Last minute review 2000 CAD i7

[AngeloR93]

Parts already bought: HAF 932 case, i7 920 processor, noctua NH-U12P cooler

Parts ordering very soon
RAM OCZ PC15000 1866MHz 6GB DDR3 CL9 Edition Platinum
GPU gtx 295
P6t deluxe v2
Corsair TX750W 750-Watt Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive
ordering from tigerdirect.ca and only from there

 

[MikeJRamsey]

Timing is more important than cycle rate. The OCZ DDR3 PC3-15000 Platinum Series CL7 Edition Low-Voltage Triple Channel is a better memory. But memory is not where I would throw my money. Here are memory speeds for various memory choices:

Type     2 X Cycle Speed MHz	 CAS	CAS speed x10**-6 seconds	TRAS  	TRAS speed x10**-6 seconds
DDR2	1200	                  5	0.004166667	                 18	         0.015000000
DDR3	1333	                  7	0.005251313	                 20	         0.015003751
DDR3	1600	                  8	0.005000000	                 24	         0.015000000
DDR3	1866	                  9	0.004823151	                 28	         0.015005359
DDR3	1866	                  7	0.003751340	                 26	         0.013933548
DDR3	2000	                  9	0.004500000	                 30	         0.015000000
DDR3     21333	                 8      0.000375006	               24	         0.001125018

So how much better is the expensive stuff vs the 1333 7-7-7-19 ? Not where I would put my money.

"Two GeForce GTX 275s in SLI will deliver performance superior to the GeForce GTX 295 for about $370, which is $50 less than the SLI-on-a-card GeForce GTX 295."

In terms of bandwidth, the GDDR5 is no faster then the GDDR3 based cards.

 

[AngeloR93]

Could someone show me some benchmarks of the twin gtx 275 vs gtx 295 and would i need a stronger psu this one is 750w also the one im aiming at is the co-op and if i overclock a bit wouldn't i reach the same

 

[MikeJRamsey]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-sli,2298.html

 

[AngeloR93]

ill stick with one gtx 295 less heat and power and i can overclock if i have some fps problems but i really dont think i am going to need it

 

[MikeJRamsey]

Look at this then,
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Inno3D/GeForce_GTX_295_Platinum