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[peterisnoob]

Hello everyone,
I was just going over the specs of a PC i'm going to build and I was just wondering if there will be any bottleneck going on..

Intel E8400
Gigabyte P45-DS4
4GB 1066mhz G.Skill
GTX260 @ 1900x1200
W.D 250gb x2 in Raid 0
Corsair TX750
NZXT Lexa Blackline Blue

Thanks.
=]

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: peterisnoob
I was just wondering if there will be any bottleneck going on..

In order for us to comment on potential bottlenecks in your system, We must know how it will be used. Ya?

Dad's example:
If your rig is being used for web surfing and email checking, there are no bottlenecks.
If you're rendering for Pixar, it's a different story.

 

[DSF]

Skip the double 250GB drives in RAID 0 and just get a single large drive. Your PSU is much larger than it needs to be for a single card setup. If you're not overclocking, DDR2-800 is fine and will save you money. If you are, you could still safely drop down to DDR2-1000 without hampering your overclocking adventures.

Assuming you're gaming, your graphics card will probably be the first thing to choke playing at that resolution. As Blain said though, it really depends. Even as far as gaming it depends on which game we're talking about.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: peterisnoob
Hello everyone,
I was just going over the specs of a PC i'm going to build and I was just wondering if there will be any bottleneck going on..

Intel E8400
Gigabyte P45-DS4
4GB 1066mhz G.Skill
GTX260 @ 1900x1200
W.D 250gb x2 in Raid 0
Corsair TX750
NZXT Lexa Blackline Blue

Thanks.
=]

A single WD 640GB will perform better than that RAID-0 and you'll not have to deal with the problems that RAID-0 will bring.

Change the motherboard for a DS3L, change the RAM for DDR2-800, change the GTX260 for a 4870 1GB and change the 750TX for a 550VX.


Post your needs formatted in Blain's sticky thread and read Modoheo's recommendations thread too.

 

[peterisnoob]

The PC will be used for gaming. And yes I am going to overclock. The games i'm going to be playing is Crysis, Crysis Warhead, WOW, COD4, Gears Of War and yeah. The reason I got a 750 PSU is I might use SLI in the future if I upgrade my board.

 

[Roguestar]

USE THE STICKY

A 650TX is enough for SLI, but if you were to go SLI you'd need to upgrade your board AND buy two new graphics cards. So there'd be little point in that when for the same price you could get a single better graphics card at the same time.

 

[peterisnoob]

But on another thread that I started a couple of people said that 650 wont be enough. A lot of people have also said that the GTX260 and 280 is a lot better than the 4870.

 

[DSF]

The 280 is a little bit better than the 4870, but not by leaps and bounds. The 260 is not as powerful as the 4870. Relative strengths of graphics cards are always game-dependent though. 650 would easily be enough for a single graphics card - 550W would be fine for a 260 in fact. In SLI I wouldn't blame you for going with a 750W PSU.

 

[Roguestar]

USE THE STICKY

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: peterisnoob
But on another thread that I started a couple of people said that 650 wont be enough.
A lot of people have also said that the GTX260 and 280 is a lot better than the 4870.

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