My new rig - ordering friday

[boule]

Here are the components I'm going for:

100% sure:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Case: Thermaltake armor+
Hard drive: VelociRaptor 300GB

99%:
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W

Might change:
Memory: OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 (I haven't consider any 790GX. Should I have ?)
Graphic card: ATI 4770 / 4870 toxic edition / 4890 (can't make up my mind !)


Any last word of wisdom ? I'm planning to order on friday from newegg, it's the last day for most rebates...

 

[Helloworld_98]

1) VRaptor's suck, if it's for faster boots then get a 120GB SSD, if it's for boots and storage drive, get a 640GB WDC black for an OS and Apps drive and a 1TB WDC black for storage.

2) MSI motherboards suck, and unless you're going to have 3 cards you don't need an FX board. try the Biostar AM3 board if your an OC'er or the Gigabyte or ASUS GX board if you're not.

3) OCZ Reaper's are a waste of cash unless your using DDR2-1150 which you aren't so drop down to OCZ platinum 1600mhz or Gold 2ghz dimm's.

4) If you're getting an 850w PSU, you might aswell get a 4890, or drop down to a 750w PSU by the same company and get an XFX 4870 X2.

 

[evongugg]

How about this?

System Buyers' Guide: PCs under $825

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3563&p=4

 

[evongugg]

Case: Thermaltake armor+

PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W <Modular for case. Plenty of power for eventual duel 4770 Crossfire.>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018

CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103649

MB: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P <Crossfire capability, socket AM2+, DDR2 ram usage>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128387

Ram: Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 <Fast timings at DDR2 800 in duel channel mode, AM2+ CPU socket limitation>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220335

Burner: LG Black 22X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136152

Graphics Card: XFX HD-477A-YDLC Radeon HD 4770 <Expensive, but the warranty is nice. Crossfire in future.>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150366

 

[evongugg]

Add a hard disk to above.

 

[gkay09]

^ +1
1. --->WD Black HDD - Best value/ performance
---> SSD - Fast but expensive...
--->Velociraptors - Slightly faster than the WD Black(Though not considerably fast, Actually 2 WD Black in RAID 0 would perform as good or better than the Velociraptors) but you pay a very huge price premium for the name...

2. +1 for the Gigabyte/ Asus boards...Actually the MSI and Biostar have pretty much the same quality...

3. Like Hello said the OCZ Reapers were the best in the DDR2 segment and for the DDR3... Get the OCZ Platinum...it has CAS 7...

4. Well even a 750W PSU is only required if you want to run 2 HD 4890s in crossfire...
Before we give you a graphics card suggestion, tell at what resolution do you play...

 

[evongugg]

The 790FX is preferable to the 790GX.

 

[gkay09]

Actually you wont need a 700W PSU for running 2 4770s,,,
A 600W PSU is more than enough...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

This if you are not planning for any crossfire...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

 

[gkay09]

Well actually it would be easier for us to suggest parts if we have more info ...
*How To Ask For New Build Advice*
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261222-31-build-advice

 

[Helloworld_98]

and CL7 with ddr3 usually means that you can up the CL to 9 and up the memory speed to the next notch e.g 1333mhz to 1600mhz.

 

[boule]

Thanks for all the suggestions !

HD-wise, I already have > 1TB of storage, so I don't need anything extra.

I'm already getting 1600mhz ram, cl7 With promotion/rebate, the ocz reaper ends up being cheaper than the ocz platinum. I thought the reaper was the superior one ?

I'm going AM3/DDR3... I saw you guys suggested 790GX boards, I thought 790FX were better !

 

[boule]

I just came accross these OCZ Flex, 7-6-6-24... Not sure they're worth it over the reapers

 

[gkay09]

Thanks for all the suggestions !

HD-wise, I already have > 1TB of storage, so I don't need anything extra.

I'm already getting 1600mhz ram, cl7 With promotion/rebate, the ocz reaper ends up being cheaper than the ocz platinum. I thought the reaper was the superior one ?

I'm going AM3/DDR3... I saw you guys suggested 790GX boards, I thought 790FX were better !

Well yes OCZ reapers are better ones and they have a good heat spreaders...
And as for the Mobo, you are right about the 790FX...
They have better OC abilities and are much more stable...So buy the FX boards only if you are planning for pretty high overclocks...Else stick with 790GX as they also allow decent overclock...
But better get Gigabyte or ASUS boards(Preferably Gigabyte as they are much more stable) if you are spending that much...