APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Friday this week.
BUDGET RANGE: $600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Photoshop / Lightroom, Video editing, watching dvds, generic internet.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Hard drive (I have a spare Hitachi 500GB SATA drive already that I am planning on using)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg
PARTS PREFERENCES: I'd like to go with AMD AM3 because it should be upgradable in the future while being affordable for me now. i7 is too expensive for my budget
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200. I have a Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: needs to cope with my monitor.
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CASE & POWERSUPPLY: Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail - $109.99
MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $84.99
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor Model HDZ720WFGIBOX - Retail - $119.00
MEMORY: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ - Retail - $77.99
VIDEO CARD: EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - $184.99
Total: $576.96
Anyone see any problems or have suggestions? I would really appreciate it.
kealist
BUDGET RANGE: $600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Photoshop / Lightroom, Video editing, watching dvds, generic internet.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Hard drive (I have a spare Hitachi 500GB SATA drive already that I am planning on using)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg
PARTS PREFERENCES: I'd like to go with AMD AM3 because it should be upgradable in the future while being affordable for me now. i7 is too expensive for my budget
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200. I have a Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: needs to cope with my monitor.
============
CASE & POWERSUPPLY: Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail - $109.99
MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $84.99
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor Model HDZ720WFGIBOX - Retail - $119.00
MEMORY: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ - Retail - $77.99
VIDEO CARD: EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - $184.99
Total: $576.96
Anyone see any problems or have suggestions? I would really appreciate it.
kealist
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