What CPU would you suggest for a gaming set up?

[blaqzero]

I found this but I can't seem to get a price anywhere. http://www.amatech.com/computing/product/aragon/aragon.htm

 

[AMW1011]

I found this but I can't seem to get a price anywhere. http://www.amatech.com/computing/product/aragon/aragon.htm

I see nothing that impresses with this thing. It looks pretty traditional and the radiator is a bit small. My real problem is that the pump's specs do not list head pressure which is what matters.

The Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultima actually comes with the Swiftech MCP655 which is the prefered pump of watercooling enthusiasts with a head pressure of 10 FT.

 

[blaqzero]

I've looked at the swiftech and the kits they sell are pretty amazing. I actually think I'm going with their kit.

 

[AMW1011]

I've looked at the swiftech and the kits they sell are pretty amazing. I actually think I'm going with their kit.

Believe me, Swiftech is the only option when it comes to premade kits. I could show you mountains of WC enthusiasts fainting over the MCP655, hell I would tell you right now that if you made a custom WC kit you would end up with the same pump anyway. That is another great thing, if down the road you decide you need more cooling and can just buy a better radiator because you already have a top of the line pump and CPU waterblock.

 

[werxen]

I want one too 🙁

 

[AMW1011]

I want one too 🙁

Me too... I could fit it internally in my case!

$240 is just a bit too steep...

 

[werxen]

No doubt... Especially for me - I'm on a dual core lol. I don't really need water cooling for any kind of overclock even past 4.2.

 

[blaqzero]

This $%@& is going to get ridiculous I can't wait to start on it and vlog it.

 

[randomkid]

That's exactly what I'm doing . The monitor I have now is the Samsung T220 22" 10000:1 contrast. I want to find a LED monitor or maybe upgrade to a bigger one. The one I have now is one that I've had from a previous build.

If you want to blow your tax money away, you might as well blow it up in the right direction. Your Samsung T220 is like a poor man among the rich. The 1680x1050 resolution will not justify your purchase of 3x5870 cards. In fact 1x5850 will do. 2x5870 is a nice overkill if you want the bragging rights or join some contest. So might as well cut on the 3rd GPU so you have some tax money left to pay for the wasted energy the overkill power hungry components will consume. Just thinking green here...

 

[blaqzero]

I'll be going with 2x of the 5970s. Someone mention a 3 screen monitor. Anymore info on that? Eyefinity or something of that effect?

 

[randomkid]

I'll be going with 2x of the 5970s. Someone mention a 3 screen monitor. Anymore info on that? Eyefinity or something of that effect?

Wow! That's more like it, BlaqZero. 3 monitors in eyefinity is a dream... Go for it... I don't have anything to say on it yet but I'd like to see how it turns out with your build...

 

[blaqzero]

How do you achieve this? Do you have to have 3 5870s or can i do it with 2 5970s?

 

[AMW1011]

No doubt... Especially for me - I'm on a dual core lol. I don't really need water cooling for any kind of overclock even past 4.2.

Hell I can't justify it on my hot little i5 750. A Prolimatech Megahalems could get me to 4.4-4.5 GHz pretty easily.

 

[blaqzero]

yup I'm definately goign to do Eyefinity. I'm probably just going to go with 3 elcheapo Asus 23" monitors.

 

[AMW1011]

Nothing wrong with that, Asus makes some good monitors for the money.

 

[blaqzero]

Do you think Newegg.com would sponsor me with some free shipping or something if I said i would throw their name out on the Vlogs? Or maybe hang one of their banners up on the while I video the assembly? I'll pretty much be getting everything from their except the swiftech water cooling.

 

[AMW1011]

Do you think Newegg.com would sponsor me with some free shipping or something if I said i would throw their name out on the Vlogs? Or maybe hang one of their banners up on the while I video the assembly? I'll pretty much be getting everything from their except the swiftech water cooling.

Lol, you could try. I once got an Antec 900 for $20 because they screwed up something and looked up how much I order off of them and decided to compensate me nicely, saved $70.

