New PC

[cristian_th]

Hi everyone, I`m new here so first of all I want to say hi to all.

Ok, so this is the pc I had in mind buying:
-Asus Rampage II Gene Socket 1366
-Intel Core I7 920 2.66Ghz Box 1366
-Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB 7-8-7-20
-Two Cards: Zotac GeForce GTX 275 AMP! 896MB GDDR3
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA2 32MB MASTER
-Corsair TX 850W

My next questions are:
1.Is the configuration good?
2.Can the Corsair TX 850W Source handle all components? Don`t forget that there are 2 Zotac GeForce GTX 275 and an Intel Core I7 witch can "eat" a lot of W all together !

Thank you, and good luck!

[Assassin48]

i would change the 2 gpus
to 1 gtx 285 and save some money or go with 1 gtx 295 for a few dollars more

that psu should be fine

[cristian_th]

But can`t the 2gpus be more powerfull than 1 GF295?

[Assassin48]

1 gtx 295 is 2 gpus in 1 pcb
so you save some space

[cristian_th]

Yeah, but my plan was to buy 1 now 1 in about a year or so if you get my point.

[Boyfriend]

Configuration seems good, if gpu is GTX295

[hv43082]

Nice setup. 1 GTX 295 allows you to add dedicated sound card and the possibility of Quad SLI. A 24'' or larger LCD will pair great with this system.

[Assassin48]

OP is only getting 1 now and later down the road another one

not 2 at the same time
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i would suggest a diff gpu becuase the new Dx11 cards will be coming out in a few months which will lower these current ones

[From_Nowhere]

Seems like overkill, I like it.

[cristian_th]

So the Source will handle the configuration?
It can work with the 850W or should I buy a 1000W?

[From_Nowhere]

You should be ok with that PSU.

[Assassin48]

if you can get the 1k i would go with that

future proff yourself

[cristian_th]

Ok, thanks a lot everyone and good luck!

[BazookaJoe]

-Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA2 32MB MASTER

Personally , I'd scrap this for a 7200.12 - I recently get a second TB Drive My first was a Seagate 7200.11, the second is a 7200.12 - See the results for yourself...

[n-ster]

Get a 4890 instead, DONT get a 1kw PSU, that is just pure Overkill... a TX 750 would be futureproofing, a HX 620 can handle the system... a TX 850 is really futureproofing... Get 2 WD Blacks 640gb in RAID

Get the Gig ud5 x58 mobo and finally, the RAM I was about to recommend just went up 25$ so: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227381

[cristian_th]

I want this PC to be upgradable in the future, that`s why I was thinking of buying a 1kw PSU, but it`s way too expensive compared to the TX 850 that`s 80 euros cheaper. (btw I live in Spain :P )
I still have some issues about the RAM cause I don`t really know much about it. I was thinking of buying Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB 7-8-7-20 (1600mhz) but now I`m thinking about getting one of these instead:
option1:OCZ DDR3 PC3-15000 1866MHz Platinum 6GB 3x2GB CL 9-9-9-28
option2:Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-16000 6GB 3x2GB 9-10-9-24 (2000mhz)
option3:stick with the Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB 7-8-7-20 (1600mhz)
The thing is that I don`t know what`s better, more frequency and higher latency or lower frequency and lower latency?

I want to buy my PC from here: https://www.pccomponentes.com/configurador.php ,because they have good prices but still they have little stock.. could you make me a configuration with a Motherboard, RAM, PSU and a Video Card (I will stick with the Intel i7 920 CPU, and I think the best PSU for future upgrades is TX850 but still if you think I could get one cheaper as good as this one I would change it)
I estimated that the capital money would be 700 euros for the MotherB, RAM, PSU and VideoC.
Btw this is my curent configuration:
Intel Core I7 920 2.66Ghz Box 1366 235€
NZXT Guardian 921(the case) 80€
Corsair TX 850W 120€
LG H22LS30 Grabadora Lighscribe Negra SATA OEM 27.94 €
Acer H223H 23" Full HD DVI/HDMI 194€
Asus Rampage II Gene Socket 1366 203€
Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB 7-8-7-20 105€
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA2 32MB MAESTRO 79€
Zotac GeForce GTX 275 AMP! 896MB GDDR3 239€

Thank you and good luck!

