Thanks so much for all the information available on this forum, you all have been a wealth of information leading up to this, my first crack at a system build from the "ground up" so to speak.
Well, my progress so far (purchase-wise anyway) are:
CPU -- AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition
GPU -- Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC Version PCI-Express Graphics Card 11217-01-20G
RAM -- Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Black (HX318C10FB/8)
PSU -- XFX TS 550w Full Wired 80+ Bronze Power Supply - P1550SXXB9
CASE -- CASE FRACTAL DESIGN|FD-CA-DEF-R4-BL (Fractal Design Define R4)
Initially, my only goal for this systems has been to play World of Warcraft Warlords of Dreanor at high to Ultra quality with good frame rates allowing me to raid without the machine holding back my performance or personal pleasure. I also have a few web pages open usually and am streaming music simultaneously, but that's the extent of the taskings of this machine. I think with this list of components I may have gone to a higher level than initially intended (a bit more than just a bare bones budget job). With this in mind, my question now would be what would you consider to be an ideal mother board to fit this system and would I benefit from not only having a hard disk drive but possibly a 120GB SSD. I did save a considerable amount of money on these pieces this past week with discounts and rebates, enough to purchase a mother board that will be reasonably future proof and maybe allow me to tinker with OC'ing this PSU (I read that it is relatively easy to do with this one and is advisable since WoW is more CPU dependent than it is GPU.) Also, with your in-depth knowledge of gaming and building systems, what do you think the best OS will be for me to go with -- WIN 7, 8, 8.1 etc.? And lastly, do you think I made a wise choice with my purchasing desisions so far?
Thanks again for your much needed and appreciated assistance.
Well, my progress so far (purchase-wise anyway) are:
CPU -- AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition
GPU -- Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC Version PCI-Express Graphics Card 11217-01-20G
RAM -- Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Black (HX318C10FB/8)
PSU -- XFX TS 550w Full Wired 80+ Bronze Power Supply - P1550SXXB9
CASE -- CASE FRACTAL DESIGN|FD-CA-DEF-R4-BL (Fractal Design Define R4)
Initially, my only goal for this systems has been to play World of Warcraft Warlords of Dreanor at high to Ultra quality with good frame rates allowing me to raid without the machine holding back my performance or personal pleasure. I also have a few web pages open usually and am streaming music simultaneously, but that's the extent of the taskings of this machine. I think with this list of components I may have gone to a higher level than initially intended (a bit more than just a bare bones budget job). With this in mind, my question now would be what would you consider to be an ideal mother board to fit this system and would I benefit from not only having a hard disk drive but possibly a 120GB SSD. I did save a considerable amount of money on these pieces this past week with discounts and rebates, enough to purchase a mother board that will be reasonably future proof and maybe allow me to tinker with OC'ing this PSU (I read that it is relatively easy to do with this one and is advisable since WoW is more CPU dependent than it is GPU.) Also, with your in-depth knowledge of gaming and building systems, what do you think the best OS will be for me to go with -- WIN 7, 8, 8.1 etc.? And lastly, do you think I made a wise choice with my purchasing desisions so far?
Thanks again for your much needed and appreciated assistance.
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