First Build AMD Phenom X4 940 suggestions welcome and appreciated

[nycaffeine19]

So here are all the components I'm wanting to put together.

This is going to be my first build so ALl that I know is from what I've been researching for the past few days. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

NZXT Tempest Case $110

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500Gb HD $70

Asus M3A79-T Deluxe $195

AMD Phenom II X4 940 processor $229

Vendetta 2 120mm Fan&Heat sink $45

Corsair CMPSU-850 tx PSU $220

Patriot Extreme performance DDR2 2x2Gb 1066 RAM $69.99

Video Card GEFORCE GTX 260 896MB

Most likely be running Windows 7 Beta and XP

I'm wanting the PC for gaming and my school work

I know the power supply is probably a bit much but its only $10 more than the 750 W corsair and I'd like to have it thru upgrades in the future

 

[EQPlayer]

You're missing one of the most important parts - the Video Card. What are you planning on using?

 

[nycaffeine19]

You're missing one of the most important parts - the Video Card. What are you planning on using?

Knew I forgot to type something in, the GFORCE GTX 260 896MB card

 

[EQPlayer]

Go with a Western Digital Caviar Black over that Seagate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

Also, that PSU isn't just overkill, it's WAY overkill.

 

[nycaffeine19]

Go with a Western Digital Caviar Black over that Seagate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

Also, that PSU isn't just overkill, it's WAY overkill.

what would you suggest for a PSU? I'm just planning on adding another hard drive and crossfire video cards perhaps. Thanks for the hard drive swap suggestion, I'll be taking you up on that suggestion.

 

[EQPlayer]

You do plan on Crossfire? Alright, well in that case go for the 850W.

 

[nycaffeine19]

You do plan on Crossfire? Alright, well in that case go for the 850W.

Thanks for the help and suggestions. I'll assume everything else seems good

 

[g3force]

I'd go for the Western Digital 640Gb drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

The higher density platters would decrease your access times when retrieving data, and you also have an added 140Gb of disk space.

If you plan to go crossfire with a couple of ATI cards in future, 750 watts would be enough, and would cost about half the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Good luck with your build!
G3force

**Edit** Really dumb typo :

 

[WR2]

I'm just planning on adding another hard drive and crossfire video cards perhaps.

What size / resolution monitor do you plan to be using?
The GTX 260 won't help your future goal of a possible CrossfireX system. You might want to consider the HD 4870 instead.

 

[nycaffeine19]

I'd go for the Western Digital 640Gb drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319]

The higher density platters would decrease your access times when retrieving data, and you also have an added 140Gb of disk space.

If you plan to go crossfire with a couple of ATI cards in future, 750 watts would be enough, and would cost about half the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006]

Good luck with your build!
G3force

**Edit** Really dumb typo

Thanks for the Hard drive suggestion, I think ill spend the extra 15$ and take your suggestion. the 750W corsair power supply is only 10 dollars cheaper than the 850 W PSU, so i think I'm going to stick with that one for now if for nothing else but not having to worry much about it later

 

[nycaffeine19]

What size / resolution monitor do you plan to be using?
The GTX 260 won't help your future goal of a possible CrossfireX system. You might want to consider the HD 4870 instead.

for the moment I plan on just using my 40" 1080p samsung LCD HDTV until I can afford a separate monitor. I was looking into the 4870 as well but I'm not really on the up and up about the differences and wh ythe 4870 might be a better decision or not. Any help would be appreciated Is this the 4870 you're talking about 4870 1GB Because i noticed that there a bunch of different types. I certainly can't afford the X2 version

 

[WR2]

1920x1080 resolution (or 1920x1200 24" and up) monitors are where dual GPU video cards start to make a real sense IMO.
GTX 260/216 896MB and HD4870/1GB are very close in performance. Since your motherboard can't use dual GTX 260s it probably makes more sense to go with a 4870/1GB now and give yourself the possibility of adding a 2nd in the future.

 

[WR2]

This GTX 295 review over @ TechReport is useful since it also shows HD 4870(512MB and 1GB) and GTX 260 and other contenders in both single and multi-GPU benchmarks.

 

[batuchka]

Phenom 2 build $999