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The only thing I'd change is the video card. The 5700 series does not perform well at all and for just about $100 more you can get a 5800-series card. I own a 5850 and that thing smokes!
Okay, so I change out the video card. Where do I make the extra $100 up at? switch to an AMD system? I removed the LCD and switched to Phenom II 965 quad black and dropped it to $870. I can put the i5 750 back in for $900. That's what I'll probably do and just pickup a new monitor later. Hmm...let me sit on this for a week or so and see what changes. Plus the 5830 is coming out soon. It's supposed to be a lower powered 4890
my opinion is go with the 965, 5770, and 22 inch monitor. There is no point in a 5850 if you stick with your 19 inch and are gaming at 1280x700 or what ever your resolution is. The 5770 is a decent enough card for 1650x1080, and performs at or around a hd4870, plus some time down the road when prices drop you can look at crossfiring the 5770.
That's kind of what I'm thinking..but I'm still considering the i5 750. Who knows what will happen this week with stuff, so now it's just a matter of waiting for the right time to pounce. Maybe ati will start bundling bad company 2 with their cards since there's so much ati/bc2 advertising going on.
i changed the monitor to a 23" 1920x1080. I've been watching more and more DVDs in my computer room b/c of inappropriate material for my kids to watch, the 1080p will be nice.
Ok I just priced a new system.
Same as originally listed but changed monitor, CPU, vid card and mobo.
New is Phenom II 955 w/ mobo combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.322821
24.6" 1920x1080p LCD
HIS HD5850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161302
So everthing except a case for $948-$30 in rebates= $918-$10 promo code= $908.
I think we have a winner...but I still need a case LOL. The one I wanted isn't on sale anymore. I might by that on the side at Frys.
Went to Frys. Scored HUGE deal. Crossfire mobo + i5 750 cpu for $220-20 rebate. Also picked up the Storm Scout from there. This saves me $100, so I'll probably be able to get the 5850 no problemo now.
DONE. Here's the breakdown:
Hanns G 24.6 1080p monitor
WD Black 750gb
GSkill 4x2gb DDR3 1600
i5 750
Biostar P55 crossfire mobo
Sony SATA DVD burner
Cooler master storm scout case
XFX 5850 Black edition (just for you Kama!)
After rebates and stupid Fry's employees this only cost me $950! (that and my dad gave me his win 7 pro that he bought and then didn't realize he shouldn't have since his laptop came with a free upgrade lol!)
Very nice, that computer is beefier than mine!Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
Does the 5850 come with DiRT 2? I wanna race you!
I don't know. Newegg didn't say. However, XFX's website and everywhere else shows the XFX Black edition to have it. So I'm only going to assume it does. Find out Friday!
DiRT 2 is gorgeous and will really show off your 5850's capabilities, hopefully you'll end up with the free copy. :)
some of the reviews buyers put on newegg said they got a code for dirt2 to d/l through steam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamakazie
SHIPPED. w00t for newegg rush processing since I used their card and got 6 months 0% to pay it off.
Did you order an aftermarket CPU heatsink/fan?
no, there aren't that many to choose from yet for the 1156 boards. I'm waiting for more reviews. People have OC'd the 750 to over 3.6 on the retail fan. I don't plan on OCing though. I'm waiting to see how well my case with a 14cm top fan, 12cm front and 12cm rear fan keep things cool.
UPS just delivered everything else..damn this power supply is freaking HEAVY!
parts installed, working great. Dragon Age looks f'ing amazing! Now downloading a slew of my steam games and getting everything back up to speed.
Awesome! Congrats! :)
Thanks man!Quote:
Originally Posted by proxops-pete
Dragon Age looks great now! 1920x1080 maxed out settings.
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screensh...2a7d6fef47.png
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screensh...7eb15c63a1.png
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screensh...0676f96631.png
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=13178376 NEW!
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7545833 OLD!
everything stock. As soon as I get an aftermark cooler, I'm going to just set the BCLK to 160 to run my mem at DDR3 1600 and cpu higher. Everything I've read said you can do this no problem, safely, and no more power draw then what it is at at 133mhz.
Anyway, more than doubled my score from my old system..which is good. :)
I bumped the clock to 160 so it would run my ram at DDR3 1600 like the board said it would and left Turbo and everything enabled. so cpu runs between 3.2-3.6 depending on how many cores are going.
I re-ran 3dmark and got:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=13186896
21242 which is quite a bit more than just stock. My CPU hit 71C though at peak, so time to invest in an aftermarket cooler for any OCing.
Did the XFX card come with Dirt 2? I more or less ordered the same system just a few minutes ago. Pretty excited about it, but the case may end up taking 2 weeks to get here. Regardless it'll be just in time for Bad Company 2 :)
yes it came with dirt2
Excellent. I actually had the card delivered last week Thrusday, but I haven't opened it yet. Waiting for everything to get here before I open everything, which is tomorrow. I feel like I'm 12 again.