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[RoRoYoBoat123]

i was thinking dual 6950s to reduce the price just a bit, about 100 dollers, but it seems intel doesnt like duals that much

 

[RoRoYoBoat123]

i really want to do dual video 6950s for a bit of a price reduction and more options, also i want at least a 1000 watt for expansion but my memory is a 4 x 2gig at 2133 and quad channel but intel motherboards dont support alot of that

 

[mihir]

The HD6990 is better than the HD6950 CF

And as for the motherboard this motherboard is amazing and supports upto 32GB or RAM.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128480


BTW DDR3 1600 MHz would suffice and no need to go for a DDR3 2133 which is overkill.
And if you want a multi GPU setting in the future then you should go with a 1200W PSU.
But a 750W will more than enough for a single GPU.

 

[RoRoYoBoat123]

i just found a good 1000 watt silverstone psu,but what do you suggest for my video card?

 

[mihir]

The silverstone 1000W would be great.

 

[RoRoYoBoat123]

The silverstone 1000W would be great.

but what should i do for a video card, under 800 dollers, like give me a newegg link if u can , and some 1866 memory that is fast since thats all intel boards support, i have never built intel and i need your advice like really badly lol

 

[mihir]

Actually the HD6990 is also an overkill.

Try this Card will run any game you throw at it maxxed out without a sweat.
$489.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587

And the HD6990 is for $734 and is overkill.

As you can see in the above benchmarks it is the single single GPU card which managed to stay in the competetion of DUAL GPU cards.




As for memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226203
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231401
Both the memory DDR3-1600MHz and with CAS latency of 7.
Really good timings.

 

[RoRoYoBoat123]

just one of them? and should i go with the sabertooth board or the gigabyte, since ill be running a i7 2600k, a 580x, and 8 gigs, 4 x 2gigs at 1866

 

[RoRoYoBoat123]

2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145291

 

[mihir]

The Corsair RAM which you linked to has a CAS latency of 9 compared to one which I linked to CAS latency 7.You can see the difference.

Here are all the motherboards I would recomend
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131693
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157240
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131700

I specially like the second one.Great value for money and good performer.

 

[FuryRosewood]

i dont recommend running ram out of the recommended spec of the processor, that is 1333, alot of people do it here. then we get residents in secondlife that get weird C++ execution errors like invalid opcode... i dont see a point in the high speed ram if its going to throw stupid errors. i do recommend maxxing a board on ram nowadays since ram is stupid cheap but i dont recommend the stupid clocker ram. crucial has some decent 8 gig (2x4G) kits for under 100 bucks, which is why i just recommend grabbing that.

 

[RoRoYoBoat123]

i plan on running a i7 2600k, surely it can take that