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[Thor.]

Hey vindekarr do you know of any motherboards that the pcie 1x slot is not in the middle of a crossfire pr sli motherboard, in between the two cards, it restricts the ability to add a sound card or anything that requires that slot alone???

Edited April 26, 2013 by Thor.

[Vindekarr]

Actually.. no I'm pretty casual to be brutally honest; I know how to read and compare stats, how to install most parts, and what makes a computer fast, but my knowledge of the mechanical side of computing is very limited.

 

The new machine's pretty beast though, 32 GB RAM, the latest i-7 K-series CPU running a factory-approved overclock, Z77K motherboard, and a boot drive. Only cost me $1340 to have it built too, which is incredible value considering how absolutely evil it's specs are. My one problem is that while the people who built the computer knew what they were doing, I actually don't, they installed a dedicated boot-drive to get the operating system out of the way, but unfotunately I don't think they realised that they were selling to a total casual, because I have yet to work out how to access the programs installed on the primary HDDs, if you know how, I'd be happy to learn.

Edited April 26, 2013 by Vindekarr

[Thor.]

Its a design flaw in many motherboards, why place a pci e slot in between a sli or crossfire slot??. pci e 16x, pci e 1x, pci e 16x slots, see the problem, makes me wonder sometimes.

 

the bridge would cover it, or the video cards alone would be placed over it.

 

32gb of ram is over kill, rather go with a raid of 1tb of ssd's if you have the money :biggrin: , 8gb for me is enough.

 

the gigabytes per second matter more.

Edited April 26, 2013 by Thor.

[Iv000]

Guys, advice.

 

Kingston DDR3 8GB 1600MHz (2x4) HyperX, KHX1600C9D3K3/8GX

 

or

 

PC-12800, 16 GB, G.SKILL Sniper series, F3-12800CL9Q-16GBSR1, DDR3 1600MHz, kit 4x4GB

 

The second one is almost the same price as the first one. 25$ more maybe.

 

I cant decide.

[Vindekarr]

The second one Ivooo, by a country mile, it's got a slightly higher spec, and it's a better brand. I'm using a G.Skil kit myself right now, they actually make a special set to match my CPU/Motherboard combo, and I've been massively impressed by how nicely made it is, and how good the value for money and warranty are. I'd swear by them.

 

Finished doing a good shakedown of the new system, the old machine had 12GB RAM, a 3.2 GHZ CPU, and a single GTX580. With an additional GTX580, a larger, brawnier 4-ish GHZ CPU, 32GB of RAM, and an extra HDD, it's actually running roughly 20% cooler, and a fair bit quieter. I mean, I expected faster, I didn't expect faster, quieter, and vastly cooler. The real kicker is this new X77 motherboard, they're just fabulous, really great cooling-I've never had a PC where I can rest my hand on the graphics card while playing a modern FPS before!(and not instantly flash fry said appendage)

 

http://www.scorptec.com.au/computer/45545-f3-2400c10q-32gtx

 

Here's what I roll

Edited April 26, 2013 by Vindekarr

[Iv000]

Ordered that one. Thanks Vin :)

 

And welcome back.

[brokenergy]

No, it's front

[M48A5]

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[billyro]

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[M48A5]

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