planned for a 50K PC.. need suggestion/opinion/critics.

[pulkitpopli2004]

ico can u tell me the practical use for different PCIe X1 x4 x2 x16 x8...
PCIe x16 is for GPU... and oders???

 

[Joker]

u can honestly use google. we are not here to spoonfeed u...please try to use it for ur basic queries.

however...for the sake of replying

the big PCIe are for graphic cards....u can use a dual gpu set up if u want to...smaller PCIe for things like TV tuner cards, gigabit ethernet etc.....

dual gpu setups
in nvidia SLI, all cards should be same....gtx460 + gtx460 (same cards)
in ati crossfire...u can do hd 6850 + hd 6870 (different cards same generation...6850 + 5770 = not possible, 5850 + 5770 = not possible)..in crossfire u can obviously crossfire same cards.

 

[SlashDK]

The different PCIe slots offer different amounts of bandwith, x1 offering the lowest and x16 offering the highest. The x16 and x8 are used for GPUs. They may be used together for crossfire and SLI configurations whereas x1 and x4 are used for TV tuner cards, extension cards etc.

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

i always search first on google only.. even for dis i searched d only thing i understood was bandwidth diff like x1 - 500mbps, x4 - 1gbps , x16- 8Gbps...
bt cudnt make out in different practical purpose.. so i asked Joker.. newez thanks a lot.. nxt i wud b careful..

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^u can ask anything u want. Tomorrow i will suggest u a 1090t config which is more future proof. In the meantime look at the guide for info.

@joker
we are here to ans. each and every querry. BTW who told u 6850 can be paired with 6870.

 

[skeletor]

A 5850 will crossfire with a 5830, 5850 or a 5870, and a 5770 will crossfire with a 5750, but a 5850 won't crossfire with a 5770.

May be he quoted from here. ATI CrossFire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

ohk sure.. bt Joker has suggested a very nice config too..

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

I researched a bit on mixed CF. 5870 and 5850. But its performance is lower than 5850 in CF. But surely a nice piece of info joker ..

 

[skeletor]

An AMD config for your choice.

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 11.3k
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H @ 9.2k
WD Caviar Blue 500GB @ 1.7k
2*2GB Corsair XMS/Gskill Ripjaws/Kingston 1333Mhz RAM @ 3k
Sapphire HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 @ 14.5k
Corsair VX550 @ 4.7k
CM Elite 430 @ 2.6k
DVD Writer @ 1k
Keyboard and Mouse combo @ 0.7k

I've suggested an ATX motherboard (like in Joker's config) having everything (SATA3 6gbps, USB 3.0 etc.) except SLI support. This motherboard also has integrated graphics which you were looking earlier.

HD 6870 will outperform every GTX 460 in games.

In the end, it is your choice.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

Itr perfect ico. +1 to that.

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

An AMD config for your choice.


Sapphire HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 @ 14.5k
Corsair VX550 @ 4.7k

will dis VX550W PSU work fine for this config? joker was suggesting HX650 modular one for almost same config and less powerful GPU.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

its perfectly fine. more-2 than enough..

 

[Reaper_vivek]

Yes..vx550 will easily handle that config..650 wud only be needed if u crossfire and add more products..otherwise vx550 is one of d best PSU out there..

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

An AMD config for your choice.

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 11.3k
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H @ 9.2k

This motherboard also has integrated graphics which you were looking earlier.

heyy as u were sayin HDMI/DVI/VGA ports in H55/57 motherboard WILL NOT WORK if you will use Core i5-760.
bt as dis mobo is also having same ports on board... so will they work wid AMD Phenom II X6 proccy? or dat was only wid intel case..

 

[skeletor]

heyy as u were sayin HDMI/DVI/VGA ports in H55/57 motherboard WILL NOT WORK if you will use Core i5-760.
bt as dis mobo is also having same ports on board... so will they work wid AMD Phenom II X6 proccy? or dat was only wid intel case..

Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H is a 890GX chipset motherboard for AMD AM3 socket processors.

890GX has a graphic chip on the motherboard itself. It doesn't have to rely on the processor. Use any AMD processor with it, you will still have VGA/DVI/HDMI working. Only consider this is a back-up option if your discrete GPU fails. It will get disabled till you have a discrete GPU plugged in.

H55/57 don't have the graphic on the motherboard although they have the ports. So, they have to rely on Intel processors which have built-in graphic capability or not.

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

The onboard video wont work as u will be using discreet gfx.

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

guyz P55UD4P not available in market...
suggest any shop..

 

[skeletor]

Try Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3R @ 9.3k then. SMCInternational has it.

This motherboard supports Crossfire but not SLI. Just for the note.