Will it work well ?

2009-01-15 16:09:35

#1

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6921|Land of the Very Cold

I have the possibility to buy those parts :

AMD PHENOM II X4 920 2.80G/3600/8M/AM2+
AM2+ GIGA GA-MA78GPM-DS2H AMD780 PCIE
OCZ 667MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 8192MB AM2 QUAD KIT
700W POWER ATX OCZ GAMEXSTREAM SLI

Will they work well together ? It's all I need to know.

I am aware that there are tons of better parts out there but I am not building a new super powerful PC, just something that will be way better than what I have right now, on a limited budget. My actual PC suffered a power surge a while back. And I pumped some life back into it. But now it is slowly dying.

I already have the casing, and a new video card, new hard drives, mouse/key, and other parts by the way. And the OS.. I will just borrow it for a while

thanks!

2009-01-15 16:11:00

#2

phishman420: Banned; +821|5946

You don't need 700W.

2009-01-15 16:11:33

#3

Stimey: +786|6385|Ontario | Canada

You don't need 8GB of memory if its at 667mhz

2009-01-15 16:12:56

#4

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6921|Land of the Very Cold

I know, but for like 10$ less I can have a 550/600w. So might as well get the 700 for an extra handful of change.

same for the memory. It's like 130$ (CDN) for 8G. I could save 20$ and have 6G less..

Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2009-01-15 16:14:10)

2009-01-15 16:14:25

#5

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Stimey wrote:
You don't need 8GB of memory if its at 667mhz

WHAT?????

How, on earth, does the SPEED affect the QUANTITY (or vice-versa)????

2009-01-15 16:16:03

#6

Stimey: +786|6385|Ontario | Canada

I'd rather have 2GB at 1066Mhz than 8@667

2009-01-15 16:16:30

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6895

Stimey wrote:
I'd rather have 2GB at 1066Mhz than 8@667

how about 4 at 800?

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2009-01-15 16:16:55

#8

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6921|Land of the Very Cold

I can have this
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT
for 35$ less

2009-01-15 16:17:35

#9

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Stimey wrote:
I'd rather have 2GB at 1066Mhz than 8@667

And then wonder why your computer gets slow whenever it requires >2GB.

Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
I can have this
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT
for 35$ less

That's a good compromise of cost/speed/quantity.

I would seriously suggest NOT going below 4GB, unless you definitely plan to add more memory in the future.

4GB is rapidly becoming the minimum required.

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2009-01-15 16:20:19)

2009-01-15 16:17:44

#10

GR34: Member; +215|6810|ALBERTA> CANADA

I would add vista 64 bit and maybe a 4850 or 4650 to that other wise it looks good tell us how the phenom 2 preforms when you get it

Even tho you a new video card but w/e.

What ram is it specifically?

Last edited by GR34 (2009-01-15 16:19:58)

2009-01-15 16:18:56

#11

Stimey: +786|6385|Ontario | Canada

I have 2GB@800 of Vista HP and I haven't noticed a single slow down.

2009-01-15 16:19:19

#12

Brasso: member; +1,549|6895

Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
I can have this
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT
for 35$ less

definitely do that instead.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2009-01-15 16:20:28

#13

Stimey: +786|6385|Ontario | Canada

haffeysucks wrote:
Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
I can have this
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT
for 35$ less
definitely do that instead.

ya dat

2009-01-15 16:22:09

#14

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Stimey wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
I can have this
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT
for 35$ less
definitely do that instead.
ya dat

Agreed.

2009-01-15 16:22:41

#15

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6921|Land of the Very Cold

haffeysucks wrote:
Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
I can have this
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT
for 35$ less
definitely do that instead.

AMD PHENOM II X4 940 3.00G/3600/8M/AM2+ BLK    365$
AM2+ GIGA GA-MA78GPM-DS2H AMD780 PCIE    129$
OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MB REAPER KIT    99$
700W POWER ATX OCZ GAMEXSTREAM SLI    159$

   752$ + tx

Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2009-01-15 16:26:11)

2009-01-15 16:25:14

#16

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
a never-ending game huh?

Oh yes.

That's why it's important to set a budgetary limit.

(at least that way the possible combinations of components is somewhat limited - if you allow the budget to grow, the possible combinations become endless)

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2009-01-15 16:26:26)

2009-01-15 16:28:54

#17

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6921|Land of the Very Cold

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
a never-ending game huh?
Oh yes.

That's why it's important to set a budgetary limit.

(at least that way the possible combinations of components is somewhat limited - if you allow the budget to grow, the possible combinations become endless)

Indeed! That was my plan. Otherwise it never stops.
And I will get a surge protector this time

Thanks y'all !
Now I'm gonna go outside and enjoy the super cold weather, yay!

Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2009-01-15 16:30:10)

2009-01-15 16:35:22

#18

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

double check that this mobo works fine with quads. I've heard off too many 780G boards burning with phenoms

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-01-15 18:47:24

#19

Soldier-Of-Wasteland: Mephistopheles; +40|6921|Land of the Very Cold

max wrote:
double check that this mobo works fine with quads. I've heard off too many 780G boards burning with phenoms

Would you recommend a not-too-expensive mobo ?

*edit*
This might help me (and others)
http://products.amd.com/en-us/RecommendedMBFilter.aspx

Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2009-01-15 18:53:45)

2009-01-16 04:40:14

#20

cospengle: Member; +140|6752|Armidale, NSW, Australia

Soldier-Of-Wasteland wrote:
max wrote:
double check that this mobo works fine with quads. I've heard off too many 780G boards burning with phenoms
Would you recommend a not-too-expensive mobo ?

*edit*
This might help me (and others)
http://products.amd.com/en-us/RecommendedMBFilter.aspx

AMD wrote:
AMD makes no representations or warranties with respect to any information provided on this web document relating to the products of other companies, and expressly disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement with respect to such products. Furthermore, the inclusion of such information does not constitute an endorsement by AMD of the product.

Very reassuring...

2009-01-16 07:16:16

#21

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

I was referring to this and this article as well as a post on OCF or XS.

tbh I don't really know enough about budget AM2+ boards to give a good suggestion

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

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