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John Galt 007
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| Adam Alexander wrote: | | John Galt 007 wrote: | | Al Dente wrote: | Next Monday, I'm going to be faced with a choice between:
a. two reasonable cases of wine
b. one case of wine + a 4850
c. a 4870 + a 650W PSU
Watch my RAC to see which one I choose. 
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If you get a Corsair 650w, you can put 2 4870s and a 4850 on it...Adam has done so...
I have 2 4850s and 1 4870 on mine and it works just fine...
Hmmmm...wonder if it will push 3 4870s.... |
I still haven't had a chance to test that theory  |
Once again...send them to me and I will conduct a week long test for you... 
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Adam Alexander
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| John Galt 007 wrote: | | Adam Alexander wrote: | | Al Dente wrote: | Next Monday, I'm going to be faced with a choice between:
a. two reasonable cases of wine
b. one case of wine + a 4850
c. a 4870 + a 650W PSU
Watch my RAC to see which one I choose.
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Choices, choices...they can be tough sometimes. Personally, I think you'll get much higher satisfaction out of a couple of cases of wine than an increase in your RAC. Watch the shiny object. You are getting very sleepy and prone to agreeing to my suggestions.
I need a little help here. When I head to Microcenter tomorrow to pick up an i7 920 CPU do I get the Asus P6T or spring for the P6T Deluxe for another $20? Either one gets me three more PCIe 2.0 slots, so I don't suppose it matters too, much.  |
Tell you what...buy both and ship the whole shebang to me and I will test to see if there is a difference... |
It seems like every couple of weeks MC has i7's on sale for $199.99. No one else I've seen is even close. At some point, you just have to get one. They also have the E8200 for $99.99. I suppose I could save a bit of money by getting a socket 775 board with three PCIe slots instead.
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Adam Alexander
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| John Galt 007 wrote: | | Adam Alexander wrote: | | John Galt 007 wrote: | | Al Dente wrote: | Next Monday, I'm going to be faced with a choice between:
a. two reasonable cases of wine
b. one case of wine + a 4850
c. a 4870 + a 650W PSU
Watch my RAC to see which one I choose.
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If you get a Corsair 650w, you can put 2 4870s and a 4850 on it...Adam has done so...
I have 2 4850s and 1 4870 on mine and it works just fine...
Hmmmm...wonder if it will push 3 4870s.... |
I still haven't had a chance to test that theory |
Once again...send them to me and I will conduct a week long test for you... |
Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass. I'm sure you understand. The costs of shipping, insurance, significant reduction in RAC...
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Intel Core i7 CPU 920
AMD Athlon(tm) 7850 |
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Adam Alexander
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| John Galt 007 wrote: | | Al Dente wrote: | Next Monday, I'm going to be faced with a choice between:
a. two reasonable cases of wine
b. one case of wine + a 4850
c. a 4870 + a 650W PSU
Watch my RAC to see which one I choose.
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If you get a Corsair 650w, you can put 2 4870s and a 4850 on it...Adam has done so...
I have 2 4850s and 1 4870 on mine and it works just fine...
Hmmmm...wonder if it will push 3 4870s.... |
It will
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Now down to one Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 that's in a tiny case and overheats if I actually try to use all four cores at the same time. On the other hand, it makes for a very nice home theater PC
Intel Core i7 CPU 920
AMD Athlon(tm) 7850 |
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