PC Requirement for Silent Hunter 5

[wetgoat]

I went with the 95w 945 phenom2x4. If I had it to do over again, would go the same route. Fastest amd quad chip at 95w. About $150 at newegg. Also using sapphire 5770. Did lots of research before I shelled out any money. To sum it up, not a power hog, runs nice and cool, and was the best bang for the buck 2 months ago. (still is),and last but not least, goes through SH5 or anything else I throw at it like a knife through hot butter.

[CaptainHaplo]

For the same price range, consider a 5670. If you go with the 925 - put the 20 bucks you save from it not being a 945 and put it on the vid card. You can get a 512 model for ~$85, and the 1G version right at ~ 100 bucks.

The 5570 should do the trick though detail may be lower - dont go with a 5450 - thats a VERY basic card.

I would almost say see if you can wait another month - the 5770's (which are really nice performers) will be dropping quickly in price. But your on the right track regardless.

[Stev1]

Thanks for all your helps Guys,
After consideration which CPU to go for I have decided to go for the AMD Quad Core Phenom II X4 925 95W 2.8GHz Socket AM3, will choose between the Radeon HD 5670 1GB Silent DDR3 TV-Out/VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express
or
Radeon HD 5770 1GB Silent DDR3 TV-Out/VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express

[JSLTIGER]

Highly recommend the 5770 over the 5670 if you can swing it. Much higher performance and better bang for the $.