im getting an i7 cpu soon but what im worrying is some ppl said that hd5770 is using too much power consumption and suggested me to use xfx4890 instead.
i need to be always on 24/7 the pc for some reason. conclusion is i need a computer that use not too much kw/h coz it gonna bomb my electril bill if i go for 24/7.
budget limit strict 4.5k

which one is the best?

this is what i wanted :
Processor:Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8MB
Motherboard:ECS A2 Black edition
Ram:Kingston 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphic Card:Power Color HD5870 1GB DDR5
Power Supply:Xigmatek 650W SLI/CF Ready 80+
Casing: Cooler Master 690 with 4 fans
Hdd:WD 500gb X2 raid0


power saving that told by my friend:
Processor:Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8MB
Motherboard:ECS A2 Black edition
Ram:Kingston 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphic Card:XFX HD4890 1GB DDR5
Power Supply:Xigmatek 650W SLI/CF Ready 80+
Casing: Cooler Master 690 with 4 fans
Hdd:WD 500gb X2 raid0

hope can help me or suggest me to add anything more for best perfomance.
thanks

This post has been edited by animekingz: Dec 7 2009, 12:55 AM

the power consumption doesn't differ much between hd5870 and hd4890,you might as well get a atom sff pc for 24/7 operation if you don't need cpu/gpu power

i need both. im not planning to upgrade it for next 2-3years. so which one is good?

you mean you're using the pc under full load 24/7?

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Added on December 7, 2009, 1:05 ami meant buying a i7 for power and the atom for what ever you wanna do 24/7

This post has been edited by Racerx: Dec 7 2009, 01:05 AM

probably idle when im sleeping but the hdd will still writting, it count as full load or what?

The HD5870 of course...

A few things amiss here... Core i7 920 usually uses Triple Channel memory, not dual channel (although it can be used).

If you have a lot of dough, the might as well go for Corsair TX 650W..

As for power consumption, these systems are.. errmmm.. power hungry. The electricity bill will be rather high when running 24/7.

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 7 2009, 01:09 AM

you mean you're just using the hdd,like downloading/torrenting?

i7 860 2.8GHz have lower power consumption than i7 920 2.66Ghz.
However, if you're to heavy OCing, I won't recommend you to take iy 860 2.8Ghz of course.
Take a look of my RIG at my Signature. It might help you out since you're taking many similar hardwares.

planning to add 1more pieces of 2gb as well..

yeah, im heavy downloader, so.. u know

ok,grab a lga1156 i7 system,connect it in a network with an atom sff pc.download using the atom

@animekingz, if you want to run stuff like torrenting, downloading, etc... its much better to get a separate very low power PC (Intel Atom based) for that purpose. You can switch on your mega gaming PC when you need to use (e.g. play online games, browsing, etc) and access the Atom machine as a NAS machine (network file sharing) to read/move the files you have downloaded..

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 7 2009, 01:15 AM

share the hdd so that the i7 pc can read the atom pc's hdd

im not going to oc it, all at default since i dont really know how to oc and have bad experience with oc before.

so, diff card doesnt give any diff result in power consumption at all? should i pick that i wanted?

i suggest a i7 860 and hd5850 based pc plus a intel atom pc

on stock the i7 860 is faster and use less power than the i7 920
the hd5850 is just a little bit behind the hd5870 yet costs much less

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Added on December 7, 2009, 1:18 amuses the atom as the downloader,should cost around rm800 [atom sff pc]

This post has been edited by Racerx: Dec 7 2009, 01:18 AM

You need to think twice on choosing,
a.) i7 860(good for non-OCer or minor OCer, lower power usage, only need cheap P55 Mobo, 5% of total graphic reduction if CF/SLI using high-end GPUs which is damn little LOL, have 4 RAM slots)
b.) i7 920(good for heavy OCer, higher power usage, need expensive X58 Mobo, no graphic reduction if CF/SLI using high-end GPUs, have 6 RAM slots)

6 RAM slots(6GB or 12GB RAM) are useless for gamer, they're for Workstation people. LOL. Because 4GB of RAM is enough for any Games already.
5% Graphic Reduction means 5% of The Total Graphic Power of your CFed/SLIed GPUs. So, it's not much.
@racerx,
Good combo!

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Dec 7 2009, 01:24 AM

Processor:Intel Core i7 860
Motherboard:ECS A2 Black edition
Ram:Kingston 3x2GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphic Card:Power Color HD5870 1GB DDR5
Power Supply:Xigmatek 650W SLI/CF Ready 80+
Casing: Cooler Master 690 with 4 fans
Hdd:WD 500gb X2 raid0
bolded is modified
and i still got few processor, s478 1.5ghz and s478 E2.8Ghz HT , which im using now. they should be fine right?
also, i only got 1 monitor , can i connect the monitor for the both cpu?

If you are using a LCD monitor with DVI and VGA inputs... then you can connect two PCs to the same monitor.

Note: Another reason I usually recommend monitors with DVI..

You can't use Triple-Channel RAM on i7 860 + P55 MOBO.
So, you can't have 3X2GB DDR3 RAM here.
Put 2X2GB DDR3 RAM is enough for you definitely(you're not workstation people I suppose).
Good PSU choosing, so, in the future, you can CF another HD5870(if you don't plan to CF don't choose such high power PSU). But ECS A2 Black edition can support CF/SLI?

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Dec 7 2009, 01:27 AM

yes i got two inputs.. im using 23' x233h. it should be fine right?

also i7 860 need a different motherboard? can someone help me to properly fix the hardware i chosen? bcoz i dont really know about latest stuff

Processor:Intel Core i7 860 RM1000
Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 RM560
Ram: OCZ Gold DDR3-1066 2X2GB(4GB) RM 280
Graphic Card:Power Color HD5870 1GB GDDR5 RM 1350
Power Supply:Xigmatek 650W SLI/CF Ready 80+ RM379 or Gigabyte ODIN M 550Watt SLI/CF Ready APFC 80+ RM299(if you're not planning for CF/SLI in the future)
Casing: Cooler Master CM690 with 4 fans(I suppose it's 3 FANs only) RM265-RM280
Hdd:WD 500gb X2 raid0(get a velociraptor better?) Price I am not sure for this...