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Originally Posted by Hills So after reading up on the Bulldozers (well rumours) and a bit on the 7000 series. I am going to buy it soon. That is unless someone comes on here and says NOOOOOO DON'T DO IT.
Anyways, so far I added these. I also need a bit more specific advice.
Cooler Master Storm Sniper Case
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO OR ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3
HD 6950 2gb (haven't looked into which one quite yet, I am open to suggestions.
~60gb SSD for boot
~1tb for programs.
Corsair PSU (don't know how many watts though...guessing 750-850?) Open to suggestions. |
My advice would be get an AM3+ board, from my experience anyway. Personally I am not going to be upgrading straight away because 70% chance that the first series of Bulldozers will have some errors with all 8 cores. I'll wait till the price comes down.
P.S 60gb for a boot? An O.S only needs around 20? So if you're going to use up the other 40gb with games then you should opt for a 500gb drive. I've survived on a 500gb drive for 4 years, I have so many games it's unreal for the size.
Get the 6950, eventually upgrade into Crossfire.
From experience, 6950 CF > 580 SLI.
If you're from Canada(presume you are) Get an XFX 6950 2gb.
Also, get the corsair 750w PSU, if you do decide to go CF with 6950's at full load you'll only be hitting around 600w? Minus the 100 odd watts for CPU, etc etc. So as a 80+ at full load it'll be slim but nice. If you plan to upgrade I'd suggest a 800+. It's all personal reference.