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Mogel

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  1. I had a feeling that Crossfire may be a bit ambitious for my first build, but thought since no one had brought it up yet it couldn't have been all that bad However with this microstuttering business, is it really going to effect me that much? Some more opinions on this would be great I read some reviews of the 6970 cards, and was just wondering when places say the fan noise is loud, whether that's at full load or not? And how loud/annoying exactly are reference cards from peoples experiences?
  2. Yeah I was looking for a 200mm on msy aswell and couldn't find it, I might just have to order the fan separately from somewhere else, not too much of a hassle As for the SSD, I reckon I'll see what my state of mind is like when I go for the order, whether I bite the bullet or not.
  3. Alright well this is how my system is looking like now that I'm using msy Price: $1453 CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K $224.00 CPU COOLER: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler $39.00 MOBO: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard $132.00 RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8G Kit DDR3 $52.00 GPU: Crossfired Powercolor 1GB 6870 PCI-E VGA Card 2 x $169 = $338.00 PSU: Corsair TX-750 ATX Power Supply Unit $141.00 CASE: Coolermaster RC-922M-KKNI HAF 922 w/ 2 x Coolermaster 120mm System Fan $118 + 2 x $6 = $130.00 HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST31000524AS $105.00 OPTICAL: Lite-On IHAS324 24x DVDRW $21.00 MONITOR: ASUS 23.6" VS247H LED Backlight LCD Monitor $178.00 OS: MS Windows 7 Home 64bit $93.00 Crossfire seems like the way to go since I can afford it in my budget I may be willing to go a little over-budget and grab an SSD, would a 60GB be enough for OS/boot files/whatever-they're-called? Also I reckon adding the two side fans to the HAF 922 will help out with cooling the crossfire setup, but since I'm sure there's such a thing as too many fans I thought I'd ask if that's the case with what I've suggested
  4. Had a bit of a read about Crossfire, am I going to have a lot of trouble with brand new games supporting it? Or is that problem being made out to be bigger than it really is? And I'm guessing if Crossfire wasn't supported it would run off one card? Because if that's the case, then it seems that I would get pretty good graphics (approximately the same as my original card) when I play a game with no Crossfire support which I think I could live with for the added benefit of the extra GPU when the game supports it Also if I were to go the SSD drive route, I would have OS on there and a few programs, how big does the SSD need to be?
  5. Ah yes I'm very familiar with Acer customer service and usually try to find anything else rather than settling for them I like the idea of having the full tower, as its large and has the large number of fans, but the idea of it being larger and heavier than a mid-tower may be too much of a con I am currently thinking of getting the HAF922 at the moment due to it being a decent 50 bucks less and was wondering if installing a side fan would help cool the two GPUs down? Also to get crossfire happening I'm assuming I have to buy some sort of bridge? Or do crossfire bridges usually come with your motherboard?
  6. Ahk, cheers for that, I was seeing that trading of places when looking into GPUs to begin with and just assumed that I was better off learning about the 560ti when I saw it coming on top, never even thought of using 2 GPUs Also just reading back over some comments, is there something inherently better about full towers? more space means more place to tuck away cables? or more space for upgrades if needed in the future? And that really leads to, what should I be looking for in a tower? I was looking for what I thought was a good layout of fans [supported by reviews and opinions of others], and USB3.0 being a plus... oh and that it looks good of course But if thats the wrong mindset, I'd love to know what the right one is
  7. @ Tjj226_Angel Wasn't too sure about my case to begin with so I may have to look into that some more, despite not wanting to go over $1500 I did feel that it was inevitable Also Stonerboy, cheers for your help, thats awesome that you made a build that fits exactly in my budget Will have to look into Radeon GPU as I know little to nothing about them but that is a big help Also Eduard I did include them in the price as has already been said, I was just silly and didn't link them
  8. I've decided to build my first computer and thought I might ask for some advice and pointers on my chosen components My Budget is $1500 AUD (though it doesn't mean I have to use all of it) and have set out for this to be a mid-range gaming PC. I'm thinking I will buy all my stuff from the same site, and i think pc case gear in melbourne will be decent due to their reasonable delivery costs Current Price: $1335 AUD CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 RAM: Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 8GB DDR3 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Hawk 1GB PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular CASE: CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB OPTICAL: Lite-On IHAS324 24x DVDRW OS: MS Windows 7 Home 64bit MONITOR: ASUS VE228H 21.5in Widescreen LED Monitor Also, a few questions to add - Is a CPU Cooler necessary? Or is the stock fan sufficient when it comes to the i5? - Is there any need for me to get name-brand memory? Is there any difference between it and the a generic model such as Kingstons Value RAM? Also I thought I'd mentione that I'm not set on a modular PSU, the PSU is modular purely because it seems well priced and has pretty good reviews and efficiency for its price bracket But yeah, this is what I have so far, criticism is more than welcome! Thanks!
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