Building My Own PC

**naut** · 12-10-2010, 11:38

Originally Posted by Furunculus

why have you ordered a triple channel set of memory?

Seems I forgot that AMD doesn't support triple channel. Thanks for that, saves me $40. =)

**Furunculus** · 12-10-2010, 12:12

my pleasure. :)

your pc is going to end up pretty similar to mine.

**pevergreen** · 12-10-2010, 13:27

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

PowerColor Radeon HD5870 PCS+ 1GB $339.00

Now, I'm not good with ATI/AMD cards, but:

Sapphire HD6870 1G GDDR5 PCIE HDMI DP $289.00

Thats from a place in Mt Waverly.

**naut** · 12-10-2010, 14:09

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Now, I'm not good with ATI/AMD cards, but:

Sapphire HD6870 1G GDDR5 PCIE HDMI DP $289.00

Thats from a place in Mt Waverly.

HD6870 is worse than HD5870. The equivalent HD6xxx card is the HD6970. Confusing because AMD messed with the naming scheme. =) I was looking at a HD6870, but the prices for them range from $290-$340, and the HD5870 I've picked is at the upper ranges of the HD6870s.

**Furunculus** · 12-10-2010, 14:10

i was going to say that in britain the difference between a 1055T and a 5870 is just less than 50% extra for the GPU, but you never know with tech gear in foriegn countries how different products get priced.

**pevergreen** · 12-11-2010, 09:28

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

HD6870 is worse than HD5870. The equivalent HD6xxx card is the HD6970. Confusing because AMD messed with the naming scheme. =) I was looking at a HD6870, but the prices for them range from $290-$340, and the HD5870 I've picked is at the upper ranges of the HD6870s.

Ah, thanks, good to know.

**naut** · 12-24-2010, 16:01

Issues galore:

They forgot to send the harddrive
I stepped on and broke my glasses while building
The GPU is huge and in PCI-1 it blocks the Optical Drive connector
In PCI-2 it overlaps the Front-Panel Power Connectors
The Optical Drive doesn't fit.

**Gregoshi** · 12-25-2010, 04:28

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

The GPU is huge and in PCI-1 it blocks the Optical Drive connector
In PCI-2 it overlaps the Front-Panel Power Connectors
The Optical Drive doesn't fit.

Sounds like you need more RAM to make this stuff fit.

I hope you get it all sorted out Psychonaut.

**Furunculus** · 12-25-2010, 14:54

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

Issues galore:

They forgot to send the harddrive
I stepped on and broke my glasses while building
The GPU is huge and in PCI-1 it blocks the Optical Drive connector
In PCI-2 it overlaps the Front-Panel Power Connectors
The Optical Drive doesn't fit.

high-end cards are big these days. :(

i forgot to ask about the case, apologies, you'll get it sorted tho.

**naut** · 12-26-2010, 03:22

The case is fine, it's the Mobo, it really isn't designed for a CPU cooler or GPU as big as they are. I've managed, with a little bit of tweaking, to get everything in and my cables organised. Waiting for my harddrive to arrive is most frustrating though, it's all there ready to go, but I can't use it.

Found the harddrive. It was loose in the big box the parts were shipped in. Hopefully it is ok and isn't broken. Everything boots up fine, the fans work, tweaked the BIOS settings. Get myself a copy of Win7 and I'll be good to go. A buddy works in IT, so hopefully he can get me a distro in exchange for a favour.

**naut** · 01-13-2011, 01:53

Optical drive failed during Win7 install, borrowed a mates. It's all up and ready now and I am in wuv! So fast. So glossy. Core runs at 17*C - 23*C idle to ~~35*C - 38*C~~ 30*C - 35*C full load!?! Yet to try some really beefy games.