GTX 280 or 4870, which will last longer?

You are thinking of the Radeon 4870 X2 I believe, while the OP wants the HD 4870.

@Ducklord, what card you should get depends on what the maximum resolution of your new monitor is. The HD 4850 is good for upto 1680x1050. Beyond that, the HD 4870 is the better buy.

DOH!

I blame Kim... she linked the X2 review and threw me off =P hehehehe

My Bad. Yes I was speaking of the X2

That one

that was until like a couple hours ago, when i realized it i seriously need a case that can fit a 10.5 inch card. so i decided to rework everything

final spec, tell me if it doesn't work.

NZXT LEXA BlackLine Black Steel

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3

yeah, i finally decided to get GTX260 instead cause the price is around the same and i just like nvida better :haha:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz

Thermaltake CL-P0257 Blue orb II CPU Cooler

G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

well, i'm going to have duo monitor, haven't yet decided on the size.

now, i need to ask three question.

1. does everything fit? in terms of wiring?
2. what do i need to make my computer able to watch tv. like i can plug my cable into the CPU and i can watch it from my monitor and record stuff down?
3. how much power do i need for all that? i'm thinking of getting this PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W or PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W. oh and i'm going to have two hd and three dvd drivers thingy. and a sound card and also whatever else need from question 2.

thanks

If it were me, I'd go 750Watt on the PSU
Now I know everyone's going to reply, "overkill" But I'd still do it

The other fit specs, I'll leave to the real experts on this :rolleyes:

^ I actually agree as the PSU is the back bone of a good computer!!!

evil people trying to drain my funds!! and forget the second question. apparently there is a guide just in sticky.

so anybody can tell me if the wiring fits?

If you're worried about wiring, get a modular PSU. Speaking of which, a 550-600W PSU is all you'd need. I'd recommend the Gigabyte Odin Pro 550 as an excellent option.

so, with a modular power supple everything will fit right, cause if i'm not mistaken i could just switch things around until they fit.

anyway, the one you recommended is way to expensive. so i'll get this Antec NeoPower 650 Blue 650W ATX12V / EPS12V. overkill at a decent amount

it should work too right?

^ that is actually a good PSU.

While the NeoPower is a great PSU, this one is a far better choice and is almost the same price with the rebate. It is a legendary PSU that has very rarely disappointed anyone I know who owns it.

so if i use that, everything will fit right for my PSU? i mean the case i wanted has like 4 fans and one temp control and there is the issue of me using 3 dvd drives and 2 hard drive?

sorry for asking so many times, but this is my first computer to be self build.

thanks

The PSU that Rage_3K_Moiz mentioned, has:

1 x ATX Motherboard Adapter
1 x ATX12V Power 12V Plug
8 x Serial ATA Connections

I do not see any LP4 connectors
You may then need to purchase an adaptor if you need these (do you?)

ie Like this:


Or is that the other way around? Anyway you know what I mean

eekk, i don't even have one of it. maybe my old computer has some. need to find it. ok, so how do i tell, how many i need. cause from the looks of it. i need it for the case. god knows where else i need it.

so how could i tell?

thanks

Check how many fans actually require a PowerSupply connector (the Motherboard connectors are ok)
Then your HardDrive(s)
Then your CD\DVD Drive(s)
Then your Video card?

Then you really should have at least 1 left over
So I'll leave you with that jumble !

LP4 (a.k.a. Molex) connectors are of course included, how else do you expect people to power their HDDs and other peripherals? Look here, they're listed as peripheral connectors. The HX620W has 10 of them. Buy.com has just been lazy and not listed them all. Using the same logic, you'd probably say that it doesn't come with PCI-E connectors either, which doesn't make sense for an SLI-certified PSU.

Ok I thought it was strange
I was then going to search around, but I thought well they advertised it. Maybe this is the new age of Power Supplies!?

Thanks for clearing that up Rage_3K_Moiz :grinthumb

ok, this may seem weird, but it looks like the fan in the casing support both SATA and LP4, linky.

is that possible? regardless i think i need either 5 LP4 or SATA. at least that's what i can figure out. 4 fans and one temp control.

dvd burner - 1 SATAlink and 2 LP4(salvage from my old computer)
hard drive - 1 SATAlink and another would be LP4(salvage again)

one gtx 260, so that should work cause they give two PCI-E 6+2 pin.

so how far correct am i? and by my count, there should be ample wiring left. one question. when they give you 22 connectors, can all of it fit into the PSU? i guess what am saying is can i use all of them at one go? or does it have a limitation?

The SATA connectors come with the motherboard, the power connectors come with (of course) the PSU. You are correct on all accounts. Don't worry about wiring and yes, you can use all the connectors, that's what they've been given for.

so basically, buy a PSU that has modulator would mean i would have more than enough wiring for all my components? and do i need to worry about the amps and volts of all the components. or does the PSU takes care of all that? meaning i can attach any wire from any spot on the PSU to the component(as long as it fits) and it will all work out?

or do i need to make sure i have the right volts and amps when i attach stuff on it?