if I wanted a photo- editing machine(multi-tasker, some film editing - no gaming) with tons of storage should I look at the set up for the Gaming Workhorse or the All Rounder?
Thanks Bit-Tech and respect to not recommending a new part until you get your hands on it, such as the Crucial M4 SSD 64GB which is $30 more expensive than the C300.
Not optimistic about the SIlverstone Raven 03 when the reviews come out.
GTX590 is hard to find. I'd change the motherboard to Pro (2 pci-e2.0 x 8), and go for HD6950 2GB CF.
I would recommend the Asus Proart 24" 1920x1200 ips display.
One more thing about the cooler. You haven't mentioned Thermalright's SIlver Arrow, nor Noctua's NHD14 & NHC14, so I'm not sure what you guys make of them compared to the Dark Rock, unless you haven't reviewed them yet. Thanks as always!
probably has been stated before, but can we add speakers, headsets and monitors to those lists? I'm sure you've already got a stack of decent recommendations and they wouldn't change month to month....plzthanks
560Ti over a 480GTX? You can get a standard 480GTX for same price as this 560Ti or pay a little more and get a Gigabyte SOC addition which will give you near on 580GTX performance...
Originally Posted by sotu1 probably has been stated before, but can we add speakers, headsets and monitors to those lists? I'm sure you've already got a stack of decent recommendations and they wouldn't change month to month....plzthanks
monitor: Dell U2711
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Bit-tech concluded with 590 being faster than 6990, they are obviously not going to do a U-turn in a hardware recommendation article.
With the Z68 motherboards coming out tomorrow if I understand correctly I would have thought the best thing to do right now is wait a few days (I am about to do a partial build and that's what I am planning to do).
Originally Posted by r3loaded I wouldn't pick up a C300 nowadays, especially with the Crucial M4, the Intel 510 and the immense OCZ Vertex 3 available at similar price points.
The Crucial M4 is generally ~£40-£60 cheaper than the other two drives, which are roughly the same price.
Originally Posted by jakobfrimmel GTX 590 most powerful card?
i thought that was the HD 6990....
I was wondering how quickly this would be brought up. First post, no less! You have to remember that in the BT tests, the 590 fared well against the 6990 and was comparatively quiet.
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Originally Posted by Snips LOL the 6990 fanbois start it off again. It has no place on this elite list.
Not true. Most other sites have the 6990 beating the 590.
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Originally Posted by Parge Surprised you didn't opt for a 5850 Xtreme @ £100 over a 460 GTX!
Damn good point! Though they haven't reviewed it yet...
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Originally Posted by KiNETiK 560Ti over a 480GTX? You can get a standard 480GTX for same price as this 560Ti or pay a little more and get a Gigabyte SOC addition which will give you near on 580GTX performance...
The 480 would require a more powerful PSU (extra money right there) and a stock version would be louder than a 560.
Trouble with the motherboard you've chosen is the lack of any possibility of crossfire/sli because the second slot is only X4 electrically. That really limits the possibility of making a gaming powerhouse by using two more buget minded overclockable cards.
For instance my current system a Foxconn X38a chipset mobo socket 775 has two pciex16 2.0 both of which are x16 electrically even when both populated......I'm using an sli patch as the mobo chipset doesn't normally support sli and have two palit 2gb gtx460's sli'ed together and OCed to 820MHz from the stock of 675MHz.....matched with a Q6600 @3.5GH and 8Gb DDR2 this would shame all but your most expensive build in gpu limited gaming scenarios.
It really does play Crysis.......at max settings and 1920X1200.
Originally Posted by technogiant Trouble with the motherboard you've chosen is the lack of any possibility of crossfire/sli because the second slot is only X4 electrically. That really limits the possibility of making a gaming powerhouse by using two more buget minded overclockable cards.
For instance my current system a Foxconn X38a chipset mobo socket 775 has two pciex16 2.0 both of which are x16 electrically even when both populated......I'm using an sli patch as the mobo chipset doesn't normally support sli and have two palit 2gb gtx460's sli'ed together and OCed to 820MHz from the stock of 675MHz.....matched with a Q6600 @3.5GH and 8Gb DDR2 this would shame all but your most expensive build in gpu limited gaming scenarios.
It really does play Crysis.......at max settings and 1920X1200.
+1 on the crossfire issue. I just bought the Asus P8P67 Deluxe as it has its own optimised PLX crossfire engine embedded into the mobo for more performance.
One thing that I have noticed missing off the (mostly) monthly buyers guide is benchmarks for each setup to give a better overall comparison on performance and suitability and we all know how much you love to spend time in the air conditioned labs ;o)
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GTX 580 instead of 590, almost as much performance for the money, better drivers.
Corsair AX750 worth a look.
Frio clashes with the board, I'd take a Corsair A70 instead.
Surely some kind of Blu-Ray player in this build?
Vertex 3 instead of the C300 but I know you haven't reviewed this yet.
Rocket card? Why? The on-board SATA III controller is fast enough and you don't have to wait for it to initialize during boot. Plus there's no real drivers out for it.
