Admiral_Breaker Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Greetings to all. I am new here, I enjoy your reviews of tech. I currently have a HP Pavilion a6650f Desktop in a Cooler Master Storm Scout Case, with 2 1 TB drives, and a Nvidia 7900 GS. I am also in college for Game Design and Development. So I need to upgrade sooner rather than later. I am currently thinking of a either an AMD 6 core system or an AMD 4 core system. I do have my mind set on getting an EVGA Nvidia GTX 560 Ti Crysis Maxium Graphics edition just because it is the perfect for me both in price and demand. But I will later on post the different ideas that i have for processors. Thank you for the reviews of the hardware please keep it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercuryDoun Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Greetings to all. I am new here, I enjoy your reviews of tech. I currently have a HP Pavilion a6650f Desktop in a Cooler Master Storm Scout Case, with 2 1 TB drives, and a Nvidia 7900 GS. I am also in college for Game Design and Development. So I need to upgrade sooner rather than later. I am currently thinking of a either an AMD 6 core system or an AMD 4 core system. I do have my mind set on getting an EVGA Nvidia GTX 560 Ti Crysis Maxium Graphics edition just because it is the perfect for me both in price and demand. But I will later on post the different ideas that i have for processors. Thank you for the reviews of the hardware please keep it up. Hello! First off welcome to OCC! Nice choice with the AMD 6/4 core system. But getting a GTX560 will limit most desires for SLI down the road(Need to use a hacked BIO's and it apparently doesnt work that well). Are you planning on getting a motherboard with 2x pci-e x16 slots? or atleast x8 on both? If your planning on getting a board with only 1 pci-e slot then nevermind then. Getting an AMD HD6950 2GB would only cost alittle more money and is a better card, it also can be flashed with a BIO's from a 6970 and it essentially becomes a 6970 for the price of a 6950!! You could also look at a new sandybridge i5-2500k quad-core and a P67 Mobo. It would only cost alittle more overall than the AMD system and would be ALOT faster. If your not going to overclock then the i5-2400 would work as well. But id highly recommend getting the unlocked CPU even if you dont plan on overclocking now. Because a couple months from now you might want to! Going with the P67 intel platform also gives the option of SLI. Could save a few bucks by getting a regular version of the GTX560 and just overclock it yourself!! Its quite easy to do, the only reason you should pay for the factory overclocked card is for the non-reference cooling solution it has, and if i remember right, the CRysis edition of that card is a reference cooler with a cool picture on it... definitely not worth the Extra $10 it costs, unless you found it somewhere for the regular price that is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to OCC!! Where do you live OP?? I can almost guarantee that there is a better priced 560 than the EVGA, they are never the best deal. How much money do you have for this new build?? Maybe we can squeeze a 2500K in there I have a Game Design and Development Associates actually, where do you go?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to OCC! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedCrazy Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I can almost guarantee that there is a better priced 560 than the EVGA, they are never the best deal. But they have awesome warranties and tech support. @OP Welcome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to occ. Hope you find yourself at home here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 But they have awesome warranties and tech support. @OP Welcome. You expect to keep the card for infinity? You excect the card to break? Other companies don't have good service? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to OCC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePanda Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 WELCOME!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dihartnell Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to OCC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Breaker Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 You expect to keep the card for infinity? You excect the card to break? Other companies don't have good service? With my Schools "dirty" electriticty, my laptop screen has a large white burn that moves, so my screen is burned. Also I always want to have a good customer service rather than price. If i had to chose between two identical cards one with a lifetime warrenty and one that is cheaper, with my luck, i will go with the warrenty always. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imm0rt41 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 With my Schools "dirty" electriticty, my laptop screen has a large white burn that moves, so my screen is burned. Also I always want to have a good customer service rather than price. If i had to chose between two identical cards one with a lifetime warrenty and one that is cheaper, with my luck, i will go with the warrenty always. Sounds like you will need a nice surge protector and a UPS with that electricity problem! Spend a little extra cash and protect your investment if the power situation is really that sketchy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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