my last attempt

[Knunez]

This one would be better if your worried about size. Its only a 92mm.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103057

I'll think about it.

I think I'm sticking with the gtx 560 ti

It costs less and offers very similar performance, I also plan to SLI in the future and I heard that these are great for that.

I also like the looks of the evga 560

 

[StrangleHold]

GTX 560 ti is a good card. It would be fine. Its just overall slightly slower then the 6950

 

[Knunez]

GTX 560 ti is a good card. It would be fine. Its just overall slightly slower then the 6950

as to be expected since it is $20+ cheaper than the 6950's.

thank you for the help, Battlefield 3 here I come

 

[Knunez]

hey guy's uhm I read this comment on the gtx 560 ti and It concerns me a little.

"My computer can't push it hard enough, and i have a phenom 2 x4 955 at oc'd at 3.89 ghz.
The hardest I've seen it work is at 60%"

can you please tell me why and will it work fine for me?

thank you

 

[jonnyp11]

probably that he wasn't playing games that pull enough or on high enough res or something, put in crysis or bad company 2 or something and start putting the settings higher and higher and it should show.

 

[Knunez]

hey all I've done some modifications to my build and here's how It came out, also More and more people are starting to tell me that I can't OC my 955 to 4 ghz because It wouldn't be stable, what CPU should I go for?

here's my build

parts I already have:

Ram:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178333

Heatsink and Fan:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=35-103-057&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo

parts I need:

MOBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=yb9xr0mfc4hvhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=1w64sj55xvygr

CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894

GPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521

PSU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049

Optical drive:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

HDD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

Ok thanks for any help,

-Knunez

 

[Knunez]

or should I just get this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130611

or this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130568

 

[TurkeySniper]

you should probably get faster ram too...go with the 1600

 

[Knunez]

To late for the ram...... but should I get the regular 6870 or get the black edition?

 

[jonnyp11]

black edition just is pre-overclocked, pointless when it comes with a overclocking software and the bios should do it too, for the components, the cooler isn't the best but with some good tweaking you should get about 4ghz stable, and should get a different psu, that one is fine but a single rail is recommended, and that one has 4, multiple rails makes it easy to overload one and burn it out or something like that.

 

[Knunez]

In that case i'll stick with the dual fan regular version because Good PSUs are expensive, I already have this nice one on a nice deal so I wouldn't like to change that

 

[jonnyp11]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027

idk if there will be any difference, it is just safer to get 1 than to have the risk with 4, but with the 10% off this 1 is also cheaper

 

[StrangleHold]

Nothing wrong with the Antec. The PC MK II are ok power supplies, but the Silencer are higher quality and a Seasonic units.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703030

or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207016

But like I said the Antec is a fine unit.

 

[Knunez]

thanks jonny I realized that the antec is no longer on sale and the one you showed me was the same price haha, thanks

 

[Knunez]

and while people are still paying attention , here's my build, and It still should offer the same performance as the rig I was going to buy, but the only difference is that there will be no Xfire

MOBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519

CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808 I plan to OC this to 3.7 ghz

GPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521

PSU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027

Optical drive:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136216

HDD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=cymav5nritpe

Case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=HAF912&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=1nqjno57x4jhz

and I already have the

RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178333 got them on sale at fry's for 30$

HEATSINK and FAN:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=35-103-057&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo

what do you think?

thanks for the help.

 

[jonnyp11]

looks fine, go for it, but i just never seem to agree with case choices, i just like all the lights and stuff to show it off if you're spending that much money on it.