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--UPDATED 8/10/2011--
*Actually, I'm just building my own computer. But then I ask myself: what's the worst that could happen? So here's where I will be listing what I have and what I'm looking at getting, and taking suggestions and advice and - once all the parts are in my possession and Pinky and I begin putting the plan into action - begging for qualified, semi-qualified and/or any available assistance. ![]() Acquired/On Order Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD Evo http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A79XTD_EVO/ CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...&f11=&f12=True Case: Rosewill Challenger ATX Mid-Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153 PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850HX 850-Watt HX Professional Series 80 Plus Certified Power Supply http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMPSU-...3027696&sr=1-1 2 x Kingston Technology HyperX 8 GB Kit (2x4 GB Modules) 8 Dual Channel Kit 1600 (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Techn...2754140&sr=8-1 Wow, looks like I ordered this at the right time. They were $65-70 a kit when I initially picked them out, then dropped to $54.99 each so I went ahead and ordered. Today they're back up to over $65 again. ![]() 2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0347356 Wanted one for music, one for games. Size is not overkill for music given the collection I've already got. Could be for games, but the sale price was too good to pass up even if it did take 2 months and an irritated email from me to get them shipped. Plus my multi-installs of heavily modded SH3 are eating up the games drive I've already got, and I haven't even put my other games on it yet. GPU: Sapphire Tech ATI Radeon HD5770 Vapor-X http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...&pid=305&lid=1 Already have one, decided to see what Crossfire is like. SONY Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 8X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-0B - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118050 Surge Protector: Tripplite TMC-6 http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-TMC.../dp/B0000AKA90 Allsop Metal Art Monitor Stand (Black) http://www.amazon.com/Allsop-Metal-M...2753786&sr=1-2 Migrating from the current rig: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, will probably remain the boot drive http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0347355 AcomData PureDrive 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive, for some storage and all backups http://www.amazon.com/AcomData-PureD...2755264&sr=1-1 Sound card: ASUS Xonar DX http://www.asus.com/Multimedia/Audio_Cards/Xonar_DX/ Speakers: Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Surro.../dp/B000JJM8XE Plus a basic 56K Voice/Fax Modem PCI card (LSI SV92PP Soft Modem) as a back-up in case my DSL service goes down and I need to use the dial-up connection to get on line. Still need to order: Keyboard and Mouse http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Natu...2755755&sr=1-1 Had the MS Natural Ergonomics wireless stuff before and loved it, except for some drop-out problems which I know I solved as far as a mouse is concerned. Still wondering about whether or not to risk getting the combo or getting the wireless mouse and wired version of the kb separately. UPS Don't know if I'm going to get one of these or not. Probably a good idea, but not critical ATM. The local computer shop has some decent used/refurbished ones for sale so I may look there first when the time comes. Recommendations on wattage I should look for would be helpful. ![]() Cost of new stuff to date: Mobo - $89.99 (after $10 Asus rebate), TigerDirect CPU - $119.99 (after $20 promo code discount), Newegg, free shipping Case - $49.99, Newegg, free shipping Surge Protecter - $29.99, Amazon, free shipping w/ Amazon Prime (and I had a $25 gift certificate ![]() HDDs - $239.98, Microcenter online store GPU - $147.99, Amazon RAM - $90.17, Amazon (after rewards points discount) Blu-ray burner - $99.99, Newegg Monitor stand - $22.97, Amazon PSU - $164.99, Amazon Last edited by frau kaleun; 08-10-11 at 08:58 PM. |
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Admiral
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wow, you have such huge storage...
for the 2 new drives i would recommend sata 6gb, its so much better link them up using RAID 0, your games would literally start in 1 second |
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1 second wouldn't give me time to go powder my nose and refill my glass, lol. I got all the storage because I wanted to move all my music onto an internal drive, now that I'll have room for more internal disks. It's currently on the external drive, but taking up more than half of it and the collection is only get to get bigger... not to mention the fact that all my pics and most of my documents are on there as well. I started out just intending to stick with 1TB drives, but the bigger ones were on sale over the holiday. |
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Going from 'SATA2' to 'SATA3' makes nearly 0 difference for a mechanical drive. They can't even saturate bandwith on SATA2, so doubling it won't do any good. It's for SSD.
Right, I have to ask: at this point in time, and while considering technology will move forward quite a bit in the time it takes to build this system, is it really wise to buy into such an old CPU? AMD's Bulldozer architecture will be available Q3 this year, a few months from now. You're buying into tech that's about to be phased out. Phenom was the Core2-killer: Core2 has come and gone, replaced by i5 and i7, which in turn are on the brink of a new generation. I have Core2 myself, but I bought it 3 years ago. Not a chance I would pick up a Core2 CPU nowadays.
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Nice,stuff
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Let me know what it ends up costing, minus the speakers as I only use headphones. I'm still considering having iBuyPower build me one through Amazon, but your experiment looks tempting.
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It's cheap, fast and with good overclocking potential. And it's cheap!
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As an old hi-fi freak with some amazing gear behind me, I'm still surprised just how good onboard soundchips are these days. Should you somehow not be happy with it, a soundboard may always be purchased at a later state. Didn't catch this one first time: Quote:
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But again the price may be the clincher, the 5870 was quite a bit higher when I looked before. It's a decision that may still be down the road a-ways, but I'm keeping a regular lookout for sales and specials. And also having the case on hand will help, since I'll know exactly how much space I'll have to work with. One reason I went ahead and got it now. Quote:
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And sadly no, you can't CrossFire a 57-serie with a 58-serie. If a 5870 is still too expensive, even as second-hand card, have a look at the 5850 then... Should be cheaper and only marginally more expensive than the 5750, and it has the potential of OC'ing to near 5870 performance. And can of course be CrossFire'd with a 5850/5870 later on. I would still argue though, that the "minor" price difference up to a 5870 is well spent... Especially when you mention wanting a modular PSU - way better to use the extra dollars on performance. Of course personally I shall never own a non-modular again ![]() But it comes with an extra pricetag and have no other meaning than pure aesthetics... I would get the 5870 now, wait with a new PSU until the money is in and then of course get a *cough* Fractal *cough* modular one. Looking forward to follow "The End of The World" - series! ![]() If you could set up a webcam, you could charge people for following you live as you build! ![]() |
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Did I miss it, or are you not going to purchase memory?
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You didn't miss it, I just haven't gotten to it yet.
![]() The new board takes DDR3 of which I have precisely none, so I will be buying some. But it's not a purchase that's gonna keep me up nights trying to make a decision. |
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Good luck,Frau with all!
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Fine Swedish as (google) has delivered to me from you,tack så mycket, det var snällt
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