New Build Compatibility Check

[Saltyloves]

Hey

I've been working on a new PC since September. I hit a few snags, as can be seen in my other posts, and I finally got the money to replace my CPU from the first round of antics. This time I went with a sliiiightly different one, and I want to make sure everything looks compatible. The part I am not 100% sure about is the video card being compatible with my Mobo because of its onboard graphics. This was part of my problems before, as I had a hard time getting it all to work off of the nVidia card instead of the onboard ATI. Then everything went downhill. So. Here we go again...

Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AM3 Mobo
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AM...

Palit GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card
Palit NE5X460HF1102 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Sonic ...

AMD Phenom II x4 970 Black Edition Deneb CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb 3.5GHz 4 ...

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cac...

Corsair 650W Power Supply
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V ...

Corsair 2x 2g DDR3 SDRAM
CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3...

ASUS CD/DVD ROM/Burner
ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DV...

Rosewill PCI Wireless Card
Rosewill RNX-G300EX IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Ca...

Asus VH226H LCD Monitor
ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen 1...

Windows 7 Home 64-bit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for...

Lian Li Lancool ATX Mid Tower Case
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 Black 0.8 mm SECC, Plastic ...

That's my ENTIRE setup. Also, I hear the stock heatsink that comes with the AMD Phenom II x4 isn't that great, so I'd really appreciate any recommendations for a better fan anyone might have. Thanks!

 

[Magikherbs]

Your stock Amd cooler should have copper heatpipes and should be fine. Unless you're planning on some serious OC. I use QFan to keep it quiet, set to performance, and rarely see mine go past 40C /2400 RPM while gaming.

Edit.. The onboard graphics will disable itself when you install the 460. Also, I recommend manually resetting the bios after everthing is plugged in.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Dont bother with the 970 ....
Go this
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz 6 x 512KB L2 ...
or
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 ...

Also here's an alternate case. (if you need cheaper)
RAIDMAX ICEBERG ATX-012WS Silver 3mm Aluminum ATX ...

As for cooler
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatp...

Ram I would switch out for these
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 ...

 

[Saltyloves]

Thanks for the quick replies. And no, at this point I don't intend on messing with OC, I just wanted a system that could handle games without being forced to play with just blurry blobs of color.

I should clarify, though, I already have all of these parts except for the 970. I had to RMA the one I had before and ended up with a refund instead of replacement, so I am just now able to order a new CPU. The rest of it I bought in September, so I am stuck with the rest of it, unless there is something that would be completely incompatible with the rest.

I was told going for a x6 (which was my original plan) would be a waste at this point, so I dropped back down to X4 for that reason.

What is the difference between the 970 and 955 that would make the 955 a better choice? Money isn't the issue here, if that's it. =)

 

[JrRacinFan]

I was told going for a x6 (which was my original plan) would be a waste at this point, so I dropped back down to X4 for that reason.

What is the difference between the 970 and 955 that would make the 955 a better choice? Money isn't the issue here, if that's it. =)

Why wouldn't you want to go x6? More and more games are becoming multithreaded.

 

[Saltyloves]

I intended to originally. The friend that helped me said the x6 would pretty much make the system unbalanced, or something along those lines. But if a x6 would work fine and not be a total waste, then I may reconsider.

 

[Magikherbs]

As long as your motherboard bios is updated, you should have no probs with 6 cores. Personally I would go for the quad and upgrade to a motherboard with a 850 south bridge. Save some cash on the cpu and if you luck out, it may unlock to 6 cores.

 

[JrRacinFan]

As long as your motherboard bios is updated, you should have no probs with 6 cores. Personally I would go for the quad and upgrade to a motherboard with a 850 south bridge. Save some cash on the cpu and if you luck out, it may unlock to 6 cores.

That chip won't unlock to 6 cores. It's already at it's "full capacity" wthout anything to unlock to.

 

[Magikherbs]

That chip won't unlock to 6 cores. It's already at it's "full capacity" wthout anything to unlock to.

Then what do you think of this heh..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm7eifYOxtQ

Thats my old PII 550 and my AII 630 shows the same. If this is accurate, then a 850sb may unlock the other 2. In a few weeks, I should have enough to upgrade my mobo and find out lol.

Peace

 

[JrRacinFan]

Then what do you think of this heh..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm7eifYOxtQ

Thats my old PII 550 and my AII 630 shows the same. If this is accurate, then a 850sb may unlock the other 2. In a few weeks, I should have enough to upgrade my mobo and find out lol.

Peace

Because they both, the 550 and the 630(rare case) have something to unlock to.

 

[Magikherbs]

Because they both, the 550 and the 630(rare case) have something to unlock to.

Athlon II x4's maybe rare, but not if you know how to read the code hehe...

 

[xBruce88x]

here's a decent one Phenom II X4 820 oem 4mb for $99.99

it doesn't have as much L3 as the others, but its 4MB more than an Athlon

If you can unlock more cores, according to a review i read, you should get the other 2MB cache

 

[codyjansen]

Money isn't the issue here, if that's it. =)

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GH...

ASUS Rampage III Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6...

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