Forgot to tell you that you first have to select -Configuración Base- witch is Base Configuration and select Intel Socket 1366. :P
-Placa Base- is Motherboard, -Memoria RAM- is the RAM (I know it`s obvius but it dosen`t matter, just wanted to be sure you know what everything means) -Fuente Alim- is the PSU and -Tarjeta grafica- is the Video Card.

[n-ster]

Ok... I totally forgot to look at location LOL

I will try to make a config for you tomorrow, got to sleeeeeeeeeeeep

[BobBarr]

Originally Posted by Assassin48

i would change the 2 gpus
to 1 gtx 285 and save some money or go with 1 gtx 295 for a few dollars more

that psu should be fine

i concur

i love my Rampage II gene, is it an matx build ? i have mine all nice and snug in an antec mini p180. Cable management is fantastic.

[cristian_th]

The 285gtx isn`t much better then the 275gtx Amp from Zotac. As a matter a fact it scores the same fps that the 285gtx and the 285gtx it`s a lot more expensive. It`s not worth the money. And btw I will just buy 1 -275gtx now, and another one in December or so. It scores all games +60fps at 1920x1080 at the highes quality, for the moment it`s the perfect card and in the future 2 -275gtx in sli :X
Good luck!

[crazy pyro]

Originally Posted by cristian_th

The 285gtx isn`t much better then the 275gtx Amp from Zotac. As a matter a fact it scores the same fps that the 285gtx and the 285gtx it`s a lot more expensive. It`s not worth the money. And btw I will just buy 1 -275gtx now, and another one in December or so. It scores all games +60fps at 1920x1080 at the highes quality, for the moment it`s the perfect card and in the future 2 -275gtx in sli :X
Good luck!

It's a GTX 285 or a GTX 275, NOT a 275GTX or a 285 GTX, people can understand what you're saying but it makes you look as though you don't know what you're doing.
For the OP, I haven't got any advice really, sorry.

[boomstik360]

Originally Posted by cristian_th

Hi everyone, I`m new here so first of all I want to say hi to all.

Ok, so this is the pc I had in mind buying:
-Asus Rampage II Gene Socket 1366
-Intel Core I7 920 2.66Ghz Box 1366
-Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB 7-8-7-20
-Two Cards: Zotac GeForce GTX 275 AMP! 896MB GDDR3
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA2 32MB MASTER
-Corsair TX 850W

My next questions are:
1.Is the configuration good?
2.Can the Corsair TX 850W Source handle all components? Don`t forget that there are 2 Zotac GeForce GTX 275 and an Intel Core I7 witch can "eat" a lot of W all together !

Thank you, and good luck!

Are you kidding me? Of course that PSU will power way more than that :P It looks pretty good to me. Maybe check out a cheaper gtx 260 core 216, not to much of a performance difference but theres some $$ saving to be had and you could overclock it to perform the same as the gtx 275. But thats just me Other than that it looks great.

[cristian_th]

right, tnx crazy pyro ^^
I have just one more question.. What about the RAM? Witch one of these should I buy:
option1:OCZ DDR3 PC3-15000 1866MHz Platinum 6GB 3x2GB CL 9-9-9-28
option2:Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-16000 6GB 3x2GB 9-10-9-24 (2000mhz)
option3:Mushkin Essential DDR3 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB 7-8-7-20 (1600mhz)
Good luck!

[n-ster]

option 3 for sure IMO... anyways, after 1600mhz, you won't notice a difference, so latency becomes more important...

[CDdude55]

Thats a really nice system, as stated maybe up the videocard if you gots the cash.