- May 12, 2009
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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next two weeks BUDGET RANGE: ~$750 USD
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, also needs to be able to run multiple adobe CS3 programs simultaneously.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Hard drive, speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, optical drives
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg, but if someone knows of better deals elsewhere thats good too
PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD processor to keep the price/performance pretty good, other than that i would like a case that will survive through a few generations of systems if thats possible
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe a little bit but nothing extensive SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Potentially in the future
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I am moving from a P4@2.26GHz with a Radeon 9550 so i figured it was time for an upgrade, i would like a little overhead on the graphics card because if i do improve something in a few more months it will be to get a higher resolution monitor that can handle 1080P resolution. I would like to keep this build reasonably priced while not sacrificing on the quality of the components.
Current parts list:
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail
Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3K2/4GR - Retail
I currently have a PCI slot Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE, would it be best to transfer that to the new build as well or would the onboard sound be higher quality than it? Also im not looking for silent operation here, as my current hard drive and optical drives are far from silent.
Thanks in advance.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, also needs to be able to run multiple adobe CS3 programs simultaneously.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Hard drive, speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, optical drives
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg, but if someone knows of better deals elsewhere thats good too
PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD processor to keep the price/performance pretty good, other than that i would like a case that will survive through a few generations of systems if thats possible
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe a little bit but nothing extensive SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Potentially in the future
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I am moving from a P4@2.26GHz with a Radeon 9550 so i figured it was time for an upgrade, i would like a little overhead on the graphics card because if i do improve something in a few more months it will be to get a higher resolution monitor that can handle 1080P resolution. I would like to keep this build reasonably priced while not sacrificing on the quality of the components.
Current parts list:
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail
Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3K2/4GR - Retail
I currently have a PCI slot Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE, would it be best to transfer that to the new build as well or would the onboard sound be higher quality than it? Also im not looking for silent operation here, as my current hard drive and optical drives are far from silent.
Thanks in advance.
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