I’m lucky, my CPU cooler uses a large fan I can just screw the 90mm onto, so it is aimed directly at the stock fan, and I changed the speed to manual and set it to 100% in the bios, (just like my CPU and 2 other Aux fans for increased stability).
During idle, the air flowing through the PC is rather cool, but when I play a heavy duty game such as Crysis, GTA4 or Fallout3 (with all my high res texture packs), then it starts to warm up, but the GPU never goes above 60 C, and the CPU never goes over 40 C and the NB never goes over 50 C now.
I love and hate my coolermaster v10 cpu cooler. I love it because it cools my OC’d Q6600 extremely well, and I hate it because its so big that I have to remove it to change my RAM.
No because your pre-built PC will have a shitty PSU with not enough power for a good graphics card, a shitty CPU that will slow down your games, a shitty motherboard that probably wont use the full speed of your new ram and even the case will be too shitty to house a decent graphics card.
And of course you’ll have an OEM version of windows so when you finally get it running with your upgrades you will get a message saying you have to pay for windows because your hardware has changed.
GeForce 9600GT.
It’s a good deal, and should run most things at high at the resolutions typically found in a 19" monitor, so long as your processor isn’t wimpy.
9600gt or 9800gt are the two sub 100 dollar GPUs nvidia has that are good for lower resolutions. But at that range AMD really is dominant. You can get anything from the 4770, to 4830 or even 4850 for about the same price, and have much greater performance.
Different 19" monitors have different resolutions, mine is 1280x1024, my friend has a 19" that’s 1440x900, some laptops have a 19" display with 1920x1080 pixels.
Ok, so after a bit of waiting, core i5 has come out, and after sizing up the chances of the new ati cards being so revolutionary that gaming is changed for ever, i’ve decided to grab the core i5, a hd 4890, and a standard setup. Now. I’ve decided to permanently drop to a 22 inch monitor, and also, i’ve decided to stick with a crossfire mobo. I can a, upgrade halfway down the road to a new setup by adding another 4890, and b, theres no point buying an sli mobo, or paying extra money for a board that can do both.
What i need help with, is optimising my parts. Basically, i need to know if i can get a cheaper 650-700 watt psu for my setup, thats COMPATIBLE with an 4890. Its really confusing, because even though some psus say they’re crossfire compatible, in the speqs, they lack the 6+2 connectors, that they supposedly need (Someone earlier in this thread said as much). Im on a tight budget, under £650 would be nice, i’ve made a preliminary setup, and im sure i can at least cut down on the psu, but i wouldn’t know where to turn to.
Furthermore, i’ve switched from tigerdirect.com to scan.co.uk, to overclocker.co.uk, and FINALLY, to amazon.com… i’m amazed by the prices on amazon, and if all goes will with the shipping (e.g no insane prices for UK shipping), then i will have saved nearly £200 compared to what it would of costed on scan/overclocker.
Finally, my absolute bare minimums are:
Core I5 Processor
CrossfireX Mobo
GPU equal to or slightly less than (No worse then a 4870) an XFX HD 4890
4GB DDR3 1333MHZ
Coolermaster Scout (Looks awesome xD, and the 7 fans is admirable)
21-24 Inch monitor (22 inch would be nice)
All the parts apart from the scout and the cpu can obviously come from different brands and companys, just make sure they’re reliable, and if its from a website other then amazon, make sure the shipping isn’t mad and they’re trustworthy. Thanks in advance for your help (I hope =])
Sorry bought all the pictures, had to scroll down because amazon spaces the cart out really badly, and it might be a bit confusing =] < At the current $1000/£607 price, i need it lowered by at least £90 xD, which sounds like alot, but remember i need to keep it below £650 (A mamoth task), giving me room for a monitor@£133. However… it depends on what monitor you get, the best setup posted on here for me will most likely lead to my actual purchase, so please, try your best.
^^^^^^^^^ Among the longest posts ever made in this channel? xD
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