 

[werxen]

yup I'm definately goign to do Eyefinity. I'm probably just going to go with 3 elcheapo Asus 23" monitors.

If you are going 23 inch monitors get the Samsung 23 inch series. There was a deal on Slickdeals.net awhile back for 6 23" monitors for $500 and free shipping. I was thinking holy god whoever wants the eyefinity gimmick (sorry no disrespect but its sooo not worth the money ;p) should jump on this deal.

 

[blaqzero]

Its about saying "yeah I went there" when I show it off. If I don't go with the eyefinity I'm going to get a decent size monitor.

 

[AMW1011]

To be honest, if it were me, I would just stick with a nice 24-30" monitor. I'll be honest, I could never survive the bezels in between the screens, but that is me and the vast majority seem to disagree and therefor eyefinity is for them.

 

[enzo matrix]

Where as a hard drive is a mechanic device that needs to spin at speeds of 5400RPM,7200RPM, 10000RPM, a SSD is electronic memory that can send your data at speeds close to the speed of light, limited only by the number of channels that send data to the motherboard.

You mean at speeds close to the speed of electricity 😀

 

[werxen]

Well if you go Eyefinity know that you will get seriously owned when it comes to AA. Eyefinity has a HUGE problem with AA. There is a guy on youtube with 2 5970s in CFX and anytime he adds ANY AA he gets artifacts and micro stutters like friggin crazy even though the game runs 100+ fps. Be weary of the gimmick they call Eyefinity...

 

[AMW1011]

Well if you go Eyefinity know that you will get seriously owned when it comes to AA. Eyefinity has a HUGE problem with AA. There is a guy on youtube with 2 5970s in CFX and anytime he adds ANY AA he gets artifacts and micro stutters like friggin crazy even though the game runs 100+ fps. Be weary of the gimmick they call Eyefinity...

Eyefinity is not a gimmick, not even close. What it is, is NEW. Yeah, Eyefinity isn't perfect because it just came out. Give it a few months.

Eyefinity allow games to do some thing they have been trying to do for years, game with multiple monitors.

Eyefinity is also GREAT for productivity.

If you want a gimmick look at nVidia's 3D vision, PhysX, or ATI's Havoc.

 

[BadTrip]

Eyefinity is not a gimmick, not even close. What it is, is NEW. Yeah, Eyefinity isn't perfect because it just came out. Give it a few months.

Eyefinity allow games to do some thing they have been trying to do for years, game with multiple monitors.

Eyefinity is also GREAT for productivity.

If you want a gimmick look at nVidia's 3D vision, PhysX, or ATI's Havoc.

Intel owns Havok.

 

[Guest]

I've been an AMD guy the whole time I've build computers. The last setup I had was:
AMD Phenom II 940 BLAQ (yeah baby)
EVGA 285 1 gig
4gigs of crucial ballistix ddr2 1066
all sitting on a gigabyte ma-790gp-ud4h
and the system seemed like it was still lacking. I had to sell it due to issues with my pay. I got it all sorted out and turns out I didn't have to sell it at all but it has given me an opportunity to try something different.

It wasn't terribly bad but I think that last build put a bad taste in my mouth. The board I had before the Gigabyte was a MSI. That board turned out to have an issue with voltage going to the processor. It was initially set right in the bios but later somehow it changed and burned the first phenom II i had up. And the resulting trouble shooting frustrated me.

Its not like I blame AMD but I wanna try what other people are telling me is the golden side of gaming.

Stop looking at cpu's and start looking at graphics cards/more screens/resolution. Imagine 3-screens running most modern games at 40+ fps then purchase to suit.

3 22" lcds = £120 x3
displayport adaptor = £80
5770x2 = £230

That's ~ $1000 US after sales tax, you already have the pc capable of maxing it out and you can probably get $200 or so back on the 285gtx + whatever you can get on your current LCD. Stop arsing around with ideas like the i7 is gonna make a difference compared to a 940 BE in gaming. It's not and you're just wasting cash.