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Subject: Want to build a PC? PC Building Guide and FAQ of The Flood

On a related topic, EVGA vs GIGABYTE vs ZOTAC?

  • 08.01.2012 12:29 AM PDT
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is the ATI HD 7880 better then the ATI HD 6990?

  • 08.01.2012 12:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: darthrevan96
On a related topic, EVGA vs GIGABYTE vs ZOTAC?

For what? Video cards? I like EVGA or Zotac. Motherboards? I swear by Gigabyte boards.

  • 08.01.2012 12:30 AM PDT

Ah, someone leaked. Now to find the leak and.... plug it.
With justice.

I use coup 5
Never Played halo 1 = Invalid opinion
Bloom isn't whats broken, its your idea of what good is and your opinion
Thats like saying uber nerf armor lock because like 20 percent of the community hates it. Oh wait..................


Posted by: thebig100
is the ATI HD 7880 better then the ATI HD 6990?


Sadly one of my geek weak points is GPU's
better off waiting till some of the other guys get in here tomorrow

OffT good morning page 69

[Edited on 08.01.2012 12:32 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 12:31 AM PDT

Ah, someone leaked. Now to find the leak and.... plug it.
With justice.

I use coup 5
Never Played halo 1 = Invalid opinion
Bloom isn't whats broken, its your idea of what good is and your opinion
Thats like saying uber nerf armor lock because like 20 percent of the community hates it. Oh wait..................


Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: darthrevan96
On a related topic, EVGA vs GIGABYTE vs ZOTAC?

For what? Video cards? I like EVGA or Zotac. Motherboards? I swear by Gigabyte boards.


Personally my elegance is To Asus, But thats just because of the inline Over Clocking tools they have.

  • 08.01.2012 12:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: thebig100
is the ATI HD 7880 better then the ATI HD 6990?


The 7880 isn't an AMD/ATI card. Perhaps you mean 7850 or 7870? If you meant one of those, the 6990 outperforms it in almost every category.

  • 08.01.2012 12:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: shadow 2648

Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: darthrevan96
On a related topic, EVGA vs GIGABYTE vs ZOTAC?

For what? Video cards? I like EVGA or Zotac. Motherboards? I swear by Gigabyte boards.


Personally my elegance is To Asus, But thats just because of the inline Over Clocking tools they have.

Indeed. Asus also has great boards. I'm more of a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy, and Gigabyte mobos have never done me wrong.

  • 08.01.2012 12:35 AM PDT

I have nothing against Asus but I simply hate the Motherboard for a single reason.

I just can't stand the Asus BIOS.

Anyways, I'm liking the 440 ZOTAC I have now. Real low end computer, only 50 bucks (on that rebate), and runs most things on High (so long as its the only thing open).

Heard good things about EVGA.

GIGABYTE almost replaced the ZOTAC I have now.

  • 08.01.2012 12:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: darthrevan96

You know you could have gotten the 6670 for around the same price as that 440...

[Edited on 08.01.2012 12:42 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 12:41 AM PDT

lol how about this baby? 64GB RAM Support, 3 PCI Express Slots >:D

[Edited on 08.01.2012 12:43 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 12:43 AM PDT

Ah, someone leaked. Now to find the leak and.... plug it.
With justice.

I use coup 5
Never Played halo 1 = Invalid opinion
Bloom isn't whats broken, its your idea of what good is and your opinion
Thats like saying uber nerf armor lock because like 20 percent of the community hates it. Oh wait..................


Posted by: darthrevan96
lol how about this baby? 64GB RAM Support, 3 PCI Express Slots >:D


I hope you realize by changing a mobo you have to rethink everything

CPu could be intel I7 3***X series
Quad Channel ram
ect...

  • 08.01.2012 12:45 AM PDT


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Posting on epic page.


Posted by: darthrevan96

You know you could have gotten the 6670 for around the same price as that 440...


I've yet to get anything.

[Edited on 08.01.2012 12:53 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 12:45 AM PDT


Posted by: shadow 2648

Posted by: darthrevan96
lol how about this baby? 64GB RAM Support, 3 PCI Express Slots >:D


I hope you realize by changing a mobo you have to rethink everything

CPu could be intel I7 3***X series
Quad Channel ram
ect...


I was joking, that PC can be my Birthday gift for next year (Sporting it with a 680 or he||, even something from the 700 series maybe?, and intense memory) maybe Christmas (although that's probably too soon). Wouldn't be surprised if it crashed just from the sheer epicness...


[Edited on 08.01.2012 12:53 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 12:49 AM PDT

Ah, someone leaked. Now to find the leak and.... plug it.
With justice.

I use coup 5
Never Played halo 1 = Invalid opinion
Bloom isn't whats broken, its your idea of what good is and your opinion
Thats like saying uber nerf armor lock because like 20 percent of the community hates it. Oh wait..................

We'll it was another fine chat with you guys, its 3:58 am here in the Est time zone states. I'm off to bed.

I'll be back to talk to you more about your build later :D

  • 08.01.2012 12:58 AM PDT

Same for me but before I leave, I shall leave my current planned Build.

