New Computer

[loganbyers07]

Okay So I am about ready to order My parts off of Newegg.


Here Is what I plan on Getting:


2 9800 GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143149



Corsair 650 Watt Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005


4 GB of OCZ Platinum Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227298


MSI P7N SLI-FI Geforce 750i
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130175


Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115018


I already have a case and disk drives and hard drives.


Any Suggestions?

[loganbyers07]

Okay First off this post was baried earlier on so It needed a bump. I know no double post but I need this post to be seen.

I went to FRY'S today and Bought the following for my rig.


I got a Q6600 processor

Some cr little motherboard that came with it for free.

2 gb of Crucial ballistix ram

A 520 watt Crucial Moddular Power Supply.

a 500 gb maxtor hd

and a hyper tx2 cooling fan

I already have a case but i need a good motherboard and a gaming graphics card.

I like the 4850 but am not sure about it. Ideas?

What motherboard would be best for the setup i bought.
I need it to be overclockable and stable for gaming.

I would like to only spend $300 more for the graphics and video card.

[aquatsr]

Go for the 4850 it's a great card. Lose the 2x 9800 GTX there is no reason to get 2 of those cards.

[loganbyers07]

okay. yea i made that first list up before the 4850 and 4870 came out.  What do you think of the MSI P45 Platinum for a motherboard?

[PspKicks316]

You need a bigger PSU or that thing may not even run. Those bigger, better cards need at LEAST 500-600watt PSUs, and count in everything else (The Q6600's 90watt consumption, etc.) and you should at least get ~800watt.

[loganbyers07]

You need a bigger PSU or that thing may not even run. Those bigger, better cards need at LEAST 500-600watt PSUs, and count in everything else (The Q6600's 90watt consumption, etc.) and you should at least get ~800watt.

but I already bought the powersupply  

And i just did this and it says there 450 watt powersuply would be enough,

http://www.corsairmemory.com/psufinder/results.aspx?cpu_id=325751&vc_id=606499&card_count=1&hd_num=325801&cpu_oc=True&cpu_oc_ex=False&vc_oc=True

And I did another test and got this:eXtreme PSU Calculator v2.5
Send To Printer Back To Calculator
Notes: (Only text visible within note field will print.)
here is the thing i did.
System Type: Single Processor
Motherboard: High End - Desktop
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 2400 MHz Kentsfield
Overclocked: 3200 MHz, 1.45 V
CPU Utilization (TDP): 85% TDP
RAM: 2 Sticks DDR2 SDRAM
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4850
Video Type: Single Card
SATA HDD: 2 HDDs
DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive: 2 Drives
Sound Blaster - All Models: Yes
USB: 4 Devices
IEEE-1394 FireWire: 1 Device
Cold Cathodes: 4 Cathodes
Water Cooling Kit: Swiftech H20-120 Premium
Keyboard and mouse: Yes
System Load: 90 %
Recommended Wattage: 429 Watts
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[PspKicks316]

Ohhhkkaaayy. Just saying. I know with nVidia one's you have to have higher or it probably won't even start up.

[loganbyers07]

Ohhhkkaaayy. Just saying. I know with nVidia one's you have to have higher or it probably won't even start up.

you may be right. But I already have the power supply and I did that test to where i had everything overclocked and i included 2 sata hard drives 2 sata dvd writers and watercooling a 4850 and a card reader and it only took 429 watts. And plus I have a higher quality power supply which will actually supply what it is rated at. the off brand ones peak at what they are rated at  and then the blow up corsair ones are actually rated about 50 watts higher than what they say they are rated at so that you know it will run what you want it to.


Okay. SO tonight I ordered my motherboard. I got a p5n-d.
And my dad got me a 3870 so I will be using that for now i guess. ( Hey it will run crysis and any other game i want for now) I may do crossfire later but for now I think I have everything! http://www.xoxide.com/red-cold-cathode.html]Oh wait I am going to get these too[url]http://www.xoxide.com/red-cold-cathode.html

[psp339]

You can't crossfire on that 750i motherboard...

[loganbyers07]

yea. I noticed that. The board came and it did not work
so i took my dads old 680i that needed the firmware flashed  and I flashed it and now the rig is built and running
Pictures and possibly video coming soon of my nerd space.

[MattZani]

Would still have gone for atleast 500w, maybe 750w.

[loganbyers07]

lol. well i have a 520 watt power supply by corsair in it. I think it will be okay.

[loganbyers07]

okay so. I dont have a desktop for 2-3 weeks now. My motherboard fried on me.
I am sending it back to xfx and getting a new one. This sucks. Well, hopefully they discontinue my board and are forced to upgrade me for my trouble lol. Okay well i can dream.

Peace out. I will let you guys know when i get it working again and I will get pics for you guys then.