Final check and additional toughts

**godspeeed** · 01-05-2008, 08:11 AM

Hi

Time for me to buy a new machine and so far everything seems to be good I just want some extra toughts from you guys:

ASUS P5B Premium Vista 965P CF PCI-E
Core 2 Quad6600 2.40Ghz
1000 Watt Quatro Antec
Corsair 800Mhz DDR2 4096mb TwinX
2x Sapphire ATI 3870 512mb DDR3

Im sorry for all the NVidia extremist out there, the latest benchmarks of the 3000 series are awesome. and the card is cheaper.

**emosun** · 01-06-2008, 04:25 AM

Well your psu is freaking huge to start with. Those 3000's series don't use a lot of power and I think 700 to 800 would be plenty. Also if your going to be building a new machine, how bout ddr3 board?

**godspeeed** · 01-06-2008, 06:37 AM

yeah that was changed to the asus 965p CF PCI-E premium vista. i checked the wrong sheet when I transcribed. As for stock availability in the stores here the gap for PSU is from 500 to 1000. they dont carry others in stock we have to order them. And its only costing me 200$. where would you advise to go if I were to pick a 800watt? Ill check the price difference.

thanks

**emosun** · 01-06-2008, 07:12 AM

Try tigerdirect.com or newegg.com

**godspeeed** · 01-06-2008, 07:15 AM

as I suspected my 1000watt is from 0 to 30$ more than the average 800watts..

unless I pick this one http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...424&CatId=2533

but the ''little bit noisy'' in the reviews bugs me a lot..

Can a DDR3 board such as this one http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...?EdpNo=3502922 still run with DDR2 ram?

Thanks

**emosun** · 01-06-2008, 08:18 PM

no ddr3 boards use only ddr3 ram

01-05-2008, 08:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
godspeeed I helped the forums. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 298 OS: Win 7 RC	Final check and additional toughts Hi Time for me to buy a new machine and so far everything seems to be good I just want some extra toughts from you guys: ASUS P5B Premium Vista 965P CF PCI-E Core 2 Quad6600 2.40Ghz 1000 Watt Quatro Antec Corsair 800Mhz DDR2 4096mb TwinX 2x Sapphire ATI 3870 512mb DDR3 Im sorry for all the NVidia extremist out there, the latest benchmarks of the 3000 series are awesome. and the card is cheaper. __________________ Nietzsche: God is dead 1887 God: Nietzsche is dead 1900

01-06-2008, 04:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,982 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Final check and additional toughts Well your psu is freaking huge to start with. Those 3000's series don't use a lot of power and I think 700 to 800 would be plenty. Also if your going to be building a new machine, how bout ddr3 board? __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

01-06-2008, 06:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
godspeeed I helped the forums. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 298 OS: Win 7 RC	Re: Final check and additional toughts yeah that was changed to the asus 965p CF PCI-E premium vista. i checked the wrong sheet when I transcribed. As for stock availability in the stores here the gap for PSU is from 500 to 1000. they dont carry others in stock we have to order them. And its only costing me 200$. where would you advise to go if I were to pick a 800watt? Ill check the price difference. thanks __________________ Nietzsche: God is dead 1887 God: Nietzsche is dead 1900

01-06-2008, 07:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,982 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Final check and additional toughts Try tigerdirect.com or newegg.com __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

01-06-2008, 07:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
godspeeed I helped the forums. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 298 OS: Win 7 RC	Re: Final check and additional toughts as I suspected my 1000watt is from 0 to 30$ more than the average 800watts.. unless I pick this one http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...424&CatId=2533 but the ''little bit noisy'' in the reviews bugs me a lot.. Can a DDR3 board such as this one http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...?EdpNo=3502922 still run with DDR2 ram? Thanks __________________ Nietzsche: God is dead 1887 God: Nietzsche is dead 1900 Last edited by godspeeed; 01-06-2008 at 07:24 AM.

01-06-2008, 08:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,982 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Final check and additional toughts no ddr3 boards use only ddr3 ram __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list