There's always free shipping @ newegg. And what's your budget on the GPU now that you've decided on the CPU/Mobo.
yes but half this stuff unless they dont stock it anymore is available at a LARGE store in the nearest shopping center. I will check out newegg though more often now. I decided to go with this RAM and i am upgrading my PSU because i bought everything less than 10 days ago. So i can return! In-store! No RMA's! PNY 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory - 1x2048MB and i am looking at this PSU DiabloTek PHD550 550-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA Ready, PCIe Ready, 20+4 Pin as you guys know, i hope, is have to try and keep prices low while getting the best quality i can squeeze out of my bank.
Oh and i have about 120-130$ to spend on a GPU and i checked out the link lxry left me in i think his first post on this thread. thank you. that gave me an idea on the performance of those cards in comparison to eachother. EDIT: so i have decided to go with the ATI Radeon HD 4850512mb gddr3 or the XFX GeForce GTS 250 512mb gddr3. Now i just have to choose, any help here?
Get an OCZ Modstream. And get either 2x1GB sticks or 2x2GB sticks. Why? Because Dual Channel is much better. Finally, both cards are almost neck and neck, so go with the cheapest one, well the cheapest one that you find good. I remember @ newegg there was a HD4850 for $94.
True but I heard a few people saying Nvidia GPUs handle crysis better. As you can see here. I will check out that card @ newegg though. Any comment on my PSU?
ok Elton. I think all my questions are answered. except one. This isnt really relevant to any of my problems but what is the difference between XFX, EVGA, PNY, BFG and Sparkle and all those other names. I understand Nvidia and ATI chips but what is with the "first names" Are the names like when you buy a soda? you can get Coca Cola or RC Cola, they are generally the same thing but with a diff name? I think ima pick this PSU up tomorrow when I go to Compusa - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4540562&CatId=2533
those are brands. The most trusted Brands are: Nvidia: EVGA, BFG, XFX, Palit, Gainward, Asus, MSI. ATI : Visiontek, HIS, Sapphire, Palit, XFX, Gainward, Asus, MSI. That said, sometimes going for the smaller companies(like Sparkle or Powercolor, or even iChill) is a good idea if you dig the custom Cooling.
ok that all makes sense. I saw this card which looked pretty cool. So dont look at brands so much, look at specs? Thank you for your help Elton, your responses were more than i could ask for.
A bit expensive for a 9600Gt, in fact for that price you could get a HD4870 from newegg. Maybe tiger too, but newegg has a wider selection.
i wasnt looking at the card to buy i had just noticed what you were saying about the cooling, how it looks really cool. ima get the gts 250 found one on Tiger for 124.99 click looks good to me for the price. free shipping to my house if i go to the store.
i wasnt looking at the card to buy i had just noticed what you were saying about the cooling, how it looks really cool. ima get the gts 250 found one on Tiger for 124.99 click 55nm processor, better for overclocking. 640 stream processors. 512mb GDDR3 2.2Ghz Clock Speed. looks good to me for the price. free shipping to my house if i go to the store. sorry for the double post i was half-asleep.
thank you but i already got a new psu today, im still looking at graphics cards. any help in that area would be great.
Oh i was going to ask what type of PSU you got but then i read your post on the last page and edited it out.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-GRAPHICS-...s?hash=item4a99e22b13&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177 oldish but they still perform, well they have just re branded it as the gts250 with higher clocks so....
I actually went against my wallet and went with what you guys said to get. Corsair 550w PSU I was gonna get the OCZ Modstream as Elton told me to but they didnt have any in stock and i'm too impatient to wait for it to be shipped.
I'm pretty decided on the PNY GeForce GTS 250 512mb DDR3 just the benchmarks and everything are great with this card. better than the 4850 in most games. And i can't afford a 4890 or a gtx 280 so here i am...
