Building a "cheap" PC - Final ~$1100 (AMD945/4GB RAM/1TB/ATI 5770HD/550W/24" XL2370)

[icelt]

I'm forwarding this build to a buddy of mine and it looks like the HIS HD5770 VC I used is not available any longer:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161317

Any good replacements you guys recommend?

 

[nick09]

This Sapphire seems to be a good replacement. Just note the manufacture site said a 500watt psu is recommended for this graphics card.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

I like this Sapphire, since it's the cheapest. Rear exhaust is pretty nice too.

Generally you can shop by price unless you're partial to a certain manufacturer like XFX with their double lifetime warranty* or looking for specific features.

I do not work for XFX.

 

[icelt]

I like this Sapphire, since it's the cheapest. Rear exhaust is pretty nice too.

Generally you can shop by price unless you're partial to a certain manufacturer like XFX with their double lifetime warranty* or looking for specific features.

I do not work for XFX.

Linky missing

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

How did that happen...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-858-_-Product

Though it looks like the price might not last for long.

 

[nick09]

That card is still more expensive than the one that I linked to.

 

[Gabkicks]

i just watched a used 5850 sell for $200, which is about as fast as 2 5770's...

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Since you are satisfied with your HIS, why not grab this.

That card is still more expensive than the one that I linked to.

Now it is.

i just watched a used 5850 sell for $200, which is about as fast as 2 5770's...

So did I. Did you get it?

 

[icelt]

That card is still more expensive than the one that I linked to.

Noticed that too. I'm sure when he originally saw it was like $20 cheaper or so... no big whup.

Since you are satisfied with your HIS, why not grab this.

Yep I am happy, in no small part thanks to the input of you gtp'ers. I'm just trying to give my friend options is all.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Yep I am happy, in no small part thanks to the input of you gtp'ers. I'm just trying to give my friend options is all.

I think the thing that can differ the most between different manufacturers of one model(same memory size) is the cooling solution and then maybe outputs.

So the HIS and that Sapphire look like good choices.

 

[icelt]

Basically win7 won't boot properly any longer. I'm trying safe mode as I type.

OK... safe mode booted. I checked the system logs and found a junk load of errors associated with the IDE controller and hard disk in general. So now I trying to run check disk for system errors and bad sectors but it seems kinda hung up. I did run the CD for system errors earlier in the day with the report back that some errors were found and fixed.

Now trying to re-boot and see if CD will run on restart.

On restart CD did not run but now the OS booted just fine. Weird. Trying a full CD run JIC again though and it IS running this time.

Just looking for moral support if nothing else I suppose.

Am I taking the right steps basically?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

It could be your hard drive going bad. If you can try an error scan with HD Tune.

 

[icelt]

It could be your hard drive going bad. If you can try an error scan with HD Tune.

50%-ish complete on the free space scan. Will try HDT if this doesn't greatly improve things. Thanks.

 

[icelt]

Ok the computer is running better, but I'm still a little concerned with this result from HDTune:

I have switched the sata cables between the HD and DVD but I understand from googling this warning that even if that fixes the problem this error report won't disappear.

So if the number of communication errors does not increase from the present value I should be in clear. Is that a reasonable conclusion?