Mobo without Video integration Question.

[rebelfluff]

Hey I'm fairly new to building an actual gaming computer with a video card and everything in it. I chose Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 because
A) It was on sale and matched specifications for my processor and memory
needs
B)It has good reviews on newegg.

In lew of that I purchased it knowing it didn't have integrated video and plan to use HIS HIghtech H467P1GP Radeon HD 4670 1gb video card. Now I have never used a mobo without integrated video and was wondering if there are there certain things that I have to watch out for like drivers, settings,...etc. If so what would they be. I don't want to screw up a video card because I didn't have enough sense to find this out before I installed the thing. Any help on this would be nice.

Listed below is all components of Computer I am building

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4
CPU: AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz
VID CARD: HIS Hightech H467P1GP Radeon HD 4670 1GB
CASE: Antec Skeleton Black ATX Mini-Tower
PSU:Raidmax Hybrid 2 730w
RAM: OCZ Platinum Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
HDD: Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
MEDIA: Pioneer Black 5X Blu-ray DVD+R Burner SATA
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit
THERMAL: Artic Silver 5

Again thank-you ahead of time to whoever helps me out!

 

[batuchka]

Hmm if you want an AMD quad rig ditch the Agenas and say hello Deneb Also since u mentioned gaming and also included a blue ray drive why not combine the two into a nice HTPC-Gaming box featuring hybrid power?

Go with the GTX260 if you are using a full HD LCD TV else for those 1366 x 768 i.e HD Ready ones a 9800GT would suffice Also consider Vista Home Premium 64 bit for OS which is far cheaper than Ultimate?
Hybrid Power and you!

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[rebelfluff]

Well due to budget limitations I will stick with my current cpu. I did pick this board because I believe it will support a Amd Phenom ii chip and plan to purchase one when the prices drop. As far as the video card goes, I hope that it will support my LCD which is fully 1080p and about 22 inches if I remeber correctly. The only reason I went with the 1gb Radeon video card was because the prices for 1gb Nvidia video cards were more than I could handle on my budget. I really hope this setup works though looked for about a week researching things and finding best cost to power ratio. Mainly this will be for A)Maybe playing a few Blu-ray movies B)World of warcraft C) Some computer games like The witcher or Fallout 3. Mind you I am fairly new to computer gaming because I've never actually had enough to make a gaming computer; I've been with console gaming for a long time now. The only serious computer gaming I've done is World of Warcraft but that is hardly taxing on a gaming computer even my old AMD Athlon computer with 2g ram and integrated 32mb gpu can handle it. Although I did have to sacrifice some power for cost I hope a little down the road, after thorough research of course, to do some Overclocking. One other thought is that I always plan for upgrade-ability on a system and probably will upgrade the GPU once prices come down and I can raise some money for it. Originally I was going to try a 2gb Radeon 4870 x2 model but the prices made my jaw drop. Thanks for the prompt response.

 

[theAnimal]

Do not use Raidmax PSUs. For that system a good quality 400W+ PSU is plenty. Antec Earthwatts, Corsair or Seasonic are all good choices.

 

[rebelfluff]

Again I had to go with cost effectiveness for the PSU and that was the only modular PSU that I could find that wasn't above what I was willing to pay. Although in retrospect modular is more of a convenience than a necessity.

 

[theAnimal]

Again I had to go with cost effectiveness for the PSU and that was the only modular PSU that I could find that wasn't above what I was willing to pay. Although in retrospect modular is more of a convenience than a necessity.

The PSU is the one place where you do not want to go cheap.

This PSU is cheaper, modular and far better quality.

 

[rebelfluff]

I'll keep that in mind. I may return the PSU for refund and try the seasonic. I suppose its a rookie mistake to go cheap.

 

[kubes]

I got to agree with theAnimal. You are playing with fire buying a poor grade psu. Most people buy the cheapest PSU they can find. In many of there cases the PSU dies an early death and has a strong possiblity of taking out many important compenets within your rig.

This is a much faster hard drive and IMO realible hard drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

 

[rebelfluff]

Man wasn't expecting so much help so fast. Glad I decided to post my question here. Thanks for all who posted so far.