Buying new pc

Pada said:
Where have you read that!? I really can't imagine that they will stop production of that range before all the HD 6xxx cards have been released to the public.
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I would imagine you cannot order anymore of the 5870 and 5850's. The only thing you will find is manufactured stock. Why would they continue making them?

A question i have always wondered:

If say a big company like rectron orders 100 vga cards from amd partners and nvidia partners but cannot move the stock do they just take the loss? Same question for cpu's.
I would have thought yes but the pricing changes so there must be some deal in place with the graphic card/cpu suppliers. So if rectron is sitting with 40 5850's and 30 5870's from gigabyte do they just take it on the nose or would gigabyte take the cards back?

I know it makes logical sense they take the knock but i wonder how you control it so that you always have stock but never land up with huge losses.
 
killadoob said:
I would imagine you cannot order anymore of the 5870 and 5850's. The only thing you will find is manufactured stock. Why would they continue making them?

A question i have always wondered:

If say a big company like rectron orders 100 vga cards from amd partners and nvidia partners but cannot move the stock do they just take the loss? Same question for cpu's.
I would have thought yes but the pricing changes so there must be some deal in place with the graphic card/cpu suppliers. So if rectron is sitting with 40 5850's and 30 5870's from gigabyte do they just take it on the nose or would gigabyte take the cards back?

I know it makes logical sense they take the knock but i wonder how you control it so that you always have stock but never land up with huge losses.
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My guess is they go back to the manufacturers to be used as swap out units when people claim warranty.
 
lol after seeing that 5870's price I've put my card up on BoB :Dlets hope I can make money off it and still upgrade ;)
 
Ok so i managed to find these hardware parts i like, all from Landmarkpc

MSI X58A - GD65 Intel X58 chipset : R1975.62
Intel i7 930 = R2529.66 (the 950 is R2536.43, R6.77 price difference)
Corsair HX750W = R1546.98
Corsair CMD4GX3M2A1600 C8 dominator 4 GB 1600 = R1113.78
Coolermaster HAF 922 = R1378.26 (The 932 gaming one is R1754.46) what makes it so special?
Asus EAH6870 = R3141.84

Don't need a HDD or dvd writer, got that already.

What do you guys think?
 
dinko, that HD 6870 is very expensive. I mean, you can get a VTX3D HD 6870 for R2200, or you can get a Sapphire HD 5870 for R2600 - both from Wootware.
A Corsair HX650W would be more than good enough for that rig of yours and it should even be able to handle 2x HD 6870's + i7 CPU!

One last thing, I might've been wrong about the placement of the 2x PCIe 16x lanes running @ 16x on that MSI X58A-GD65 motherboard.
So far it seems like the top 2 16x slots are running at 16x and the bottom 16x slot is running at 4x.
 
Pada said:
dinko, that HD 6870 is very expensive. I mean, you can get a VTX3D HD 6870 for R2200, or you can get a Sapphire HD 5870 for R2600 - both from Wootware.
A Corsair HX650W would be more than good enough for that rig of yours and it should even be able to handle 2x HD 6870's + i7 CPU!

One last thing, I might've been wrong about the placement of the 2x PCIe 16x lanes running @ 16x on that MSI X58A-GD65 motherboard.
So far it seems like the top 2 16x slots are running at 16x and the bottom 16x slot is running at 4x.
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Pada thanx for the heads up! Does rhe Asus one have certain functions or better specs? Just out of curiosity

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Yes, defiantly get the i7 950 and I'd recommend the VTX3D HD 6870, great card and excellent in CF.
 
If you're in CT, just buy my second PC

Samsung T260
i7 860 with Zalman 9700CNPS LED cooler
ASUS Maximus III Gene
Sapphire 5870 - Less than a week old
750GB Samsung
4GB Apacer Giant II DDR3 2000MHz RAM
OCZ Fatality 550w modular
X5 mouse, no Keyboard

R10k, get your own Case and DVD-RW
Haha, I'm a troll :)
 
Pada said:
One last thing, I might've been wrong about the placement of the 2x PCIe 16x lanes running @ 16x on that MSI X58A-GD65 motherboard.
So far it seems like the top 2 16x slots are running at 16x and the bottom 16x slot is running at 4x.
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I'm getting contradicting answers from various users who have this motherboard.
So far I would guess that you can run 2 cards @ 16x, using either top + middle or top + bottom PCIe slots.
 
