Gaming build. Critique.

[mfenn]

Alright, so I made up my mind. I'm going to wait a week until the 6000 series comes out and maybe grab a price cut 470 or 480 and then forget the sli get the ga-p55-usb3. It supports crossfire though right? But i probably won't use it because if the graphics are lacking I'll buy a better single gpu and I'll grab a 750W PSU. Also should i get 1333 ram or 1600? Thanks guys

The P55-USB3 technically does support Crossfire, but it's in a x16/x4 configuration which isn't very good. As you say, not very important since a faster single-card solution is a better bet than Crossfire/SLI.

For the RAM, I would get DDR3 1333.

 

[Tonstir]

alright so I waited a week and the 6000 series still isn't out 🙁, but hopefully in a couple of days. But, I have a new problem. I cannot decide on a combo from canadacomputers or seperate parts. I'll link here and tell me your thoughts.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/bundl...ndle_id=034364
this bundle includes i5 760, Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P, and OCZ DDR3 1600 4gb and this all costs $430

the second build is the i5 760, G-Skill Ripjaws Series DDR3 1333Mhz 4gb and the EVGA P55 FTW. This costs about 450
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=031435
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=032427
http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=026153
So what is the better deal and also I am going to overclock with this build not too heavily though, so any thoughts?

 

[Davidh373]

I would definitely spend an extra $20 to not have OCZ RAM. I made that mistake... Not liking my decision...

 

[mfenn]

I would definitely spend an extra $20 to not have OCZ RAM. I made that mistake... Not liking my decision...

:thumbsup:

 

[muskie32]

The 6000 series comes out friday i believe.