The Official Budget-Conscious Dream Machine!

Not that it hasn't happened before, how about the later years of the Pentium 4 and the Pentium D?
AMD are no longer small enough to deserve sympathy as a smaller company.

 

well, what did Intel did, that widens that gap between AMD? and what happened to AMD itself? AMD used to be the "best" when Athlon 64 came out and now...

@sammorris your motherboard had a "C" so that means it supports DDR3, and the one without it don't, so what i'm asking here is that can you put a DDR3 ram in any slots? and how well does the E4xxx Overclock? will it be able to break the 3.0Ghz point with out breaking a sweat?

 

DDR3 is not backwards compatible with DDR2, you get 4 DDR2 slots and 2 DDR3 slots.
As for the E4300, it will overclock quite nicely to around the 3.2Ghz mark. The E6750 may be worth considering though, as you can get that to 4Ghz with good parts.

 

so i don't need to buy GA-P35C DS3R then, b/c i won't buy DDR3. I'm gonna buy an E4300/E4400, then overclock it to 2.8/3.0Ghz, that would be enough.

Oh i've asked this before if i have 2HDD, 1DVD-DL, 5/6 120mm+ case fans, 2 8800GTX, QX9770 and a motherboard that support all these will the OCZ GameXStream 600w be enough?

 

The E4300 and E4400 have been removed from the market, replaced with the E2160 and E2180.
With the components you mentioned, you will be drawing about 520W at full load. Not 600W, but I wouldn't trust a GameXStream to deliver that much. I'd upgrade to a 620W Corsair HX or a 750W PC Power & Cooling in that case.
Note: At that load level, any PSU is going to make quite a bit of noise!

 

what? removed? thats too bad, i thought i was still on the market because my friend just upgraded to E4400.

Oh my bad i mean the StealthXtream 600w not the GameXtream, as you know, can't get Corsair and PC Power & Cooling brand, is corsair that good the 620w is as good as the 750w of PC Power and Cooling? and about the noise level is it because it's getting hotter?

 

The E4400 still kicks around on some sites, but on the ones that are updated more often it's gone now, so it won't be around much longer.
As for the PSUs, I put the StealthXstream in the same boat. Good for most PCs, but not at huge loads. The noise level is indeed due to increased heat.
What brands can you get in SA other than OCZ? Can you get a Thermaltake Toughpower?

 

yeah, we do, but it's kinda expensive than OCZ.

ok will the 650w Tough Power enough to power the components i've mentioned?

http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/index.php?cPath=73_269&sort=3a&filter_id=45

http://www.prophecy.co.za/-c-17_354.html?filter_id=1675&sort=2a

which one? not more than R1500

 

http://www.prophecy.co.za/thermaltake-toughpower-650watt-version-p-21925.html

 

oh that PSU supports SLI, but what if 2 HD3870 (crossfire)will that psu work?

 

The SLI/Crossfire branding is meaningless on a power supply, if it's got either it can support two video cards. I've no doubt some PSUs probably can even if they have't got either.

 

so it doesn't matter if it's SLI/Crossfire support, it can power any setup with 2 cards.

i don't know if i need that much power, cause i probably won't buy 2 high-end gpu's, i'll buy 1 only they're are quite expensive anyway, and the components i've mentioned it's just an example cause i want a psu that will be powerful enough to power anything in the future or for the next 2-3 years

 

There's always need to upgrade, you need to be willing to replace parts on a pretty much monthly basis if you always want to run things to the absolute max. If you're willing to settle for decent performance for a couple of years, just buy a single powerful graphics card like an HD3870 and you'll be fine. Crossfire never works properly anyway.

 

yeah, i would like to play everything on max, but thats impossible for me tho, on high is good enough for me, really. exchange the QX9770 to a Q9300/Q9450/Q9550 cpu and a HD3870, i think the StealthXtream 600W will be good enough for it, what do you think...to be honest, it feels like i'm running away or not accepting something here, but i don't know what it is...

 

Not accepting a better PSU probably lol. The Stealthxstream would probably be fine with that reduced arrangement, but to be on the safe side I'd go with a Corsair, even if it's only a 550W VX model.

 

well Corsair sure is a reliable brand, all the "Experts" recommend them.

 

Yep. Seriously, I highly recommend you get a Corsair imported. The VX models aren't even that expensive.

 

Yeah I got a VX550 for 75 USD. Where you live it's probably a bit more expensive, but it's a good PSU. Only thing I don't like about it is that it is not modular.

 

Well apparently you can't buy them in South Africa, hence why he hasn't already got one...

 

yeah thats why my head is getting big, don't know which psu to get, the only good ones are like thermaltake and well...um...OCZ thats it AND these are from the online shops, if it's the local shops, Oh God help them that they have it.

Import, huh, well Neweeg apparently don't ship internationally, BUT i'll try asking one of the local shop if they could get it for me. 50% chance, they would have it but crap expensive and the other half is that they don't have it.

and Sam is right if i could get it here, i would've got it already.