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First build since i387, The times, they are a changin' |
 Nov 7 2009, 06:47 AM
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 Total Nerd  Posts: 2,258 Joined: 4-July 08 From: New York Member No.: 63,263  |
The i5 does have 2 PCI-E 2.0 lanes at x8 each, and the HD5870 won't be saturating those slots.
-------------------- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.84GHZ
Patriot Viper PC2-8500 4GB 1066MHZ Powercolor ATI Radeon HD3650 Stock ASUS P45 P5Q Pro <3 Bang for Buck |
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Nov 7 2009, 06:48 AM
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 New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 30-October 09 Member No.: 69,283 |
QUOTE (Digitalis @ Nov 7 2009, 06:09 AM)  It is helpfull if you give a budget for your PC; the i5 does not have two x16 PCIe lanes, only one, so it's a little weird to see two 5870. Besides, you would come out much cheaper with two 4890 in crossfire (the performance the same as 5850); two foe 400 dollars. Caviar green is slow; take Samsung F3 or Seagate 7200.12. take Scythe Mugen 2 heatsink; cheap and top!! Budget is something i'm not concerned about at this point. And i'll have 2x5750 x8/x8 not 2x5870's. Together, they were a lot cheaper than $400 btw. Still, i wish i had gotten a single 5850 to "future-proof" although the system isn't really future-proofed at all so there's not much point. Oh and the Caviar Greens were cheap. I have several other HDD's i'll be adding too. |
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Nov 7 2009, 07:01 AM
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Total Nerd Posts: 2,258 Joined: 4-July 08 From: New York Member No.: 63,263 |
My bad about the HD5770, but what do you think about a beefier heatsink, such as the Xigmatek HDT-S1283?
Don't let the tiny price tag fool you, it's one of the lead heatsinks on the market today. Other then your underpowered heatsink, I think it's a great build! -------------------- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.84GHZ
Patriot Viper PC2-8500 4GB 1066MHZ Powercolor ATI Radeon HD3650 Stock ASUS P45 P5Q Pro <3 Bang for Buck |
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Nov 7 2009, 08:40 AM
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 The more i teach the dumber i get!  Posts: 7,408 Joined: 10-August 03 Member No.: 5,490 |
I just put a Titan FenRir on my brothers i7 920 rig yesterday and it is to be honest pretty darn good. He also got a really nice i7 920 that does 4.0 with 1.27125 volts!
-------------------- Processor Intel Core I7 920 x2, I7 965 and more
Memory Mushkin PC3 12800 7-7-7-20 Motherboard MSI X58 Eclipse SLI Graphics Yes I have them all SLI and CrossfireX Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower 1200, Mushkin 800 Monitor Gateway UXD3000 Water Cooling By DangerDen |
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Nov 8 2009, 01:27 PM
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Member Posts: 109 Joined: 26-February 09 Member No.: 66,415 |
Two 4890's wont give you directx 11 though, and i forgot about the duel x8 bus. This would proberbly bottleneck the new 58** cards
-------------------- Desktop
Q6600 @ 3.5 1.4v | Zalman CNPS9700 | ASUS P5Q SE Plus | 4x1gb OCZ DDR2 800 @ 4-4-4-15 | Gainward GTX260 680/1250 |OCZ Stealth Xtreme 600 Watt | WD 250gb SATA | LG 22" Moniter | Windows Vista Ultimate x64 |
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Nov 9 2009, 05:54 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 30-October 09 Member No.: 69,283 |
Everything arrived today!
Wish me luck! |
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Nov 9 2009, 06:55 PM
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Total Nerd Posts: 2,258 Joined: 4-July 08 From: New York Member No.: 63,263 |
QUOTE (lankeyluke @ Nov 8 2009, 04:27 PM) Two 4890's wont give you directx 11 though, and i forgot about the duel x8 bus. This would proberbly bottleneck the new 58** cards Nope. QUOTE (lastsplash @ Nov 9 2009, 08:54 PM) Everything arrived today! Wish me luck! Good luck! Post back with results and pics. -------------------- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.84GHZ
Patriot Viper PC2-8500 4GB 1066MHZ Powercolor ATI Radeon HD3650 Stock ASUS P45 P5Q Pro <3 Bang for Buck |
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Nov 9 2009, 07:11 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 30-October 09 Member No.: 69,283 |
Looks like there's no Crossfire bridges in the 5750 boxes from Gigabyte. All crossfire connections require the bridge right? There's no super-special MB's out there that don't need an external bridge? I need to order a crossfire bridge don't i? Sigh.
Gigabyte did include an SLI bridge with the MB though. |
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Nov 9 2009, 07:26 PM
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 Member Posts: 476 Joined: 13-August 09 From: Texas Member No.: 68,382 |
Good luck, post pics!
QUOTE (ccokeman @ Nov 7 2009, 11:40 AM) He also got a really nice i7 920 that does 4.0 with 1.27125 volts! More then I need 
-------------------- I7 920, Rampage II Gene, Mushkin Redline 1600Mhz 6-7-6-18, GTX 275, Corsair HX850
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Nov 9 2009, 09:42 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 30-October 09 Member No.: 69,283 |
Progress so far...
What happens if you have 2 vid cards not in crossfire? Can i leave the second one in there until i get a bridge?  
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Nov 14 2009, 09:23 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 30-October 09 Member No.: 69,283 |
Well i got it running; no problems at all! Just need to wait for another Xfire bridge so i can add the second 5750. So far it's running great with just the one though. Fallout 3 is maxxed at my TV's 1300x768 resolution. Sims 3 is a little bit choppy at max settings. The Sims 3 load times are a helluva lot faster though.
Still waiting for my Optical drives (old ones are EIDE) , another HDD and Xfire bridge. Haven't OC'd much at all. Right now CPU idle temp is 32C. Max temp so far has been 37C. Still need to learn some things before i start changing settings. I did try the overclocking software that came with the Gigabyte board. Used the Turbo setting which brought my i5 up to 3GHz but the system wasn't completely stable so i set it back to stock for now. Will add some pics once i'm done with everything. Didn't want to post pics of the inside of the case cuz of the EIDE cable. Fugly! |
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