Robert Rodriguez2 said:400-$150Maybe even 500, I guess.
I guess it might work. $233 At least get started, because maybe... $167 If you look at those old Pentium 4 builds with a 6600GT inside, I guess this actually looks like an upgrade.
That processor is probably a bit too weak to keep up with an Nvidia GTX 460... you're probably better off grabbing another 2GB of RAM and this one instead:
Are you looking at a used Nvidia GTX 460? I guess that only makes sense if you can snag it for a really solid price.
Do you have a specific budget in mind? Maybe you're planning on picking up some other new parts too?
Generally speaking, there shouldn't be any compatibility issues between the graphics card and the motherboard—you just need to make sure you have the right slot (which is a PCI-e slot in 99% of cases).
It’s not exactly overkill, but I guess you might be better off overclocking.
EDIT: An E8400 equivalent would probably be a Pentium G620/630, which works fine with an HD 7750, so maybe an HD 7770 is the sweet spot for that CPU. If you hit 3.6-3.7 GHz with some OC, it should probably handle an HD 7790 just fine.
Brian Campbell36 said:I guess I'm moving on from the flex setup. I'm actually thinking about pairing this one with my SAPPHIRE HD 7770 GHz Edition OC 1GB GDDR5!
Do you think running both in CrossFire will be okay? I'm mostly worried about hitting blue screens, overheating, or just general headaches. 🤔
1 x OCZ ZT 550W Power Supply 1 x MSI HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 256bit, R7870-2GD5T/OC, 28nm,dual fan 1 x Thermaltake Contac 21, 775,AM2,AM2+,AM3,AM3+,FM1,1155,1156
$753 ADM ... it's a modest overclock on the processor, so it should be able to handle that GPU fine.
1 x OCZ ZT 550W Power Supply 1 x MSI HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 256bit, R7870-2GD5T/OC, 28nm,dual fan 1 x Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz (Max Turbo FQ 3.3 GHz) ,6MB 1 x MSI B75MA-E33, Socket : 1155, microATX, Intel ® B75, 2xDDR3
$1263 ADM ... this is a whole new platform, so you'll get a noticeably stronger processor right out of the gate.
Robert Rodriguez2 said:if your card is still working fine, you're just throwing money away... I mean, it can probably still handle most games on high settings, maybe even ultra if you push it enough. upgrading doesn't seem worth it.
+1
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 is slightly more powerful than the HD 7870 (or at least that was my impression from a while back), so I guess I'd just wait for the next generation at least.
Robert Johnson8 said:And what if we had used a CX 550 to hold it together?
There isn't actually a CX 550W, but honestly, I wouldn't touch a CX 600W for a crossfire setup like that either. Maybe a Fortron Raider sa 650 w would do the trick.
I guess it's just an Intel Celeron G1610. I guess it's just a Kingston ValueRAM DDR3 SDRAM Non-ECC memory device (4GB, 1600MHz (PC3-12800), single Rank, Unbuffered). Maybe it's just me, but I think this SIRIUS Fortron case doesn't come with a power supply. I guess I'm looking at the SIRIUS Fortron 400W—it's a Hexa 80+ model with an active 12 cm fan. Desktop HDD, Seagate Barracuda (3.5", 500GB, 16MB, SATA II-300) ST500DM005 The Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 GDDR5 comes with 1GB of memory on a 128-bit bus, running at 800MHz/1000MHz via a PCI-E 2.1 x16 interface. It features HDMI, DVI, and VGA outputs, and it's a dual-slot design, I guess. I guess we're looking at the ASRock H61M-VG3 motherboard.
I'm honestly not following your logic here... they literally said the car was performing unexpectedly well on its own.
EDIT: @Amanda Kelly I think that’s just a quirk of how things work at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the opening lap (just look at Nico Rosberg back in the 2011 season—he popped out of La Source behind Sebastian Vettel and then blew past him on the Kemmel straight like it was nothing). It's a similar story with India; you've got those two turns followed by a massive straight, so the guy on pole takes all the wind resistance. If you don't pull a four-tenths gap before hitting that long stretch, you're basically sitting ducks, even with DRS.
Amanda Kelly said:Well, I guess I was right then. If Lewis Hamilton had just held on for a few more laps, Alonso would have walked away with the win.
Heh, how was he supposed to defend? Mercedes was slower than a Caterham through Eau Rouge, and by the time Vettel actually hit the gas coming out of La Source after the start, you could already tell holding onto that position past Kemmel was going to be nearly impossible. 🙂
Up until Eau Rouge, I suspect Hamilton burned through most of his KERS while Vettel saved plenty since following in the slipstream was so easy. Hamilton clipped a curb a bit on the exit, which didn't help, but I don't think there was much else he could do. A 10s slipstream plus KERS and a bit more straight-line speed equals an overtake.
Maybe they leaned toward a wet setup given the higher downforce and that short RB-style 7th gear (196 miles/h limiter), or maybe they were just trying to find a balance with more downforce that they couldn't quite nail on Friday.
By the way, during those first 2-3 laps, Vettel was over a second faster in just the second sector compared to everyone else. 😂 That’s probably not just the driver at work. 😁 It looks like they absolutely nailed the setup.