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Originally Posted by drewjack3
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Post the specs, linking to the CGI doesn't do us much good.
Now, I'd like to clarify a few points that
Pyjack brought upon. I'm sorry if I might disagree with a few of them, it's in my nature to question things
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Originally Posted by Pyjack
1. Don't waste your money on a quad core processor. dual core is fine and anything thats a 9400 nomenclature is going to be better for expansion.
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Now, I must say I have absolutely no idea what the 9400 nomenclature is, and a quick Google search gave me nothing interesting, but I have to disagree with your statement. I believe quad core are actually a great investment, especially considering the current prices on the market.
Benchmarks are already showing a significant performance gain from multi-core processors. If you're looking to build the ultimate gaming machine for the next 2-5 years, than in my opinion, the more core the better.
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Originally Posted by Pyjack
2. Get a separate HDD for your your OS. buy like a 32gig 7200 RPM 3.0 sata HDD for your OS only. will make your computer blazing fast just leave make sure not to put anything on there. you also want to get 7200 RPM 3.0 sata's for your main drives aswell just is faster.
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I have a hard time seeing how you could actually benefit from this? In my opinion, if you do want to achieve the fastest results, buy a faster hard drive only for your OS and your games. Separating both will slow down significantly the loading times since the OS will have to access the data from another hard drive.
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Originally Posted by Pyjack
3. SLI isn't worth it just like quad core, its not utilized yet and when it will be utilized you will need to upgrade anyway.
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It is true that neither SLI nor Crossfire is fully utilized the way it's meant to. Although, as I said before, games are starting to utilize this, seeing how it is becoming more and more popular upon the market. Games such as Crysis and COD 4 are intensively using the advantage of multi-GPU. Granted, those are big titles, but it's coming.
Now, I must say, one or two months ago, the performance/price ratio for a pair of two HD 3870 was actually a lot better than buying a 8800 GTX (plus saving close to a 100$). Plus, if you expect to be running games at a decent resolution, multi-GPU is the way to go.
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Originally Posted by Pyjack
Show us a list and we can let you know if you should change some shit out, and if you didnt know newegg.com is the place for building your computer.
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It's actually a good time to be buying a computer. With the release of Nvidia's 260 and 280 and ATI's 4850 and 4870, expect sales on the older GPUs. I even saw a 8800 GTS 512mb at 200$CAD the other day...