I had been waiting to buy this stuff for a while, I think my decision on the 4890's might have been based on old info/ebay prices. O well. From the toms hardware charts *ducks to avoid tomatoes* the cf 4890's are quite a bit more powerful than a single 5870, and in the lower end of the ballpark...
Heh, yeah I suppose post-purchase input is kinda silly, but I was curious. I got the 2gb dimms because it was cheap, popular on newegg, and enabled dual channel (my cpu-mobo combo do use dual channel, right? I just assumed they did).
I've been wanting to build a new desktop for a while, and I can finally afford to do it. Here's what I got (everything's already in the mail):
Case: Coolermaster CM 690 II advanced ($80)
psu: XFX 850w black ed. ($145)
cpu: AMD Phenom 2 955 3.2ghz ($110 on ebay)
mobo: Asus m4a79xtd ($100)
ram...
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