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SFF Gaming
I was considering building a LAN PC in the form of a SFF PC, example being Shuttle. My question being, since i will most likely NOT be overclocking the system at all, should i go intel or should i go AMD. I am not a fanboy of either, im looking for stability. I will be using a ATI video card, most likely a 4850.
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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so no one has any kind of inputs on this?
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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Stark Raving MOD
I wouldn't recommend AMD for any level, budget or high end. Intel has a big lead. You could get something with a P35 chipset and that ATI 4850.
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should i go with the DDR3 or stick with DDR2?
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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Stark Raving MOD
DDR2 for sure. DDR3 is way too expensive.
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ok. Any cases do you think you could recommend for me, its going to be a LAN BOX
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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Stark Raving MOD
I don't build many lan boxes, but this case looks cool.
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revie...gue/index.html
Most LAN type cases don't have enough cooling, but that wouldn't be a problem with that case.
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the fact that it has 5x120mm fans is amazing.
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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i have my microATX system built. Here is the specs for it.
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
AMD Phenom x4 9850
2GB Crucial Ballistix 1066
ATi Radeon HD4850
150GB Raptor Drive
400GB Seagate
500watt Apevia PSU
Zalman CNPS8000 CPU Cooler
LiteON DVD-RW
Apevia X-QPACK2 Silver mATX case
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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Ultimate Member
I see you went with the Phenom. Just curious as to why? Was it so you could hybridize your onboard graphics with the add in card?
"all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others".
George Orwell
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that was the original intention, but seems the 4850 is incompatible with that function. Now running on Linux.
AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.41GHZ : Asus M3A78-T : 8GB DDR2 800 : Acer 23" 1080P Widescreen : ATi Radeon HD 4870 : OCZ GameXtremE 850 Watt PSU
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