MOBO (Possibly open to changes)

RAM 1 (16GB)
or
RAM 2 (32GB)

Case

CPU (Maybe, a bit stretched on the Budget)

CPU Cooler

GPU 1 (EVGA)
or
GPU 2 (GIGABYTE
or
GPU 3 (ZOTAC) *Leaning more towards this one*


Missing minor details are minor details...

$1,294.94 (without minor details which will raise it 200...

Yeah, I'll have to play my $200 for 5 spending law to be able to get this build.

[Edited on 08.01.2012 1:28 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 1:16 AM PDT

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Sapphire just got even more awesome.

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Posted by: MadMax888
Indeed. Asus also has great boards. I'm more of a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy, and Gigabyte mobos have never done me wrong.
This, this and this.

  • 08.01.2012 4:03 AM PDT

FLOOD QUOTES!
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The Flood....... if it doesn't go anywhere else, stick it her pooper
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Idiots. I'm surrounded by idiots
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the flood, there a bunch of jerks, but there my jerks.

16GB to 32GB of RAM?!!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN!?!

  • 08.01.2012 4:26 AM PDT


Posted by: Ferrari DuDe856
16GB to 32GB of RAM?!!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN!?!


Animation.

Adobe products take up hell of RAM.

  • 08.01.2012 5:24 AM PDT

"A LIE is a LIE"


- Truly intelligent and deep Black ops trailer


Posted by: darthrevan96

Posted by: Ferrari DuDe856
16GB to 32GB of RAM?!!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN!?!


Animation.

Adobe products take up hell of RAM.


Trust me... you do NOT need 32 gigs.

I use 8 gigs 1600mhz. When I have two instances of Sony Vegas both rendering videos, Steam, like 10 tabs of Firefox, trillions of background applications and like loads of things downloading yet I only use about quarter to half my ram.

Ask any computer expert, anything that is over 8 ram is overkill. Even for animating. If you really need to choose between those two numbers, get 16 gigs.

[Edited on 08.01.2012 5:54 AM PDT]

  • 08.01.2012 5:53 AM PDT

So I'm guessing that getting that Motherboard that supports up to 64GB RAM and 3 graphics cards is a No-Go?

  • 08.01.2012 6:23 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: darthrevan96
So I'm guessing that getting that Motherboard that supports up to 64GB RAM and 3 graphics cards is a No-Go?
You would only need 16GB of RAM, but if you really want it, there are motherboards that can support that.

I don't know much about motherboards, so I don't know if I could pick one but I know there are motherboards that do support that much RAM and that many GPUs.

  • 08.01.2012 7:15 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: darthrevan96
So I'm guessing that getting that Motherboard that supports up to 64GB RAM and 3 graphics cards is a No-Go?
I dont know why youd need 3 GPUs, thats complete over kill.

  • 08.01.2012 10:36 AM PDT

Disregard Females, acquire currency.


Posted by: TopWargamer

Posted by: Dont pass gass

Posted by: TopWargamer

Posted by: Dont pass gass

Here's that computer build.
Never mind its working... just took a really long time to load.


What about the sound card...?

A sound card is for "enhanced" audio I guess you could say?

The motherboard has audio ports on it already. If you want to throw in a sound card...go ahead. It'll be about $20.
oh okay I didn't know that. But thanks again!

  • 08.01.2012 11:02 AM PDT

Xbox LIVE gamertag: Dat3lessNutella
Steam username: TopWargamer
To look up my Halo stats...search for the gamertag TopWargamer.
SAVED THREAD PAGES: 283
One does not simply get rid of TopWargamer so easily.
You know this to be true.
ALL HAIL GABEN


Posted by: Dont pass gass

Posted by: TopWargamer

Posted by: Dont pass gass

Posted by: TopWargamer

Posted by: Dont pass gass

Here's that computer build.
Never mind its working... just took a really long time to load.


What about the sound card...?

A sound card is for "enhanced" audio I guess you could say?

The motherboard has audio ports on it already. If you want to throw in a sound card...go ahead. It'll be about $20.
oh okay I didn't know that. But thanks again!

No problem.

:)

  • 08.01.2012 11:08 AM PDT

Ah, someone leaked. Now to find the leak and.... plug it.
With justice.

I use coup 5
Never Played halo 1 = Invalid opinion
Bloom isn't whats broken, its your idea of what good is and your opinion
Thats like saying uber nerf armor lock because like 20 percent of the community hates it. Oh wait..................


Posted by: Pipboy 3050

Posted by: darthrevan96

Posted by: Ferrari DuDe856
16GB to 32GB of RAM?!!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN!?!


Animation.

Adobe products take up hell of RAM.


Trust me... you do NOT need 32 gigs.

I use 8 gigs 1600mhz. When I have two instances of Sony Vegas both rendering videos, Steam, like 10 tabs of Firefox, trillions of background applications and like loads of things downloading yet I only use about quarter to half my ram.

Ask any computer expert, anything that is over 8 ram is overkill. Even for animating. If you really need to choose between those two numbers, get 16 gigs.


If hes guna be running programs from the CS5 sweet, Especially multipul of them along with maya and blender. He should go with 16. Maybe not 32. But def 16

  • 08.01.2012 11:26 AM PDT