Hey teks,
I just want to make sure before I order to make sure the system is okay. Could you please give your opinion about it.
My PC:
GPU: MSI N660Ti OC
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965BE 3.4Ghz
MOBO: ASrock 970 Extreme3
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB
PSU: Corsair CX500 Bronze
Cooling: Cooler Master hyper 212 evo & 3x Revoltec Airguard
Please give your opinion about it!
I hope you have a case and a HDD or SSD or both, otherwise looks good.
ofcourse I have :D, I just didn't include it because I thought it wasn't neccesary. But would you recommend the MSI N660ti, GTX 660Ti or the Radeon HD7950?
Get a 955 instead of 965
and your video card is too powerfull for that cpu so go and get a gtx 650 ti or a gtx 660 at most
The motherboard is great
8gbs of corsair is a great choice
A hyper 212 is just fine,just don't stay with the stock cooling cause that's garbage
The psu should be just fine and it is 80+ bronze
if you need more help with parts feel free to message me
Josh Lessard
I recommend 7950 if you can make use of the AMD Never settle bundle. Otherwise 660Ti.
Your motherboard supports Vishera CPUs so if your Phenom II x4 965 starts to bottleneck your 660Ti, you can upgrade the CPU and that solves your problems.
So Do I have to overclock my CPU for not to bottleneck or do I have to get a better CPU?
What CPU would you recommend to keep the GTX660ti? If it is in my price budget I might want to spend somewhat more on the CPU
Your CPU should be fine but overclock the shit out of it just because you can!
I still have some questions left: Schould I go for the MSI N660ti or the GTX660ti? And what is that AMD never settle bundle plan all about? and how does it work?
http://blogs.amd.com/play/this-holiday-never-settle/
If you can buy a 7950 from any of those stores then you should get 3 games with your video card. You may need to actually add it to your cart.
If you can't buy from any of those retailers then pick up any 660Ti. I'd recommend an MSI N660Ti PE 2GD5/OC I guess.
The link doesn´t work. :(, But I live in the Netherlands are those american shops? because shipping is really expensive
Looks like if you buy from Alternate.nl then you can get the bundle. I can't read that so I don't know the exact conditions.
I can get the Sapphire Radeon HD7950 for 20 dollars less as the N660Ti but not in a bundle. Schould I buy the HD7950 then?
Their both equal in price, it's just.. I don't know which one to pick.
the 7950 outperforms the 660Ti and even 670 by far
also you cant really bottleneck a GPU on most games, a 955 will be fine
Sir, you just conviced me to take the final step to my awesome gaming computer. I'm going for the HD7950. Jeffrly thank you for your time :D. And all have a great chrismas and an happy new year!
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The 7950 is by far the better card for the money, it overclocks like crazy! The sapphire vapour-X one will keep very cool, Oh not to mention you get a farcry 3, Hitman and sleeping dogs for free.