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My name is Will and Im new to this forum. Im building a gaming rig and have all of my parts except the mobo which is RMA right now to ASUS. I have a Crosshair V which is having problems with the bio chip.


Otherwise heres a list of my equipment

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131735
ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard with 3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support and UEFI BIOS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103960
AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150357
( X2 ) XFX GS250XYDFC GeForce GTS 250 512MB Core Edition 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822236069
Western Digital Caviar Green WD7500AZRX 750GB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835106142
Thermaltake CLP0554 80mm Sleeve CPU Cooler


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820148495
Crucial Ballistix 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory

1000watt ATX power supply

I had problem from the jump with this mobo but its geting repaired now. I run 64bit windows 7. Had it running for 2 days and then updated the bios. After rebooting there was nothing it wouldnt log on to windows, nor even let me in the bios.

Welcome to the forums!!
Hope you will stick around and partake in some more discussions while your here.

Are you looking for any help with this build?

Opinions are always great. I have just finished building it and then found out my mobo had a messed up bio chip two thumbs down. I did some great wire management so Im pretty good there...

Did you already have the 250s?
Was this a upgrade of sorts?
I think you have a decent base to go off of but some of the components could be traded out during future upgrade cycles.
I think you should grab on more stick of memory so you can run then in dual channel and double the total amount that you have.
The GPU's you have are powerful enough in SLI to keep you going for now but would probably be on the next upgrade cycle when you do it.
What 1000W PSU did you grab?

Yes I already had the 250's I got them for $75 for the pair. I am looking at upgrading to 2x:
XFX HD-675X-ZMFR Radeon HD 6750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150572

The power supply I bought of ebay it was the last piece and it was a great price.
1000 Watt Intel AMD PC ATX Power Supply Quad SLI

OP: Welcome! We are glad to have you as a member! Nice overall build. I hope Asus gets your mobo fixed. They make good products. Your used GPUs are worth an estimated $100-150 in good condition. Selling them at the right time will give you money to upgrade. An option to consider. What is your goal clock frequency set at across all eight cores? I am curious.

You know I am new to this so Im not to sure yet. I know it starts at 3.6 and can easily go to 4.2

I would consider selling the cards to help pay for the upgrade. My post are lagging do to admins okaying them.

Your posts shouldn't lag any more.
Does the PSU have a brand name on it?
I get a little worried when I don't know what brand it is.

It does have a brand name kentek.. There are good and bad reviews. but for $55.00 I cant complain until I get a better one.

They aren't worth that much.


Kentek sounds sketchy... I would upgrade that fairly soon, Antec makes a line of PSU called the Earthwatts they are a really great value. I would probably not crossfire 6750s and I would definitely wait to see what nVidia releases this month they should be some great lower budget cards worth looking into.

I have no problem with upgrading the power supply soon and I also ws looking at: X2 460 GTX 2GB Edition SLI Setup - $250 for both of them.

I would not buy a 460 it is 3 generations old at this point and has no future a single 7850 would be a better choice, or wait for nVidia to release their mid range cards sometime this month (possibly next) For comparison: http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-radeo ... -review/23 the 7850 is close to doubling the performance of a 460 once overclocked not to mention the capabilities of newer anti-aliasing methods.

I would not buy Nvidia Geforce 4xx series GPUs. Thermal and power consumption were problems. 5xx or the newest 6xx series would be a better bet.

Here are some examples:
GTS250 vs 550ti
GTS250 vs 560ti
GTS250 vs 560ti 448
GTS250 vs GTX680
Real world results will vary from what is seen above.

Thanks for the help I have a couple things to upgrade and the links will be helpful.

Well my motherboard is almost done and will be returned soon. I hate when theres a problem with products.

it only took them 2 weeks to get it almost done? They move fast there! Suck to have to wait that long. What are you using for back up?

Since this is my first build I don't have a back-up which sucks so Im still using my Dell XPS. Hopefully ASUS is on the ball and I can get it back next week. In the meantime I installed two 92mm fans in the top of my tower, I received my 24 pin pre sleeved plug, fan grills, and now I have everything ready to go just have to drop the mobo in and fire it up. Until then Im sitting and waiting.