Mother Board FSB???

What do you guys think of an AMD phenom 955 overclocked (after market cooling) on a AM3+ 970 chipset mobo. And for graphics a GTX 460 1GB. I want to play modern games on max settings. Its probably insufficient for 1080p (1920 x 1080), I'm pretty sure I'll have to get a lesser monitor or better GPU.
 
The Gigabyte GA 970A UD3 is probably the best 970 board out right now. The 460 is a ok card, but I would rather have a 6870, but they are about 20 bucks more.
 
StrangleHold said:
The Gigabyte GA 970A UD3 is probably the best 970 board out right now. The 460 is a ok card, but I would rather have a 6870, but they are about 20 bucks more.
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Actually I think I might have to either downgrade the card or upgrade mymonitor since mine only goes up to 1280 x 1024. From what I've read, the GTX 460 is overkill for that resolution.
 
the 460 is starting to be out of date, to be honest if you're going to build a gaming computer make sure it will last for a few years. The 460 is an oven, so I chose the Radeon 5770 over that. My monitor is the same as yours.

But, in case you do get a new monitor, then go for the 6870. It'll be worth it when you don't have to upgrade for a while.
 
Perkomate said:
the 460 is starting to be out of date, to be honest if you're going to build a gaming computer make sure it will last for a few years. The 460 is an oven, so I chose the Radeon 5770 over that. My monitor is the same as yours.

But, in case you do get a new monitor, then go for the 6870. It'll be worth it when you don't have to upgrade for a while.
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Thats exactly what I was looking at on tigerdiect. Its only like 25 bucks more. Your right that the 460 is getting old, at least at that 1080p.
 
The problem is that if you do happen to get a new monitor, it'll probably be around 21.5 to 23 inches, and the graphics card will have to work even harder to produce the effects. That could mean that if you get the 460, you MAY have frame rate issues. But, don't quote me on this, because i'm not 100% sure on it.
 
Perkomate said:
The problem is that if you do happen to get a new monitor, it'll probably be around 21.5 to 23 inches, and the graphics card will have to work even harder to produce the effects. That could mean that if you get the 460, you MAY have frame rate issues. But, don't quote me on this, because i'm not 100% sure on it.
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Screen size has absolutely nothing to do with performance, resolution does. The 6780 is beast and can handle modern games at 1080p with high or max settings. If the video card is struggling I can always reduce settings or resolution for that game.
 
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I got the i5-2500 with an intel h67 mobo both for around 200 bucks (cousin works at intel). With this I'll be able to keep up with latest games for much longer than with AMD.
 
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I got the i5-2500 with an intel h67 mobo both for around 200 bucks (cousin works at intel :D :) :cool:). With this I'll be able to keep up with latest games for much longer than with AMD.
 
Newegg Order

Actually I was still checking out what I could get so I didn't order anything else yet but I'm I'll get the following off of newegg:

Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X W/Lightscribe & Win 7 support

Acer P215HBbd Black 21.5" 5ms Full HD WideScreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2

SAPPHIRE 100314-2SR Radeon HD 6870

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)

Xigmatek Utgard Mesh CPC-T90DB-U03 Black Steel / Aluminum and Mesh Bezel Computer Case

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

$564 after rebates. I was gonna go with stock intel cooler for cpu because I won't overclock and intel cpus run cool and efficient anyways.
 
or could get 8gb's of ripjaws x series or regular 1600mhz and both are 65, and i like that case but could also get the nzxt guardian, nzxt crafted series vulcan, or antec three hundred illusion, just some other nice ones for same or less, but urs is nice too
 
jonnyp11 said:
or could get 8gb's of ripjaws x series or regular 1600mhz and both are 65, and i like that case but could also get the nzxt guardian, nzxt crafted series vulcan, or antec three hundred illusion, just some other nice ones for same or less, but urs is nice too
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Yeah this case really attracted me. Together with the HDD, it was a combo deal so thats why I chose it. As for the RAM 8 gigs would be overkill right now and my mobo only supports 1333mhz, so I dont want to pay for 1600mhz when its gonna get down clocked. What concerns me is that the HDD has some bad reviews though they are mostly good. I know seagate is a awesome brand but I guess the negative experiences people had was on newegg's part (damage during shipping, DOA, etc). All the other parts are high quality and good reviews.
 
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if you wanna get a dif and not get a deal then there's a caviar blue for same price, click it and see what deals its got.
 
yeah, there's always a few duds and people who don't care about getting the free replacement, only that the first one failed even f the second was the best thing they've ever had
 
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