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I am looking to build a new system here in the next month or two.
I have never used amd before but for what I have read I can get more bang for my buck.

All parts will be from newegg.
I need a moniter 20 to 24 inches.

GPU
HIS Hightech H487QT1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
(But have looked at 2 4770, and will take suggestions)

Motherboard
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX

CPU
AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor

Ram
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel

Case
APEVIA X-SUPRA G-Type X-SUPRAG-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Power
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V

Cooler
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

Hard drive
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

dvd drive
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R
windows vista 64 bit

Hope to hear any suggestions for my build

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Try a 22" Asus 1920x1080 2ms or better for a monitor.

PSU might be a little overkill...unless you plan on running SLI.


Reply to Kill@dor

HD4770 wins of a single HD4870 1GB, thus upgrading later to 2 x HD4870 will win of the HD4770 in crossfire.
The rest seems to be pretty nice :D , but if I were you I would go for 2 harddisks, in RAID 0 or not , doesnt really matter to me, it's just that if the one fails you've got the other one with backups. I usy Synctoy myself for keeping the two maps synchronized.

------------------------------ "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"

The Pentium doesn't have bugs or produce errors; it's just Precision-Impaired.

 

Reply to tijmen007

I meant Croffire HD4770 in the beginning, but editing fails on this website ( Damn annoying )

------------------------------ "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"

The Pentium doesn't have bugs or produce errors; it's just Precision-Impaired.

 

Reply to tijmen007

Speaking of graphics cards...are you using this rig for a lot of gaming...?

Reply to Kill@dor

Yes this is going to be a gaming /photoshop computer. I play mostly RTS and some FPS that I can not play on consoles. I just want a machine to play Starcraft II and dawn of war at good rates.

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