thanks for all the input yall. I'm eagerly awaiting the UPS man, which should show their pretty face before the end of the day =P
Too late on the PSU but thanks for the input
thanks for the commets yall - but i ended up going a different route
check here if ur interested to see =P
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=27&threadid=2236008
I ordered the parts on Friday so I should be getting them via UPS tomorrow =P oh happy day =O
So at the end of my first post i said all the current components would cost about $893.79.
Well with the change in the motherboard combined with the 650TX PSU, I went and added this to the list instead =P
ASUS EAH4870/HTDI/1G Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready...
thanks to all for the recomendations thus far.
This is what I've changed:
So instead of the crossfire path, I'll do as Roguestar said and get a cheaper motherboard without the intentions of running crossfire in the future.
So this instead:
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX...
Edited first post to show names, even though you beat me to it =P thx
The way I see it (video card wise) It's a hell-of-alot better than my current XFX geforce 6600 gt 128mb AGP 8x card =P
*edit*
zupsoomfly's mail-in-rebate expires in about 6 days for the PSU, which might be too soon for...
The reason for the DFI motherboard is b/c I plan on running another 4850 512mb card in crossfire.
The price difference on the 750 vs. 650 is $30 so i figured why get the extra for futures sake.
Chose 4850 for reason above + cost =P
thanks for quick reply - keep em coming =P
*edit*...
I'll start this topic off the right way with a quick Q&A as copied and pasted.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
-MMO gaming (Warhammer Online, etc) + general use (if it can run games, it can do whatever else I'd need =P)
-guess it...
I'm going to try to make this as simple a question (or series of questions) as possible. I tend to talk about too much when all I really want is someone to tell me to 'get this' and have other people agree with them. =P here goes
What motherboard should I get that will allow me to...
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