ARGH CPU upgrade dilemma advice!!

[dudewotevr]

Q9400 / Q9550 no doubt.

 

[cerebus]

+1

 

[Synaesthesia]

You don't need 700W for just one GPU, 500W is fine. Unless it's an absolute monster.

I was actually very happy with the Gigabyte G31 motherboards which are like R500!

 

[cerebus]

Yeah really 700w is overkill unless you're going sli or something. 600w is the max you'll need, less if it's a decent make.

If you have 1,5k to spend on a mobo then go with P45 IMO:
http://www.nivo.co.za/buy~asus.asus.p5q.intel.socket.lga775.motherboard.p5q.~p12196?

 

[Chevron]

i need new
cpu (intel quad something, thought 2.83 was nice deal. 775)
mb (not sure which one)
psu (700w-ish i think? need to drive 2x hdd, 1x cd, 1x gpu)
gpu (nv 260 or 275)

it got
ram, case, key+ms, lcd and so on.

...go and have look at the vantecs

Why go with 775 when it's being discontinued?
And why go with a 260 when the 5770 is the same price about and you get dx11?

 

[Necuno]

Why go with 775 when it's being discontinued?
And why go with a 260 when the 5770 is the same price about and you get dx11?

because nv is my preference and 260 is fine for now till the 300 comes. in essence dx11 is not going o help too much now in adobe, maya, 3dsmax and cinemark(wtf) is it now

if i go the i5/i7 route i must also now spent about 1.2k on ram. same with god forbid using am3.

i'm not looking for a demon, rather midway and for that the 2.83 quad would be enough.

 

[Necuno]

cerebus, ill do a quick build math tonight. thanks for replies.

 

[Chevron]

because nv is my preference and 260 is fine for now till the 300 comes. in essence dx11 is not going o help too much now in adobe, maya, 3dsmax and cinemark(wtf) is it now

if i go the i5/i7 route i must also now spent about 1.2k on ram. same with god forbid using am3.

i'm not looking for a demon, rather midway and for that the 2.83 quad would be enough.

You do know AM3 chips work in AM2+ boards with ddr2 right? You don't have to use ddr3.

 

[Necuno]

You do know AM3 chips work in AM2+ boards with ddr2 right? You don't have to use ddr3.

i dont care if amd can summon satan for me

point is intel and nvidia is my preference- is that hard to understand ?


going to go with ASUS P5Q + msi 260 oc + 600w Vantec or related corsair + Q9550

 

[killadoob]

i dont care if amd can summon satan for me

point is intel and nvidia is my preference- is that hard to understand ?


going to go with ASUS P5Q + msi 260 oc + 600w Vantec or related corsair + Q9550

LOL he should understand it he feels the same way about amd .

 

[Chevron]

LOL he should understand it he feels the same way about amd .

He said he didn't want to go AM3 because he'd have to get new ram. So was giving more information.

 

[killadoob]

I know but your reputation precedes you

 

[chickenbeef]

Hahahahaha, you two at it again

 

[cerebus]

going to go with ASUS P5Q + msi 260 oc + 600w Vantec or related corsair + Q9550

Good choice - oh you're getting the MSI OC - you won't regret that one. Make sure it's the twin frozr. Of course mine cost me r1100 but whuteva

 

[Necuno]

Good choice - oh you're getting the MSI OC - you won't regret that one. Make sure it's the twin frozr. Of course mine cost me r1100 but whuteva

the N260GTX Twin Frozr OC, but i can't see if the damned thing has 216 cores or not.

update:
finally found a page of the the Stream Processors listed on
http://www.vgadownload.com/msi-vga-...48-bit-gddr3-twin-frozr-edition-oc-at-655mhz/

 

[cerebus]

It definitely has 216 shader cores. It's there in big letters on the box.

 

[Necuno]

looking at i5 build too for interest sake. if i would go that route which ddr3 's are better ?

(OCZ) reaper or corsair ?

my-intern-lol-quad build

Q9550 core 2 quad 2.83----------2 633
ASUS P5QD TURBO---------------1 579.38
MSI N260GTX Twin Frozr OC ------2 507.00
Cooler Master eXtreme 650w------877.00
================================
R7596.38
================================

 

[cerebus]

Corsair.

 

[Necuno]

Corsair.

quick build [ used sybaritic as reference ]

Intel Core i5 750------------------------R2 006.00
Asus P7P55D IP55 ----------------------R1 808.00
MSI N260GTX Twin Frozr OC ------------R2 507.00
Cooler Master eXtreme 650w------------R877.00
Corsair DDR3-1333 4GB (2x2) XMS3 kit---R1 379.00
======================================
R8 577.00 [ like 980.62 diff as to the q9550 ]
======================================

/sigh. suppose then at least i can stick more i5's into that system and more ram and uberer gpu later on. coming from a 2.4 dual core, 4 gig, 8800gt system.

 

[cerebus]

Looks good.. I think the 260 is cheaper elsewhere. LGA775 is at a twilight now - I would rather move away from it if possible. There will be no upgrade path and you'll be spending a lot of money on a board if you won't be able to go higher in future.