so I am ready to buy, can you guys (sam) check my stuff

I can get the antec nine hundred for about 40 dollars cheaper will that corsair power supply be a good fit with that too?

 

The Tempest is a much better design than the 900. It might look the same, but trust me, the tempest is a better case to own, there are lots of horrible design flaws in the 900 that bugged the hell out of me.

Any Corsair PSU will fit fine in either.

 

Hey sam I can get ati radeon 4850 from frys for 179.99

newegg's price went up, its now more to order it.

http://shop4.frys.com/product/5647371?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

is there an advantage to the sapphire card over that?

 

All the 4850 are the same as ATI makes them and not those companies as of right now.

 

unless you want the sapphire toxic or the his iceq or the powercolor pcs or the gainward golden sample cards, they are non refference

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102775

I make this one cheaper still.

 

its cheaper at frys because I dont have to pay shipping. The online price doesnt show the ad price for some reason but it is 179.

I just wanted to make sure the card is the same as the sapphire or the visionteck or the diamond.

 

Ah right, ok.
Yes, the card is the same. Go nuts.

 

Yeah only those three aren't reference.

Theebs, once you get the card make you turn up the Fan speed lol.

 

I am confused now.

So yes on the ati at frys or no? I am going to pick it up in about an hour so let me know.

 

Yes at frys. GO get it.

 

Thanks guys.

I just don't want to wish I bought something else in a month!!

thanks again.

 

Well there is always new stuff coming out. But with the release of 4870X2 there really isn't anything new to release any time soon.

 

It'll be a while before the 4850 is obsolete, it's a very fast card, faster than anything from the last generation.

 

thanks guys, just picked it up.

I am going to order my case, psu and ram in a minute from newegg.

then all that is left is an operating system. I am torn between windows xp pro and vista 64 bit.

I use adobe after effects 7 and adobe photoshop 7 I dont know how they will be with vista. Plus my HD Tuner, sony vegas.

I need to have those. IF I knew they would work I would buy vista, unless you guys think that is a bad idea.

 

I use Vista 64bit, it's pretty good. I would recommend you contact those companies and see if that stuff works with Vista, or even if they have specially optimized versions for 64bit Vista.

 

sorry nevermind

 

Okay So I have a couple of questions.

FIrst. When hooking power to the 4850, Do I just run the pci Express power from the corsair 550 in, or do I have to hook the y adapter to the card and then hook up power with two power connectors from the power supply? I am confused on that.

Next. With the NZXT Tempest case and the gigabyte ga-ep35-ds3r. Which fan goes to which power connection on the board. I want to make sure I get it right. There is a sys fan1, sys fan 2 and a pwr fan.

Does it matter which fans...the top two, the rear or the front get connected which connections?

Please let me know!!! Any help would be appreciated.

 

PCI express power. The Y connector is there if you don't have a PCIe connector from your power supply.

I didn't know the fans on the tempest had 3-pin connectors for use with the motherboard, I plugged mine either into the PSU's connectors, or to a fan controller.

 

you can put the fans in any fan header, but make sure you dont put them on the 4 pin header, as thats for you CPU fan.