iLLGT3 - PC - Build Log

[Fear Deer]

Its a tough choice on that yea. but i think id go with the radeon.

[Ozzmcom]

yeeah I think I'll go with that too, can't resist 900Mhz Clock speed :P

[iLLGT3]

MSI Twin Frozr is great and you can't go wrong with 2 fans.

[Ozzmcom]

yeah apparently the cooling is really effective on those . Not only 2 fans but it has 5 cooling pipes not sure what they actually do but sounds good.

[Camel]

yeah apparently the cooling is really effective on those . Not only 2 fans but it has 5 cooling pipes not sure what they actually do but sounds good.

 

They transfer the heat away from hotspots on the PCB to the heatsink and fans. More of them is usually a good thing, unless they're cheap ones.

[iLLGT3]

Just bought a White 600T from Tiger Direct.

 

Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series™ 600T Mid-Tower Case - ATX, Micro ATX, 4x Ext 5.25, 6x Int 3.5, 2x 200mm Fans, 1x 120mm Fan, 4x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, 1x IEEE 1395 Front Ports, at TigerDirect.com

[iLLusion]

Not really my kind of case, but I can't ignore the fact it's pretty cool. :)

[Ozzmcom]

lol jeff why do you keep changing your parts :P , anyway I've upgraded my 32 bit win7 to 64 and my gfx card should arrive next week .

To purchase list :

MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC - Graphics adapter - GF GTX 560 Ti - PCI Express 2.0 x16 - 1 GB GDDR5 - DVI, HDMI ( HDCP ): Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories (I'm actually getting the Ti version )

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Cooler: Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories

another set of Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1333MHz CL9 8GB DIMM Memory Module (Kit of 2): Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories

[iLLGT3]

I don't understand why some CPU coolers are so massive. The Corsair water cooling ones are small, compact and clean.

[Ozzmcom]

water cooling is more efficent that's why all the car engines use it as well , well apart from the beetle. But I don't have enough budget for a water cooler.

[iLLGT3]

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[Ozzmcom]

nice case, altho I still don't know why have you ditched the old one. anyway talking of new purchases look what I've found on my doorway this morning

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after blowing up few fuses

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[iLLGT3]

The Storm Scout was a fantastic case but too small for what I'm planning. You can hardly fit a rad on it and airflow will be terrible with CF'd cards.

[iLLGT3]

CrossFire XFX 6850 & 6870 combo this Friday!!

 

Just in time for the Battlefield 3 Beta. Might as well post some "benchmarks" on the Alpha with one card vs. two.

[Camel]

If the AMD drivers properly support CF for BF3 yet. It could actually be slower with 2 cards over the 1. :p

[Ryzza5]

Why do you have two different cards - don't they need to be the same for SLI/Crossfire?

[Camel]

SLI they do, but CF they have to be in the same series. So two 68** cards work together, but a 69** and a 68** wouldn't.

 

Although it is always better and more efficient to run two identical cards so the load is evenly spread and there's no stuttering or lag.

[Ryzza5]

After going from an SLI 9800GX2 to a single-core 480 GTX, I'll never go 2 cards/GPUs again - you just don't get the full theoretical performance benefits. Much better off spending the extra money on a better card.

[Camel]

A single core 480? :eek: That must be painfully slow... :p

 

There was a day when I was going to SLI my 9800GTX but it was cheaper to go straight to a GTX460. Also better performance, less noise, heat and lower bills.

[Ozzmcom]

the newer cards are more efficent when run on sli or cf than the old ones. In some games the performance figures goes up at the rate of 100% or more even.

[Camel]

Yea it's getting better, but most of the time it's more viable to buy a single card rather than buying two cards. Unless you already have one.

 

It can't improve the performance by over 100% though. That'd mean the single card wasn't being fully utilized or there were background tasks running on the single card benchmark and not the SLI/CF one.

[iLLGT3]

CF'd 6850's are better than a 2GB 69xx.

 

AMD and nVidia are both releasing drivers for BF3.

[iLLGT3]

I went ahead and ordered another 6850 this one being the XFX black edition that has higher stock clocks than the one I am running now. Newegg only carries 3 CF bridges and the XFX one was sold out. I really hope the one I bought works otherwise I'm gonna be really mad. :mad:

[Camel]

You needed another one? Which games couldn't you play on the highest res at the highest settings?

[Ozzmcom]

You needed another one? Which games couldn't you play on the highest res at the highest settings?

yeah . The ONLY game that even a brand new system struggles to run on full settings is the flight simulator x . But you don't need a good gpu for that anyway.