Pada said:
I'm getting contradicting answers from various users who have this motherboard.
So far I would guess that you can run 2 cards @ 16x, using either top + middle or top + bottom PCIe slots.
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Manual says it has 3xPCIe x16 slots, makes no mention of which ones need to be populated. So with only two GPUs I would assume you get x16 no matter which slots you use.
 
Archer said:
Manual says it has 3xPCIe x16 slots, makes no mention of which ones need to be populated. So with only two GPUs I would assume you get x16 no matter which slots you use.
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Yeah, that is my guess as well.

I've found a review that stated otherwise, but I'm starting to think that they talked BS: http://www.techpowerup.com/125773/MSI_Readies_X58A-GD65_Motherboard.html
Expansion slots include three PCI-Express x16 slots, of which the first two are wired to the X58 with full-bandwidth, while the third one is wired to the ICH10R, and is electrical x4;
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Pada said:
I'm getting contradicting answers from various users who have this motherboard.
So far I would guess that you can run 2 cards @ 16x, using either top + middle or top + bottom PCIe slots.
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The definitive answer would come from DL'ing the motherboard manual off the manufacturer's website - problem solved. ;)
 
FlatspinZA said:
The definitive answer would come from DL'ing the motherboard manual off the manufacturer's website - problem solved. ;)
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Archer said:
Manual says it has 3xPCIe x16 slots, makes no mention of which ones need to be populated. So with only two GPUs I would assume you get x16 no matter which slots you use.
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Ya... nobody has thought of that yet.... :whistle:
 
FlatspinZA, if you've followed some of the other threads, then you might've noticed that I did consult that motherboard's manual, both for RAM & PCI-e configurations :) See here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ommendations?p=5116067&viewfull=1#post5116067

I've looked through the manual, specifications, motherboard overview, reviews and even asked on the MSI forums to get an answer and none of those panned out with a definite answer, except for Archer's explanation :)
I wanted to contact MSI, but I didn't know where to do that.

Currently I'm actually a bit disappointed with myself for buying an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 like 4 months ago, seeing that I could've gotten this MSI motherboard for cheaper + it has SATA3 & USB3!
 
4 months ago there were no usb 3 or sata 3 mobo's in the country so you could not have bought one.

Besides usb 3 and sata 3 what is wrong with your purchase? Pada if i may ask, what devices are you using that make use of usb and sata 3? USB is easily sorted. I am not sure what hdd would make use of sata 3, maybe like 4 or 5 top ssd's in raid 0 or something :D.
 
killadoob said:
4 months ago there were no usb 3 or sata 3 mobo's in the country so you could not have bought one.

Besides usb 3 and sata 3 what is wrong with your purchase? Pada if i may ask, what devices are you using that make use of usb and sata 3? USB is easily sorted. I am not sure what hdd would make use of sata 3, maybe like 4 or 5 top ssd's in raid 0 or something :D.
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I would like to prove you wrong :)

On 23 March 2010, I've ordered 'Asus P7H55D-M EVO IH55 Motherboard w/A8 + G + LK + FWa + SATA2 RAID + DVI + HDMI (P7H55D-MEVO)' from Sybaritic for R1,651.00
This motherboard has USB3, but not SATA3.
When you run 2x SSD's in RAID, then you would already benefit from SATA3, seeing SATA2 gives you 3Gbps, and a single SSD can read/write at 285/275MB/s!
If I had to build a new PC, I would've gotten 2x G.Skill Phoenix 60GB SSD's in RAID0 :D

So far I haven't used USB3/SATA3 to be honest, but it would be a bonus not to upgrade for a couple of years to come.
 
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