Sound card could be a little more high end if your into your audio, like an Essence STX?
Originally Posted by technogiant Trouble with the motherboard you've chosen is the lack of any possibility of crossfire/sli because the second slot is only X4 electrically. That really limits the possibility of making a gaming powerhouse by using two more buget minded overclockable cards.
For instance my current system a Foxconn X38a chipset mobo socket 775 has two pciex16 2.0 both of which are x16 electrically even when both populated......I'm using an sli patch as the mobo chipset doesn't normally support sli and have two palit 2gb gtx460's sli'ed together and OCed to 820MHz from the stock of 675MHz.....matched with a Q6600 @3.5GH and 8Gb DDR2 this would shame all but your most expensive build in gpu limited gaming scenarios.
It really does play Crysis.......at max settings and 1920X1200.
Bit-tech's official stance seems to be that multi-GPU isn't worth it so I'm not surprised that they don't recommend CF/SLI capable systems.
Originally Posted by technogiant Trouble with the motherboard you've chosen is the lack of any possibility of crossfire/sli because the second slot is only X4 electrically. That really limits the possibility of making a gaming powerhouse by using two more buget minded overclockable cards.
For instance my current system a Foxconn X38a chipset mobo socket 775 has two pciex16 2.0 both of which are x16 electrically even when both populated......I'm using an sli patch as the mobo chipset doesn't normally support sli and have two palit 2gb gtx460's sli'ed together and OCed to 820MHz from the stock of 675MHz.....matched with a Q6600 @3.5GH and 8Gb DDR2 this would shame all but your most expensive build in gpu limited gaming scenarios.
It really does play Crysis.......at max settings and 1920X1200.
Bit-tech's official stance seems to be that multi-GPU isn't worth it so I'm not surprised that they don't recommend CF/SLI capable systems.
Multi-GPU isn't worth it yet they recommend the GTX 590.. It's a curious world we live in :D
Hi guys can you please also add a monitor section because there are a lot of monitors out there and it is hard to know what to buy... I am going to build a gaming workhorse in a few months and I'm totally lost when it comes to the monitor...
Looking for a monitor about 23" full hd and good at gaming so 2 ms but the rest I'm not sure about that at all... please add the monitor section again guys ty :D
Well considering many games are getting 80%+ performance increase by adding a second card in sli since the 400 series of Nvidia cards its a bit of a no brainer.......spending £135 on a second card to upgrade my system and once overclocked getting near equivalent performance to a gtx 580 priced at £350+
Thats generally what I do with a new build, get a mobo that allows for multi gpu, initially get a mid to high end graphics card with plenty of OC potential that represents value for money and then at a later date when a new generation comes out and prices drop then get a second one....works for me.
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Replyi thought that was the HD 6990....
Why you ask?
I prefer my computer not to explode when given something challenging to do...
Not optimistic about the SIlverstone Raven 03 when the reviews come out.
GTX590 is hard to find. I'd change the motherboard to Pro (2 pci-e2.0 x 8), and go for HD6950 2GB CF.
I would recommend the Asus Proart 24" 1920x1200 ips display.
Glad to see the R3 is available in the US now too!
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Bit-tech concluded with 590 being faster than 6990, they are obviously not going to do a U-turn in a hardware recommendation article.
The Crucial M4 is generally ~£40-£60 cheaper than the other two drives, which are roughly the same price.
For instance my current system a Foxconn X38a chipset mobo socket 775 has two pciex16 2.0 both of which are x16 electrically even when both populated......I'm using an sli patch as the mobo chipset doesn't normally support sli and have two palit 2gb gtx460's sli'ed together and OCed to 820MHz from the stock of 675MHz.....matched with a Q6600 @3.5GH and 8Gb DDR2 this would shame all but your most expensive build in gpu limited gaming scenarios.
It really does play Crysis.......at max settings and 1920X1200.
+1 on the crossfire issue. I just bought the Asus P8P67 Deluxe as it has its own optimised PLX crossfire engine embedded into the mobo for more performance.
GTX 580 instead of 590, almost as much performance for the money, better drivers.
Corsair AX750 worth a look.
Frio clashes with the board, I'd take a Corsair A70 instead.
Surely some kind of Blu-Ray player in this build?
Vertex 3 instead of the C300 but I know you haven't reviewed this yet.
Rocket card? Why? The on-board SATA III controller is fast enough and you don't have to wait for it to initialize during boot. Plus there's no real drivers out for it.
Sound card could be a little more high end if your into your audio, like an Essence STX?
Bit-tech's official stance seems to be that multi-GPU isn't worth it so I'm not surprised that they don't recommend CF/SLI capable systems.
Multi-GPU isn't worth it yet they recommend the GTX 590.. It's a curious world we live in :D
Looking for a monitor about 23" full hd and good at gaming so 2 ms but the rest I'm not sure about that at all... please add the monitor section again guys ty :D
Thats generally what I do with a new build, get a mobo that allows for multi gpu, initially get a mid to high end graphics card with plenty of OC potential that represents value for money and then at a later date when a new generation comes out and prices drop then get a second one....works for me.
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