New Comp build questions ...
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Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2010-11-10 23:49 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Your asking the equivalent of "Hi, we would have liked to get a Ferrari but we settled on a Mustang GT. Which rims do you think look best? How about color?"
If anything your selections simply prove you are saner than most hard core PC gamers but a Socket 1366 platform with an overclocked GTX 460 isn't exactly slumming.
The three cards in rank of overclocking are Asus (700MHz), eVGA EE (720MHz) and eVGA EE SC (763Mhz). The GTX 460 is a very overclockable card.
As for the motherboards, either are fine.
- The major difference is the Sabertooth support only two cards at x16/x16 while the P6X58D-E supports three at x16/x8/x8.
- Both can use Intel's hex cores, someone in marketing needed another bullet point for the P6X58D-E at the time it came out. It simply didn't need a BIOS flash to support the first Intel hex core when it first came out back in March.
- Both have USB 3.0 and SATA III (6.0Gb/s) ports.
- The P6X58D-E onboard sound supports DTS Surround decode.
- The Sabertooth is newer by about 4 months and is supposedly "built TUF" with mil-spec parts and uses a fancy new heatsink for the Southbridge chip. Asus has 17 Socket 1366 motherboards, they have to distinguish it somehow. It also happens to be the cheapest.
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$725 and $1350 parts lists --- My guide to computer components
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! Thank You in advance!
My husband and I are building a replacement computer for my current one. We aren't looking for 'bleeding-edge' - just good middle-of-the-road gear that won't be out-modded in under a year... These are 2 potential rigs we've come up with and we're wanting some feedback - good, bad... whatever.
New Comp Components:
eVGA 01G-P3-1371-AR (GeForce Fermi GTX 460 1GB EE)
-or-
eVGA 01G-P3-1375-AR (GeForce Fremi GTX 460 1GB EE Superclocked)
-or-
Asus ENGTX460 DIRECTCU/2D GeForce GTX 460
--- option open on all of the above to SLI when able ----
Asus Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366
-or-
Asus P6X58D-E 1366 (option to upgrade to 6 core)
Intel CI7 950
Segate ST31000528AS 1TB HDD (x2 for mirror RAID)
Win 7
Zalman CNPS8000A Multi-Socket CPU Cooler
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) OCZ3G1600LV6GK
Corsair 650W ATX modular
Cool Master HAF932 tower (prob w/ an additional fan on the bottom - not certain if it should be intake or outflow though ... leaning towards intake ...)
Any help is greatly appreciated
Pax
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Pax