Dan42684 Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 whoa! lots of info! Thanks a bunch andy, I'll have my bro in law check it out around christmas time and see if he has questions. Once I figure out how he wants to go then I'll have questions if there's something I"m not familiar with. BTW Andy, love your avatar! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 Andy plays in real bands with old blues dudes who rock (Andy plays like an old black dude who has been playin' the blues all his life too) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan42684 Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Ordering Motherboard tomorrow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan42684 Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Ok need advice for a PSU, here's the components. Mobo http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx...N82E16813128059 Videocard http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx...N82E16814130290 Processor http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx...N82E16819115030 HDD http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx...N82E16822136205 Soundcard http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx...N82E16829102014 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedEuphoria Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 you could save some money and get a 7600GT as the performance is basically the same as an 8600GT w/o DX10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolslave Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 OCZ GamexStream 600w/700w Corsair HX620/520 Are all superb PSUs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan42684 Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 you could save some money and get a 7600GT as the performance is basically the same as an 8600GT w/o DX10 for my bro in law's needs Angry already recommended atleast a 8600GT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHKCommander959 Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 if he's doing music/cad i'd suggest a 2600 xt with 512 ram, then flash it to fire gl version. turns a 100$ card into a 400$ card. should outperform any of these that you guys put on, in cad/etc. regular old gaming cards dont do very well for those kind of things :angel: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan42684 Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 if he's doing music/cad i'd suggest a 2600 xt with 512 ram, then flash it to fire gl version. turns a 100$ card into a 400$ card. should outperform any of these that you guys put on, in cad/etc. regular old gaming cards dont do very well for those kind of things :angel: how do you flash it to FireGL? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 how do you flash it to FireGL? DO NOT be flashing damn cards to something else and voiding warranty. This is your brother's rig, not yours, and unless you want to be stuck either paying for . that gets messed up (thanks to you 'modding' it), or you want to be the 24/7 support guy and always have to be doing the support thing, I suggest you do NOT modify/flash/nothing and just build him a great machine that is stable, reliable, and will perform. PS if he's doing music, there's ABSOLUTELY ZERO REASON TO HAVE A 2600XT OR NEED 512MB RAM ON THE VIDEO CARD. ZERO. as for CAD, you don't need more than the 8600GT because A. 8600GT will do everything you need it to for CAD B. your brother doesn't do CAD 24/7/365 (if he did, we'd be building him a WORKSTATION, not a home-brew rig) for power supply, one of the strongest + quietest = Corsair HX-620. A bit spendy, but I am using one in my main rig. Wouldn't give it up for nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan42684 Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 ok, 8600gt it is, also motherboard just arrived today. Feels like xmas already LOL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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