evo board. I still need to get the gpu first, before I can even start thinking of a crossfire set up.
 
What power supply is needed to run that gts 250 msi card. I was looking around for the minimum and recommended requirments but they aren't posted.
 
For a GTS 250. Probably around, minimum would be 450/500W with 30/35 Amps. Thats not to say the card uses that much, nowhere near that much. Thats just the minimum for a average system using a GTS 250.
 
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StrangleHold said:
For a GTS 250. Probably around, minimum would be 450/500W with 30/35 Amps. Thats not to say the card uses that much, nowhere near that much. Thats just the minimum for a average system using a GTS 250.
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Does that all hve to be on one rail or can it be split between multiple rails?
 
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