Which of these 2 AMD config is best ?
d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
Skud wins all the time. Go with the rig that he have said/posted in his post. Looks like a pretty much balanced rig to me. +1.
sukesh1090
Adam young
sata 3 not needed i guess and the gigabyte GA 880gm-USB rev 3.1 has am3+ support,2 USB 3.0 ports and 2 pci slots and i have ordered it from smc today and everything goes well then i will receive it by Saturday i guess.
and again +1 for skud suggestion but still i suggest gigabyte GA 880GM-USB3 if you can spend 600 more.
and again +1 for skud suggestion but still i suggest gigabyte GA 880GM-USB3 if you can spend 600 more.
Cilus
laborare est orare
Don't get the Corsair CX series PSU unless it is a V2 revision. The Non-V2 CX series are built to deliver their quoted performance in only within 30 degree Celcius and over that its efficiency as well as Power output drops dramatically. a CX500 simply can't deliver more than 450W in 40 degree C, one obvious temperature in Indian climate.
At 3K, get the Tagan Stonerock 500W 80+ Bronze certified PSU, better choice than CX500. Here is the Corsair CX500 Official specs and check the ambient temperature value.
At 3K, get the Tagan Stonerock 500W 80+ Bronze certified PSU, better choice than CX500. Here is the Corsair CX500 Official specs and check the ambient temperature value.
When comparing the 880GM-USB3 /w the 880GA-UD3H (Also has a 3.1 revision /w am3+ support), I get 1 more pci slot + crossfire (might add another 6850 sometime later) + 6 audio jacks + of course sata 3. Believe its a good deal..
Any idea on its retail price ?
I'm planning to get this Seagate 1 TB Sata 3 drive & hence wanted a sata 3 supporting board. Will it not make a diff. to use this drive on a sata 3 mainboard?
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@ cilus
I had planned for the cx 430 "v2". Not the normal version..
Also,
If I'm not wrong, the tagan TG500-U37 is not mentioned in the list of 80 plus certified PSU's..
Ecos Plug Load Solutions
First of all, if you are planning for CFX then you need a more powerful SMPS, something like Corsair GS600 should do for a pair of 6850s.
Gigabyte 880GA-UD3H should be around 6k.
HDDs are not going to benefit much from SATA3, do a Google search. But if down the line, you use a SSD, they SATA3 is much needed.
Gigabyte 880GA-UD3H should be around 6k.
HDDs are not going to benefit much from SATA3, do a Google search. But if down the line, you use a SSD, they SATA3 is much needed.
Cilus
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AMD_logic, Tagan Stonerock TG500-U37 is a 80+ bronze certtified PSU. Now come to the point: if any 880G or 870G based motherboards do have 2 PCI Express X16 slot then the 2nd one will run only in X4 mode, not in X16 or X8 speed. For Crossfire of low end GPUs like HD 5670 or HD 6670, they are okay but anything over that will simply be bottlenecked due to the lower bandiwtdh of X4 slot. So adding another HD 6850 in the X4 slot won't help you that much as it will be highly bottlenecked.
If you want CFX then opt for at least a 890GX chipset based board.
If you want CFX then opt for at least a 890GX chipset based board.
Have been away for a while. sorry abt that..
Yeah.. pretty much everything is set except for a decision on whether I must be going for the MSI cyclone 6850 or Saphire Toxic 6850 ? What do these cyclone or toxic offer me in extra .. from the plain MSI 6850 / Sapphire 6850 (if at all these ordinary versions exist ?)
Edit: Also the GTX 460's (which I believe are the Nvidia counterpart for the 6850) are pcie 2.0 whereas these 6850's are pcie 1.0 versions.. would that matter ?
Yeah.. pretty much everything is set except for a decision on whether I must be going for the MSI cyclone 6850 or Saphire Toxic 6850 ? What do these cyclone or toxic offer me in extra .. from the plain MSI 6850 / Sapphire 6850 (if at all these ordinary versions exist ?)
Edit: Also the GTX 460's (which I believe are the Nvidia counterpart for the 6850) are pcie 2.0 whereas these 6850's are pcie 1.0 versions.. would that matter ?
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That's wrong info. 6850s are actually PCIe 2.1 compatible. Doesn't really matter anyway.
A standard 6850 has a core and memory clock of 775 MHz and 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) respectively. In comparison, Cyclone has a core speed of 860 MHz and Toxic has a core speed of 820 MHz. Both have 1gb 1100 MHz GDDR5 ram. So in essence Cyclone should give you a tad better performance. Also the cooler is more effective to cool the graphics core. On the other hand, the cooler dumps the heat in the case itself, whereas Toxic propels it out of your cabby through vents. But then, Toxic needs two PCI-e 6-pin connectors. My vote - Cyclone.
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J
Joker
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should we also do ur homework? go to the shop or call them up??
d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
J
Joker
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Find msi then. I will say go for hd 6850.