Need help with hardware choice.

SK-1 · May 1, 2007

My friend is buying an Intel setup and I want him to have a killer rig.He is like us as far as gaming and liking to overclock ect.
I am NOT that familiar with the newest and greatest from Intel.
He has a x1900 crossfire setup now and I know he wants to use them with his new rig.
He said price is not much of a problem.{great job}.
It will be my responsibility to buy and install so ANY help here will be really appreciated!!
I was looking at the newer e6420's with the 4mb but stopped after looking at all of the chip sets available now.

Thanks in advance to all that respond.

bruins004 · May 1, 2007

It really depends on if he is OCing or not and how long he wants this system to last him.
However, a ballpark figure would help or else he could just go all out and get the greatest and best of everything.

But I would say the E6420s are a great bang for the buck right now (esp. if you OC).
A Crossfire mobo will cost a nice deal of money since there arent that many of them out for Intel boards (round $200).

As for RAM I would suggest getting 2 x 1GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 or DDR2-1066 RAM.
They are pretty low priced at the moment (at around $150 I believe).

Also, what else does he need since he doesnt need a GPU.

DRDNA · May 1, 2007

check this out>>http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=30455

technicks · May 1, 2007

Just get him:

E6600
4 gb Crucial Micron D sticks.
Asus P5N32E SLI
8800 GTX
1000 w psu
Antec P182 SE

And some other stuff.lol

Wile E · May 1, 2007

If he wants to overclock and run a Crossfire setup, try this mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136032

I would suggest an aftermarket cooler for the northbridge, however.

And again, if price isn't an object, why not go quad core?

bruins004 · May 1, 2007

technicks said:
Just get him:

E6600
4 gb Crucial Micron D sticks.
Asus P5N32E SLI
8800 GTX
1000 w psu
Antec P182 SE

And some other stuff.lol

4GB is useless esp. since I doubt he is using a 64 bit OS.
Just get 2GB, that is more than enough.
Also, he needs Crossfire since he has 2 X1900 cards as stated above so dont worry about the need for the PSU or the 8800GTX.

Does he need a case?

bruins004 · May 1, 2007

Wile E said:
If he wants to overclock and run a Crossfire setup, try this mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136032

I would suggest an aftermarket cooler for the northbridge, however.

And again, if price isn't an object, why not go quad core?

This is about the only good Crossfire board at the moment.
Also, I agree why not go quad core is price is no object (unless you just meant for the mobo)

SK-1 · May 1, 2007

Wile E said:
If he wants to overclock and run a Crossfire setup, try this mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136032

I would suggest an aftermarket cooler for the northbridge, however.

And again, if price isn't an object, why not go quad core?

Wow,...talk about fast responses!!!!TPU FTW!!!! :rockout:

No case if needed an the moment.
The Quad core really looks like a good Idea.Thanks.I will check out the recommendations now.

SK-1 · May 1, 2007

bruins004 said:
This is about the only good Crossfire board at the moment.
Also, I agree why not go quad core is price is no object (unless you just meant for the mobo)

The Newegg reviews seem horrible?What is up with that?

bruins004 · May 1, 2007

SK-1 said:
The Newegg reviews seem horrible?What is up with that?

The reason its one of the best Crossfire boards out there is bc its one of the only ones out there.
Unless he is willing to sell his X1900 cards and go for an 8800GTX and a 680i board, he will have to settle with that board.

Wile E · May 1, 2007

SK-1 said:
The Newegg reviews seem horrible?What is up with that?

They don't know what they are doing. It has an extremely complicated BIOS. It maxes at 511fsb, but the northbridge runs HOT. It needs 3rd party cooling. With 3rd party cooling it will run at 511 all day. His only other option for Crossfire on Intel is a 975X chipset mobo, but those don't clock nearly as well. Most of them don't even get close to 500 fsb.

Here's just one review of the DFI: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2891&p=3

For more, just type DFI LANPARTY UT ICFX3200-T2R/G overclocking into google.

DRDNA · May 1, 2007

"ditto"
the DFI is not a good mobo unless you go into the complicated bios and set up the mobo then it out screams most everything :toast:

I luv DFI mobos and have 5 of their mobo's (3 different kinds) You will get to know the bios very fast so no worries !

kwchang007 · May 2, 2007

yeah..i would say quad core if price is no object. if he does like to overclock, just get him an aftermarket cooler with that quad core

System Name	Red Matter 2
Processor	Ryzen 5600X
Motherboard	X470 Gaming Pro Carbon
Cooling	Water is Masterliquid 240 Pro
Memory	GeiL EVO X 3600mhz 32g also G.Skill Ripjaw series 5 4x8 3600mhz as backup lol
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming Radeon RX 6800
Storage	EVO 860. Rocket Q M.2 SSD WD Blue M.2 SSD Seagate Firecuda 2tb storage.
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG32VQ
Case	Phantek P400 Glass
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA G3 850
Mouse	Roccat Military/ Razer Deathadder V2
Keyboard	Razer Chroma
Software	W10

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Video Card(s)	EVGA GEFORECE RTX 2080 SUPER XC HYBRID GAMING
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB 3D NAND NVMe,Intel 660p 1TB m.2 ,1TB WD Blue 3D NAND,500GB WD Blue 3D NAND,
Display(s)	50" Sharp Roku TV 8ms responce time and Philips 75Hz 328E9QJAB 32" curved
Case	BLACK LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC XL FULL-TOWER GAMING CASE,
Power Supply	1600 Watt
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Lian Li Carbon fiber ed.
Processor	Intel i5 2500k 4.6Ghz 24/7 Max OC 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling	Swiftech blocks, 360 Xflow rad, Swiftech 120 rad, Liang with XSPC res/pump top.
Memory	8Gb Mushkin 1600Mhz 8-9-8-24
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 2Gb
Storage	OCZ Vertex 4 128 / Western Digital 160
Display(s)	ASUS 25,5" wide VW266h
Power Supply	Corsair HX620 modular
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System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
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Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	Red Matter 2
Processor	Ryzen 5600X
Motherboard	X470 Gaming Pro Carbon
Cooling	Water is Masterliquid 240 Pro
Memory	GeiL EVO X 3600mhz 32g also G.Skill Ripjaw series 5 4x8 3600mhz as backup lol
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming Radeon RX 6800
Storage	EVO 860. Rocket Q M.2 SSD WD Blue M.2 SSD Seagate Firecuda 2tb storage.
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG32VQ
Case	Phantek P400 Glass
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA G3 850
Mouse	Roccat Military/ Razer Deathadder V2
Keyboard	Razer Chroma
Software	W10

Need help with hardware choice.

SK-1

bruins004

DRDNA

technicks

Wile E

Power User

bruins004

bruins004

SK-1

SK-1

bruins004

Wile E

Power User

DRDNA

kwchang007

New Member

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Cooling	fan control and antec notebook cooler
Memory	2 GBs@ 533 mhz ddr2
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Storage	120 GB@ 5400 rpm fujitsu
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Audio Device(s)	integrated
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