Edge's New Computer!

Nutomic

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I have a 4570 and it runs TF2 on high between 30 - 50 FPS so it's mostly playable.

I guess you have that card in your desktop pc, which doesnt mean the mobile version is equally good, because those are normaly slower than the normal versions...
 

Psy

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No. I have a 4870 in my desktop and a 4570 in my laptop. :p
 
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I'm not sure why you're so deadset on an Nvidia card. I swear on my life, ATI's are better. (Even though I have a 9800 and wish I didn't.)
 

littleedge

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So. I have already bought an Antec Nine Hundred Case and an nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+. I went through the other things I need, and want to know whether the following are any good, and if they all work together.

Already own:
Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Video Card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339

Buying?:
Processor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...md_phenom_ii_quad_core-_-19-103-675-_-Product
RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
Power Supply- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
Motherboard- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128395
CD/DVD Drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106276

EDIT: Oh right, I already have a SATA Harddrive too.
 
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nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+.

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Bah. It would appear we all have very different opinions. Why should I get Intel over AMD? Persuade me.

More power? As far as I know, great support. A rather bright future as well (ie, change to have a better process in the future compared to AMD.) Also, installing AMDs, to me, is annoying as piss. Intel is super easy. I'm sure I could think of more.

Edit: I will say, positive of AMD, they're significantly cheaper. I guess if that's your intent (to stay cheap) then AMD is the right way to go. Intel are expensive for a reason, though.
 
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Terr

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Case: Seems a bit over-the-top. My experience is that I never really "show off" my computer. Unless things are actually broken, I've never had a benefit to more than very internal usability measures like removable hard-drive cages. (I have this right now.)

PSU: I have the 550 version from corsair. No complaints, works fine.

RAM: I'd hunt up some benchmarks with your motherboard and check whether DDR3 is worth it vs. DDR2. I decided it wasn't when I built my computer about a year ago, but the motherboard supports both.

Motherboard: I got this one, so far no real complaints against Gigabyte aside from the tacky GUI design of their tweaker tools which is rampant in certain groups of manufacturers. A few things to ponder:
  • Do you really need IDE support as opposed to SATA-only? Answer's probably yes if your old comp has any IDE drives.
  • Do you really need HMDI on the motherboard? Would a future video card upgrade include it?

CD/DVD: I paid a bit more and got a lightscribe burner, and I'm actually pretty happy I did. I don't burn things very often at all (once at month at most), but it's really nice to be able to label them neatly and permanently, especially if it's so I can give them to other people.

CPU: I don't have a strong AMD vs. Intel stance, I've built systems with one and then the other. But last I heard (and I may be out-of-date) the conventional wisdom was that the money you saved with AMD was partly countered by needing to buy a beefier heatsink/fan combo.
 
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Case: Seems a bit over-the-top. My experience is that I never really "show off" my computer. Unless things are actually broken, I've never had a benefit to more than very internal usability measures like removable hard-drive cages. (I have this right now.)

CPU: I don't have a strong AMD vs. Intel stance, I've built systems with one and then the other. But last I heard (and I may be out-of-date) the conventional wisdom was that the money you saved with AMD was partly countered by needing to buy a beefier heatsink/fan combo.

I own the case, it's extremely nice and keeps the interior extremely cool compared to other cases I've owned (primarily due to the fact that it has like 8 fans.)

As for needing a beefier heatsink/fan, you don't really need to unless he plans on overclocking. Even on AMDs.