New 1090t based gaming rig

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Ok here are the parts:
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CPU:AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T 3.2GHZ SIX-CORE BLACK EDITION (238e)
MoBo:ASUS CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA RETAIL(199e)
Ram:KINGSTON KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX 8GB (2X4GB) PC12800 HYPERX GENESIS XMP DUAL CHANNEL KIT(245e)
GPU:ASUS MATRIX 5870/2DIS/2GD5 2GB PCI-E RETAIL(466e)
SSD:KINGSTON SNV125-S2BD/30GB SSDNOW V SERIES 30GB DESKTOP BUNDLE BOOT DRIVE(88e)
HDD:WESTERN DIGITAL WD10EARS 1TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2(59e)
PSU:CORSAIR TX950W POWER SUPPLY(179e)
Complaints:in my opinion Ram is too expensive ,i've found 8g (4x2)@1600mhz dual channel kit (135e) but i dont know if it is supported.Also i would like to build nvidia system because of the cuda and physx technology but i cant find mobo which supports sli +am3 in greece,
so i go with a full amd system for more compatibility.
Parts remaining:i need a simple,elegant :p ,full tower case and a good cooling system for my cpu which i want to overclock to around 3.8-4ghz(i dont think gpu will have problems with the stock cooling even after hours of rendering).I'm waiting for your suggestions,thank you
 
If you're going for only 1 nVidia graphics card, then the motherboard you have chosen will be just fine. MSI has an AM3 motherboard with SLI support based on nVidia's nForce 980a SLI chipset, the NF980-G65 (link). Asus also has 2 motherboards based on that chipset, but I've heard complaints about vdroop on the M4N98TD EVO motherboard so it might not be the best for overclocking.

What store are you buying from?
 
mrjack said:
If you're going for only 1 nVidia graphics card, then the motherboard you have chosen will be just fine. MSI has an AM3 motherboard with SLI support based on nVidia's nForce 980a SLI chipset, the NF980-G65 (link). Asus also has 2 motherboards based on that chipset, but I've heard complaints about vdroop on the M4N98TD EVO motherboard so it might not be the best for overclocking.

What store are you buying from?
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http://www.e-shop.gr/PER_pc_config_desktop.phtml (in greek,good luck :p)
for the moment i m planning to use 1 video card but when the price falls i suppose i ll want to get an other one
 
Found the MSI NF980-G65 and the ASUS M4N98TD-EVO motherboards on the store's site, but if Google's translation was correct, they don't have any in stock.
 
If you really want Nvidia and SLI, you may want to consider Intel. A decent i5-760 build would cost about the same.

Otherwise, definitely consider the Radeon 6870. It's a great card and has most of the advantages of Nvidia cards. It lacks CUDA and PhysX, obviously, but ATI has their own GPGPU technologies and few games actually use PhysX anyway.
 
Drenlin said:
If you really want Nvidia and SLI, you may want to consider Intel. A decent i5-760 build would cost about the same.

Otherwise, definitely consider the Radeon 6870. It's a great card and has most of the advantages of Nvidia cards. It lacks CUDA and PhysX, obviously, but ATI has their own GPGPU technologies and few games actually use PhysX anyway.
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thanks for your suggestions,i ll finally go for the amd setup.Now i have an other question .Phenom supports max 1333 mhz ram?this means i can use 1600 mhz ram but is pointless?
 
Officially, no processor supports more than 1333, but 1600 will run just fine on it. It's not pointless because having the faster 1600MHz RAM will give you more wiggle-room when overclocking.
 
Yup. All you have to do to get your RAM to run at rated speeds is manually configure the speed/voltage/timings... takes about 5 minutes at the most. Just write down the specs on the sticks, enter BIOS and change them :)
 
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