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Hey guys, I'm building myself a PC, if anyone's curious, here's the set up. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75-D3V CPU: INTEL CORE I5-3470 3.2G 6M LGA1155 BOX (I don't need overclocking, if I'll need a better CPU, I'll buy it later) RAM: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Black 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz CL9 1.5V PSU: PSU Corsair CX600 V2 600W ATX, 80 PLUS, Builder Series HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3.5'' 500GB SATA3 7200RPM 16MB CASE: THERMALTAKE V4 BLACK EDITION MID TOWER My selected motherboard can run a two-way CrossFireX, so I was wondering which option is better? Two 7770's or one 7850, or perhaps you can offer anything better? I'm a bit short on cash at the moment, so the CrossFire thing seems to be a bit better. Side question, will a 600W PSU handle two graphics cards? Thank you for your time. |
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For CrossFireX you would probably need an 850w or better. |
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Just out of curiosity, do you just not feel comfortable overclocking? And imo, I would go with the 7850. The 7770's are alright but the 7850 should last you enough time until you can possibly get another 7850. I have the 560ti and it has done nothing but wonders for me, especially for the price. |
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Yes, I feel very insecure with this stuff, as this is my first build. Maybe further down the road, like at my third build, I'd go with overclocking. |
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Well just to let you know, you can probably find a place or a friend to overclock it for you. But Don't do anything you aren't comfortable with or you might mess something up. Btw this is probably a stupid quetion but this build is a gaming rig right? |
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then I suggest you spend the extra 15 dollars for the 3570. especially since you dont plan to overclock. Also, get the 7850. |
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I would get the single 7850, because there are still lots of apps and games that don't take advantage of Crossfire. I agree with the AMD build usually being cheaper than an Intel build. Well, I'd rather keep this discussion public, as options do matter. I don't really know why I went with Intel, probably because I couldn't find anything I liked on AMD. I wouldn't be against using AMD in any way. (Tho I feel no difference in which I would use, right now my PC's use both AMD and Intel, I'm satisfied with both) Hmm, my budget, something around 1000USD would be nice. My intended use, high end games and Let's Plays of MMO's (the high end gaming part is just for myself). At this point processing power doesn't matter that much as I will probably get a capture card for my PC instead of using software. Just as long as it can run the game smoothly. I want to respect your wish, so I am going to list all of the parts here: Thanks for the set up, but I did a fair amount of reading on the FX6200 and intel i5 2500 and applied some gaming knowledge. Most games are not programmed to use more than three cores, so a six core processor is a bit of an overkill, unless I'm doing some multitasking. Also, intel is much faster and provides better framerates with the 7850 than even a FX81500 (which looks like it's even better than the 6200m at least statistically). Overall, my previous set up is that expensive and seems to be more effective. 1
The only reason why you read so much about "faildozer" is because AMD way overhyped it. I personally think that it's much better than most people on the Internet seem to give it credit to. 1
Exactly. Just because the 2500k and the 2600k are better in most situations, it doesnt nessecarily mean you have to get them over the AMD CPU. The Bulldozer architecture was overhyped but it is good for its price. I love Intel but you can't give AMD trash unless its about overhyping their products.
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