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Theodgreek

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Hello members of Tom's Hardware. I am building a new PC and I wanted to know if the parts I choose are compatibly with themselves. I would also appericate it if you could estimate the performance of this build. Here is the list.
Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 OC 1GB
Rosewill 300Mbps 802.11 b/g/n Wirrless Adapter
Dell 6ft 18Pin M-M DVI-D Cable
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ
Corsair Professional Series AX 850 Watt ATX
Logitech Keyboard K120
Acer G276HL Dbd 27-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor
Corsair Obsidian Series Black 550D Mid Tower Computer Case
Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III (Wanted to go SSD but to expensive.)
And last but certaintly not least the AMD FX-8350 FX-Series Eight-Core Processor

So thank you and I cant wait for some responses
 
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Your reasoning is conflicted :pt1cable: (no offense)

You say gaming is not important but you spec a Crossfire mobo and over-sized PSU ... and say you plan to Crossfire in the future.

*More Threads* do not necessarily make a better server though I do agree with your RAMs selection (even if you have to down-clock initially for the PhII 965BE).

Being *Up-To-Date* is expensive, and you are never up-to-date for long. In six months you will be able to purchase an FX8350 for $120 or less (or, a 95w FX-8300) ... Steamroller AM3+ processors should be coming to market, too.

Okee dokee ??



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well you should drop down to a 650 watt PSU HX 850 is a big waste of money in this build so is DDR 1866 Mhz ram, go with DDR3 1600 insted, and use the saving's to buy a powerful card like radeon HD 7850 or higher.

oh and you might also consider getting the FX 8320, only difference between them is a .5Ghz higher clock rate in 8350. and like tiny voices said spend less on case/ mobo for a powerful GPU.
 
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+1 7850 is much better than a 7790 if you can get it instead.

I would try for a 7870 or a GTX 660 if possible.
 
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Theodgreek

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Thasan,
The reason I went with such a large PSU is because in the future I plan to do Crossfire. And I want to stick with the 8350 for the fact that I want to stay recent and up to date. I dont plan on playing hardcore games so the GPU isnt a problem. I plan on running servers so the processer is important same with the ram.
 
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FX8350 to PhII 965BE - save $100
990FX-UD3 to 970-UD3 (or Asus M5A97) - save $40 to $50

Drop PSU to XFX 550w - save $50

Buy an HD7950 and an SSD :D



A lot less performance than my HD 7950 with an SSD :lol:



 
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Theodgreek

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Don't forget what I wrote in response to thasan1. I choose these parts for a reason. Might change the mobo though.
 
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Your reasoning is conflicted :pt1cable: (no offense)

You say gaming is not important but you spec a Crossfire mobo and over-sized PSU ... and say you plan to Crossfire in the future.

*More Threads* do not necessarily make a better server though I do agree with your RAMs selection (even if you have to down-clock initially for the PhII 965BE).

Being *Up-To-Date* is expensive, and you are never up-to-date for long. In six months you will be able to purchase an FX8350 for $120 or less (or, a 95w FX-8300) ... Steamroller AM3+ processors should be coming to market, too.

Okee dokee ??



 
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Theodgreek

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True but crossfire dosent imply that it is for gaming. I will be doing coding and game development/3d modeling so good graphics is important. And the fx is good for servers look at some benchmarks. I do appreciate the feedback though. What you said makes sense just not for me.
 
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