[QUOTE="Myzz617"]

[QUOTE="evildead6789"]

Why not that board will do just fine and in the future you can always add extra cards , you'll be set for life. The psu i would change though to the corsair 850Wtx. Corsair was chosen best psu manufacturer of 2010. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022

The sound card on that board is 8 channels, i suppose that will be enough.

Flashing the bios will be peanuts and also very safe because the cards have dual bios. Everything you need to flash the bios is right here.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Radeon-HD-6950-to-HD-6970-Flashing-Tools-download-2658.html

You can overclock the i5 but why would you it will be a perfect system why endanger it. Besides the i5-760 has turbo-boost , it overclocks itself when it needs too. I wouldn't buy any extra coolers but that's your choice.

Look like a very sweet system i wish it was mine, i only have an i3 with a hd 5770. I'm kinda of a cheapskatebut it runs everything i want on max settings on 720 p and 2 x AA.I think i will get me a 6950 myself , that flashing just looks way too sweet and i want to play crysis on 1080p and crank up the aa.

Greetz

evildead6789

your system will be using around 700 W , buying a 750 W psu will be enough but it doesn't leave a lot of headroom especially when your system will age the capacitators will age too. The 750 W will work fine but chances are that your system will break down after a number of years. The 850 W is a much safer bet

edit-better yet here we go :)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139013

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"]'with this account' - So what exactly there is to stop the person from just creating another account?Y2KBlastEffect

I found it Ironic that hes throwing up the Illumaniti sign @ the end of his rap. That was kinda beast by him. But he is a tard for getting caught like everyone else said egomaniac. I would rather not be on some Wikileak status and just leak it and be a ghost instead of wanting credit and being sued and wishing for a job with them to slave for them the rest of ur life paying off the millions they might be able to sue you for. I think people should be able to do what they want their their console but in the same breath its not right to go online and play your hacked version and screw it up for everyone. Thats what PC gaming is for and its more fun playing with hackers that can show you more stuff. Amazing how they can see what you got on ur console because you connected to the PSN; makes you wonder what else they can see?

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[QUOTE="Myzz617"]

[QUOTE="evildead6789"]

The i7 is overkill idd and not only for rts gaming but for all games even crysis and metro. If you can buy the two 6950 you will have real performance boost. It outmatches the gtx 580 by 25 procent. The 5890 doesn't exist i suppose you mean the hd 5870, the hd 6950 is just as good only it scales better in crossfire and has more memory . Memory that will come very much in handy playing on very high resolutions, very high resolutions like 2500 x 1600 . That will look very nice on your big ass screen. The gtx 560 is a good buy too but if you want to double em up ati scales better. The 6850 is also a good deal for crossfire. It will also outmatch a gtx 580.

But.. if you flash the bios of the hd 6950 you got a hd6970 , i don't know how long it will last but the game is still on.

evildead6789

Also is it worth it to get a sound card? Or on board sound should be good enough?

This board is looking like the real deal. Dual PCIX16 2.0 @ x16 or x8 and can support four cards (overkill of course) :) $190

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131594

Why not that board will do just fine and in the future you can always add extra cards , you'll be set for life. The psu i would change though to the corsair 850Wtx. Corsair was chosen best psu manufacturer of 2010. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022

The sound card on that board is 8 channels, i suppose that will be enough.

Flashing the bios will be peanuts and also very safe because the cards have dual bios. Everything you need to flash the bios is right here.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Radeon-HD-6950-to-HD-6970-Flashing-Tools-download-2658.html

You can overclock the i5 but why would you it will be a perfect system why endanger it. Besides the i5-760 has turbo-boost , it overclocks itself when it needs too. I wouldn't buy any extra coolers but that's your choice.

Look like a very sweet system i wish it was mine, i only have an i3 with a hd 5770. I'm kinda of a cheapskatebut it runs everything i want on max settings on 720 p and 2 x AA.I think i will get me a 6950 myself , that flashing just looks way too sweet and i want to play crysis on 1080p and crank up the aa.

Greetz

[QUOTE="Myzz617"]

So an I7 would be overkill for RTS gaming? And the less I spend the better. But If it means my rig will only be able to play rts games or anyother game for a certain period of time before I need to upgrade I would rather prevent that if possible. Two 5890 are looking good, I have not really looked into the 6850 yet though. Was just going off of bench marks fromhttp://www.techspot.com/review/359-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560ti/page7.htmland figured the 6950 is affordable and performs decent and would prob be better if configured in Crossfire.

evildead6789

The i7 is overkill idd and not only for rts gaming but for all games even crysis and metro. If you can buy the two 6950 you will have real performance boost. It outmatches the gtx 580 by 25 procent. The 5890 doesn't exist i suppose you mean the hd 5870, the hd 6950 is just as good only it scales better in crossfire and has more memory . Memory that will come very much in handy playing on very high resolutions, very high resolutions like 2500 x 1600 . That will look very nice on your big ass screen. The gtx 560 is a good buy too but if you want to double em up ati scales better. The 6850 is also a good deal for crossfire. It will also outmatch a gtx 580.

But.. if you flash the bios of the hd 6950 you got a hd6970 , i don't know how long it will last but the game is still on.

Also is it worth it to get a sound card? Or on board sound should be good enough?

This board is looking like the real deal. Dual PCIX16 2.0 @ x16 or x8 and can support four cards (overkill of course) :) $190

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131594

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=photo+printer+720&cat=all&ref=ac

So an I7 would be overkill for RTS gaming? And the less I spend the better. But If it means my rig will only be able to play rts games or anyother game for a certain period of time before I need to upgrade I would rather prevent that if possible. Two 5890 are looking good, I have not really looked into the 6850 yet though. Was just going off of bench marks fromhttp://www.techspot.com/review/359-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560ti/page7.htmland figured the 6950 is affordable and performs decent and would prob be better if configured in Crossfire.

Good. Hacking, no matter how righteous one can claim it, always leads to cheating. I'm glad Sony is doing something about it. If hackers want to homebrew, use a PC or stay offline with your modded console.

KamuiFei

I mean I dont see how/why people think/thought they would get away with having a modded console and playing online. That just is far from fair. MS prevents it so yea of course sony will. Only reason to have a modded console is to play the games without the intentions of going online IMO. But apparently people dont think rationally these days.

So can you re-formatt you HDD-reflash with latest firmware create a new account and continue being an honest gamer? I honestly dont have time for hacking my PS3 and dont see how I will benefit from it esp from all the drama floating around the web about it lol.

[QUOTE="Myzz617"][QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

The i7's aren't really any better than i5's when gaming. The price difference isn't justifiable.

Btw, I don't think that you need 2 video cards for RTS games. A single GTX 570 or HD 6970 should be more than adequate.

Tezcatlipoca666

Crossfire or SLI are only useful for those seeking absolute maximum performance regardless of cost or as a way to extend performance into the future (buy 1 good card now and buy a second when one is no longer sufficient and they are cheaper).

If you aren't building right away you will be able to pick up either, 1) intels 1155 socket CPUs, 2) intels 2011 socket cpus, or 3) AMDs bulldozer CPU's. I'd at least wait until bulldozer is released and then buy the best CPU based on price vs performance. I wouldn't bother waiting for LGA 2011. The price of a good CPU is about $200-250 USD at the moment. I don't see that changing much soon.