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VirtualDementia   06-03-2009 at 03:47:05 AM

Upgrading from old socket 939 system.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Now
Budget: Sub $400

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming(Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, TF2, L4d, Farcry 2, SOASE, pretty much anything new), Movies, College work.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Lets try parts required: CPU, MOBO, RAM.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe(eventually)

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I'm upgrading from an AMD 3500+ Socket 939 CPU, MSI K8N Neo4 mobo, and X850xtpe graphics card.

I just received a HD4890 from my wonderful girlfriend as a gift and I need to upgrade the rest of my system to horribly un-bottleneck it.

Right now I was looking at....
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HDZ940XCGIBOX - Retail

Total of $354.97.

I know I just missed the combo deal on newegg but oh well. Is this build okay? Any advice? I'm open to any suggestions!


Message edited by VirtualDementia on 06-03-2009 at 04:00:25 AM
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xthekidx   06-03-2009 at 07:18:48 AM
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Looks great. Only thing I would do is throw a CPU cooler in the mix, as it will allow you to see the full potential of your CPU by overclocking. I would Get this Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 4&Tpk=cctf

Other than that, it looks like you are set.

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