Looking for some Knowladgeable advice?

Hi Guys, Im looking for some advice/suggestions as to which of the following set up would be the wiser one?

Iv been building a media PC, and iv got two options i can go with as for the Graphics cards i can install, Here is what im working with...

Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128435
AMD Phenom II X3 720 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103649
Seasonic X760w - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Corsair A70 Cooler

So which set up do you think id be better off with
One
GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Or setting up the Crossfire with the two hd5770 cards i have?

XFX HD-577X-ZMF3 Radeon HD 5770 1GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Again any and all suggestions, recommendations, and advice would really help, thanks!!

Firstly, I must say, good choice of Processor and Motherboard . I'd take Gigabyte and AMD any day of the week. You're lookin at some good hardware. My recommendation is to go with the gigabyte GE Force card. This could avoid a hardware conflict. I have had this happen to me everytime. When I choose a computer, or make one from scratch, I always tend to choose the same hardware. Again, to avoid conflicts. Hope this helps!

benny428 said:

Firstly, I must say, good choice of Processor and Motherboard . I'd take Gigabyte and AMD any day of the week. You're lookin at some good hardware. My recommendation is to go with the gigabyte GE Force card. This could avoid a hardware conflict. I have had this happen to me everytime. When I choose a computer, or make one from scratch, I always tend to choose the same hardware. Again, to avoid conflicts. Hope this helps!

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Hey thanks for responding, Im from PA also....So you think going with the one GTX640 is the best choice over an Crossfire set up? On my other build i set up SLI for the first time with two Palit NE5X460SF1102 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Now let me say im not a gamer, however i have these parts so i figured why not put them to use.

So for this Build, which again is my media PC Im also thinking about setting up a raid0 with two 500GB seagate HDs, then ill have 3 2TB drives for my music/videos/pictures...(I collect live shows on cd and dvd, im also in to photography. )

Again I am also absolutly new to RAID setups...On my other PC i set up two drives in a raid0 format.
So im thinking why not do the same for the media PC, it should speed things up a bit right?

Thanks for responding.
Ed

pathfinder2 said:

Hey thanks for responding, Im from PA also....So you think going with the one GTX640 is the best choice over an Crossfire set up? On my other build i set up SLI for the first time with two Palit NE5X460SF1102 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Now let me say im not a gamer, however i have these parts so i figured why not put them to use.

So for this Build, which again is my media PC Im also thinking about setting up a raid0 with two 500GB seagate HDs, then ill have 3 2TB drives for my music/videos/pictures...(I collect live shows on cd and dvd, im also in to photography. )

Again I am also absolutly new to RAID setups...On my other PC i set up two drives in a raid0 format.
So im thinking why not do the same for the media PC, it should speed things up a bit right?

Thanks for responding.
Ed

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Personally, I disable RAID, for me it saves about 5 seconds of boot time. For you, since your building a media PC, put your drives in raid0 format, and, yes, I definitely think the GTX is the better choice. Again, this is based on dependability, and hardware conflicting avoidance. That's one thing I always try to do when I make a new build. I.e. If you look at my build specs, you will see I have an ABIT with an ATI Radeon. The only way I got this to work was not installing the drivers to my Radeon. I have noticed it certainly does not preform the way I had it on my old Build (Gigabyte GA-7DXR) All other hardware that I have now was in that old build of mine. Obviously Western Digital is a great brand for Hard Drives. I've had a lot of problems with Segagate HDD's, so I tend to stay away from Segagate, for you, those are GREAT drives. Again, glad I could help!