Lets build a powerful gaming pc

Darkelk said:

For the price point with the 580, The 7950's we have atleast in Australia are pretty much the same price but perform better. However, you may be a Nvidia fan or they may be cheaper where you are situated because stuff is redonkulously priced here.

I like that, " redonkulously ".
My Pal ICit2lol can attest to the high prices of stuff in Oz.

bobkn said:

Maguscreed said:

christmas eve, ebay.
It actually sold for 80 dollars less than the 5850 I bid on (at the time my plan was to crossfire the 5850's)

Cool. Maybe I'll try to pull a similar coup, come next Christmas Eve.

D'you think that Passover or Easter would serve as well?

I think a online store owner cut me a break by ending the auction early (can you do that on ebay?) ...maybe his way of giving someone a christmas present.
Because it didn't seem very long after I placed my bid that the won auction email came.

The shipping in my area is sh#%%^&ing and we must wait for weeks for specific parts.

So,i ended with these,i dont want to spend more time so i'll give the order after tomorrow.

Do you agree or disagree with anything in the list?

CASE


Power Supply

Motherboard


CPU


Memory RAM


Ram Cooling HyperX Fan


GPU this? XFX-RADEON-HD-6970-2GB-DDR5 <---< i like this one mostly for gaming.

OR this? eVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2.5 GB GDDR5


OS Hard Drives :: Solid State Drives :: Intel - SSD 520 SERIES - 120GB - 2.5


STORAGE WD Caviar Black WD1502FAEX

It all looks good.

I might go for at least 1600MHz RAM.

Hope you can get it shipped in a reasonable time.
Let us know what you order.

Dave76 said:

It all looks good.

I might go for at least 1600MHz RAM.

Hope you can get it shipped in a reasonable time.
Let us know what you order.

Opinion for these? For gaming mostly.

GPU this? XFX-RADEON-HD-6970-2GB-DDR5

OR this? eVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2.5 GB GDDR5

panais,
I agree it all looks very good. I would like wise think hard about upping the ram to 1600 or higher mhz. Also 700 watt is perfect unless and this his highly unlikely you might want to sli or crossfire another card in the future. If not then the 700 should suffice for a number of years, if there could be a crossfire or sli down the road then I would take this time to invest in a 1000w or higher PSU. Regarding the card I'm a ATi proponent and would go with XFX but the EVGA is a crazy great card as well and really at this level it's splitting hairs. Maybe a coin flip ?

The shipping in my area is sh#%%^&ing and we must wait for weeks for specific parts.

So,i ended with these,i dont want to spend more time so i'll give the order after tomorrow.

Do you disagree with anything in the list?

The pc is mostly for Gaming.

CASE


Power Supply

Motherboard


CPU

Memory RAM


GPU this? XFX-RADEON-HD-6970-2GB-DDR5

OR this? eVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2.5 GB GDDR5


OS Hard Drives :: Solid State Drives :: Intel - SSD 520 SERIES - 120GB - 2.5


STORAGE WD Caviar Black WD1502FAEX


For the GPU i really dont know what to choose.

The memory fan could be deleted, 1333/1600 won't get that hot:)

Ivan the SoSo said:

The memory fan could be deleted, 1333/1600 won't get that hot:)

Ok hypex ram and hyperx removed and i added


Memory RAM Corsair Vengeance - Memory - 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1600 MHz


And the final touch,which one?

Which one is gaming friendly? :)

GPU this? XFX-RADEON-HD-6970-2GB-DDR5

OR this? eVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2.5 GB GDDR5

The Passmark ratings rate the GTX 570 as better. But noticeably better, I don't know.