My New Build

[Pancake92]

I am getting a Solid State Disk (SSD). I am going to get the Intel X25-M 80GB. I am going to have all my software on that one and keep all music and everything else on two 500GB Western Digital Caviar Black HDDs with RAID 0.

 

[shozzking]

this graphics card would be much better, i would drop one of the raptors and get an ATI 5850 or 5870.

 

[Pancake92]

this graphics card would be much better, i would drop one of the raptors and get an ATI 5850 or 5870.

I am going to drop both raptors and just go with two 500GB HDD from Western Digital. I am going to get NVIDIA no matter what. I have always had problems with ATI and it was always a hardware problem with them, not a driver issue. Do you know of any better graphics cards by NVIDA instead of the one from ATI?

 

[shozzking]

i have a 5770 and its working great for me, right now ATI is the only manufactorer with graphics cards that support directx 11. it also gives you more for your money. a 5870 is more powerful than a GTX 295. if you really dont want an ATI card then i'd get a GTX 275 or 285. the 295 is overpriced. what is the CAS latency on your RAM?

 

[Pancake92]

i have a 5770 and its working great for me, right now ATI is the only manufactorer with graphics cards that support directx 11. it also gives you more for your money. a 5870 is more powerful than a GTX 295. if you really dont want an ATI card then i'd get a GTX 275 or 285. the 295 is overpriced. what is the CAS latency on your RAM?

For the RAM the CAS latency is 10 and timing is 10-10-10-30.

 

[worshipme]

I have always had problems with ATI and it was always a hardware problem with them, not a driver issue.

The ATi HD 58xx's are the dogs bollocks, you won't be disappointed.

 

[Pancake92]

Even though I have heard good things about ATI, I am still hesitant to buy one of their products. If anyone has any suggestions on NVIDIA I would appreciate that very much. Thanks.

Cheers.

 

[sniperviper21]

Even though I have heard good things about ATI, I am still hesitant to buy one of their products. If anyone has any suggestions on NVIDIA I would appreciate that very much. Thanks.

Cheers.

if your a die hard Nvidia fanboy, wait a few months for the new Nvidia Cards.


or get ATi 5970

 

[Pancake92]

if your a die hard Nvidia fanboy, wait a few months for the new Nvidia Cards.
or get ATi 5970

I am thinking about building this computer in late February or early March. I might wait or I might just go with the ATI card. Do you know any really good cards by ATI for around $250-300?

 

[sniperviper21]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...PA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=5850&x=0&y=0

tiny bit over 300 but thats about as good as you can get with that price range and what is available now.