building a rig. thoughts?

[geno247]

MSI 890GXM-G65 AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

(2) EVGA 01G-P3-1465-AR GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) 1GB

AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3

Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower

total = $1037
i plan on unlocking the phenom's 2 unused cores making it quad core with the water cooling could boast like 3.8/4 ghz

not totally decided on the sli config but i dont want ati seeing as i use mostly open gl

 

[Sp12]

The 465 sucks overall.

Where is the water cooling?

That motherboard is overkill unless you're going for a crossfire setup.

You should buy the CPU you want, not the CPU you could potentially unlock. If that specific chip has defective (not just locked) cores, then it fails. For double the cash you could get 3x the cores.

What do you use said Opengl for?

 

[FragKrag]

At $250 a piece, I don't think the GTX 465 is a bad buy, however I would be wary of SLIing two of those cards in an Antec 300. I would want a case with better airflow like the CM 922.

The main problem I could see happening is your motherboard not supporting SLI. I don't think the AMD Chipset boards are capable of SLI (at least the 7xx series did not support SLI).

 

[MisterDonut]

Better off finding two used 5770's and cross them. 465 carries all the power consumption and heat issues as its bigger brothers, and to me, that's not worth it. Granted it runs fine <100c, but I don't want my GPU's running at such high temps...

Shell out a little more for the Samsung F3 1TB or a 640GB Caviar Black. Pick up a Hyper 212+ instead of the AC, and 630w is a bit much. Stick with a 500w one made by Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, etc. The CPU/Mobo combo you listed is fine, and this is probably just me, but I wouldn't go for the 890 chipset with onboard and USB/SATA 3. You can probably safely upgrade your processor before USB/SATA 3 become universal.

What is your resolution and usage of this rig? With a price tag of $1k, you can probably build a much faster computer.

 

[mfenn]

That mobo doesn't support SLI. I would also be concerned about running 2 Fermis from a Rosewill 630W.

I pretty mich agree with Donut about the PSU if you decide to go 5770.

 

[geno247]

planning on using it at 1680x1050, using it for 3d programs and competetively playing the call of duty franchise. im pretty sure im going with fermi since according to guru.com and other benchmarks it runs more stable than the other 400's. I may buy a larger case for airflow and get the Hyper212, although I dont know very much about intel

 

[mfenn]

planning on using it at 1680x1050, using it for 3d programs and competetively playing the call of duty franchise. im pretty sure im going with fermi since according to guru.com and other benchmarks it runs more stable than the other 400's. I may buy a larger case for airflow and get the Hyper212, although I dont know very much about intel

??????

Do you mean minimum framerates or overall system stability? This also doesn't change the fact that your mobo won't work for SLI. Also, microstutter is not good for competitive gaming. Also, also, shouldn't you be playing on all min if you want to be competitive?