Input On a New Build Appreciated

[bomberboysk]

That's exactly why I posted it.

Your not getting the point, that board isnt worth the extra $10. The voltage regulators are lower quality, and a crossfire "capable" setup that is essentially useless for anything more than a 4670 due to the bandwidth of the second slot.

 

[Stoic Sentinel]

So can a 4850 play most games? Because I just found out I'm over budget if I replace the 4850 w/ the 70.

 

[Bodaggit23]

Your not getting the point.

I hear ya cluckin, big chicken.

I'm just trying to suggest, for a few dollars more, try to get the option of multi GPU.

This board will run SLI at x8/x8 if one were interested in going with nVidia.
MSI NF750-G55 AM3 ($99.99)

 

[StrangleHold]

To run Crossfire in 8x/8x it has to have a 790X/GX and 16x/16x a 790FX chipset.

 

[bomberboysk]

I hear ya cluckin, big chicken.

I'm just trying to suggest, for a few dollars more, try to get the option of multi GPU.

This board will run SLI at x8/x8 if one were interested in going with nVidia.
MSI NF750-G55 AM3 ($99.99)

Yeah, thats a pretty decent board. Only issue is then you end up paying more towards a gpu for the same performance

Kinda a win-lose either way tbh.

 

[Bodaggit23]

How about this,

I Changed the board to AM2+/AM3, which still accepts the Athlon II 620,
and changed the RAM to DDR2 1066, and bumped the GPU up to 4870.

$745.91 before rebate

AMD Athlon II X4 620 ($99.00)

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0 ($69.99)

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 ($69.99)

BFG Tech BFGR650WGSPSU ($69.99)

XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB ($144.99)
($124.99 after Rebate)

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP ($69.99)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ($54.99)

HP Black Multiformat DVD Burner ($33.99)

AZiO AWD102N IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI Wireless Adapter ($22.99)

Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee - OEM ($109.99)
Includes free Windows 7 upgrade coupon

 

[Stoic Sentinel]

Alright, it's still a huge step up from the one he has now. What would be the difference between DDR2 and DDR3? And between ATX and Micro ATX?

 

[StrangleHold]

Its not worth it to drop to DDR2. That Foxconn board is cheap! The Gigabyte DDR3 board is 79.99 with a 10 buck rebate = 69.00, same price after rebate. Plus you will only save 10 bucks with that DDR2 memory. Its 69.00 and the DDR3 Ripjaw is only 79.00. So you would only save 10 bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274

You could save 20 bucks off your last list with a different case. But throw the included power supply in the trash can.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119210

 

[Bodaggit23]

Yeah, sorry. I was just trying to squeeze the 4870 in.

That's good advice, to skimp on the case to save a few bucks.

 

[Stoic Sentinel]

Alright, I'm all set to go, thanks guys