Building a New Rig

[PistolKid]

I'm currently building a new rig, and hopefully will be able to order it by Tuesday when I have all the money. I already have a really good power supply, monitor, and case. I have a good set of speakers and a good headset. With the new MoBo, I can run two GFX cards, so I can use my current one and the new one I'm ordering for MAXIMUM GRAFECKS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849
 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131733
ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130591
EVGA 01G-P3-1366-TR GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Replacing with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178333
PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD8192KD3-1333

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

[Paintcheck]

Excellent choice of parts.

Only thing I would do is make very sure that your power supply is super beefy because 2 cards at once is going to get hot and draw a lot of power.

[PistolKid]

Excellent choice of parts.

Only thing I would do is make very sure that your power supply is super beefy because 2 cards at once is going to get hot and draw a lot of power.

I may or may not use two GFX cards. My friend currently is SOL on his video card so I will probably give him mine. I have a 650W power supply at the moment. And thanks, I tried my best to find a perfect balance.

Also, free photoshop elements 9. squeee

[Paintcheck]

650 watt is going to be struggling with 2 cards I think, you might want to check the SLI requirements.

[PistolKid]

Okay, I switched out the GFX card. This current one was a mere $2 more than the old one I picked out, and a LOT better. So, yeah. Awesome. Also, it has a lower power requirement (400W for the new one, 450W for the old one.)

[Ragolution]

Okay, I switched out the GFX card. This current one was a mere $2 more than the old one I picked out, and a LOT better. So, yeah. Awesome. Also, it has a lower power requirement (400W for the new one, 450W for the old one.)

You'll still need to pick a decent power brick. 50w will make the difference, but not that much of one.

[Paintcheck]

Okay, I switched out the GFX card. This current one was a mere $2 more than the old one I picked out, and a LOT better. So, yeah. Awesome. Also, it has a lower power requirement (400W for the new one, 450W for the old one.)

You'll still need to pick a decent power brick. 50w will make the difference, but not that much of one.

This. Talk to Ping-Pong about shit power supplies. A good one isn't that expensive and will save you a lot of headache. For 1 card I bet the 650 watt you have is fine. For 2 it would be pushing it I think.

[PistolKid]

Okay, I switched out the GFX card. This current one was a mere $2 more than the old one I picked out, and a LOT better. So, yeah. Awesome. Also, it has a lower power requirement (400W for the new one, 450W for the old one.)

You'll still need to pick a decent power brick. 50w will make the difference, but not that much of one.

This. Talk to Ping-Pong about shit power supplies. A good one isn't that expensive and will save you a lot of headache. For 1 card I bet the 650 watt you have is fine. For 2 it would be pushing it I think.

confirmed for giving my old card to my friend.

[Ragolution]

You might want to look into a liquid cooling system or a huuuuuuge PCI fan system

[Ralazo]

Get an Radeon card, they perform beter with other AMD parts.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181013&Tpk=Corsair%20h70

Cheap Corsair H70 CPU water cooler, I have it too.

[PistolKid]

Get an Radeon card, they perform beter with other AMD parts.

I have an EVGA card right now and an AMD processor. It's fine.

[PistolKid]

So I struck a deal with my Dad, who wants my old PC parts which are still pretty decent. He said he'll pay $200 for whatever if I give him the old components. So, I'm upgrading my GFX card yet again.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 -- EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card