What power supply and motherboard?
November 19th, 2023
i7 860
radeon HD4870
Motherboard either P6T Deluxe or Rampage Gene
1T hardrive
What kinda power supply will i need? and which motherboard is better for their repective prices??
thanks
You’re probably going to need a 600 watt power supply, to power all of your components. I would also go with the Rampage Gene motherboard.
Thank you , any other suggestions from other users? trying to get a wide scope of info
Power supply: Get an Antec Earthwatts 650W
Motherboard: Foxconn Bloodrage, although it goes for $399.89 where I’m from. But out of those two, the Rampage Gene.
Thanks for that. Is the Intel DX58SO any good as well?
Well, compared to the other two boards you wanted, not really. The P6T is probably one of the best motherboards for an i7 setup. I suggest if you have enough money, you should try to purchase an EVGA x58 motherboard. Do you have a budget?
hmm ok, umm i dont have a great budget but i can pick up most of the parts for preety cheap so ill definantly consider it, thanks for your help. What would you recommend hard drive wise? and do you reckon i will need another fan?
Hard drive wise, you should get a Western Digital Velociraptor, just for your OS. Get a regular Western Digital Caviar Hard drive to use as a slave drive. Depends, how many fans do you currently have? What kind of computer case do you have? Are you going to be doing some serious overclocking?
Well i am basically building the PC from scratch so ill need to buy a new etc, would you recommend buying a case with a fan preinstalled? overclocking wise, ill do a small amount but nothing to extreme
I recommend an Antec Nine Hundred and Two case. http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NzIy
Or a Cooler Master HAF 922
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?category_id=19&product_id=2919
But these cases are worth a fortune.
yeah they are quite expensive. Know anything about smaller budget cases?
How much are you willing to spend?
around $50-75 Australian, which is about $45-70 US dollars
Try to get an Antec 300, but since you’re going to want to use an HD 4870 you might have to go for a bigger case; such as the Cooler Master 690. Although these cases aren’t the best looking, they provide excellent airflow cooling and are at your price range.
ahh ok, thanks alot for your help