bigfoot1291
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Hey guys, I came across this forum (google FTW), because I'm going to be upgrading soon. Building myself a new gaming rig.
Thing is, I'm going to be heading into uncharted territory for me, and have a few questions.
1. I'm going to be getting an NForce 780i MOBO, which is Nvidia's mobo (SLI ready), Newegg.com - EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards, but will this also work fine for CrossfireX? I've always went with Nvidia's graphics in the past, but wanna give ATI a chance with their new 4870's. Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H487F1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
2. I've also been interested in liquid cooling, because well, running 2 GPU's I'm assuming can get pretty **** hot (room's already hot enough as it is LOL)
Thing is, I don't really know anything about liquid cooling, and found this: Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GH-WIU02 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling - Water Cooling it seems to be a kit that comes with everything I'd need, and seemed pretty decent. Any personal advice you guys could give about liquid cooling would be awesome.
3. I've also in the past went with AMD processors, but I'm going to give Intel a chance this time. I don't really know anything about their architectures, so any advice that could be given on them as well would be great. Also, since this rig is going to be used for gaming, would quad core or dual be better? I've heard that a lot of games haven't really been made to use quad yet, so I'm not really sure. This is the processor I found: Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops It looks to run at a nice speed, and had good reviews too.
Thanks for any help you guys can give me
-Mark
Thing is, I'm going to be heading into uncharted territory for me, and have a few questions.
1. I'm going to be getting an NForce 780i MOBO, which is Nvidia's mobo (SLI ready), Newegg.com - EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards, but will this also work fine for CrossfireX? I've always went with Nvidia's graphics in the past, but wanna give ATI a chance with their new 4870's. Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H487F1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
2. I've also been interested in liquid cooling, because well, running 2 GPU's I'm assuming can get pretty **** hot (room's already hot enough as it is LOL)
Thing is, I don't really know anything about liquid cooling, and found this: Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GH-WIU02 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling - Water Cooling it seems to be a kit that comes with everything I'd need, and seemed pretty decent. Any personal advice you guys could give about liquid cooling would be awesome.
3. I've also in the past went with AMD processors, but I'm going to give Intel a chance this time. I don't really know anything about their architectures, so any advice that could be given on them as well would be great. Also, since this rig is going to be used for gaming, would quad core or dual be better? I've heard that a lot of games haven't really been made to use quad yet, so I'm not really sure. This is the processor I found: Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops It looks to run at a nice speed, and had good reviews too.
Thanks for any help you guys can give me
-Mark