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dca22   08-23-2009 at 06:40:24 AM

Hey all..What do you all think of this build i put together. Wanted some feedback before i pulled the trigger. I will be playing games like crysis warhead, GTAIV, COD 4/5, Grid racing,, etc etc,,, my monitor is 23 inch acer @ 1920x1080.. Thanks for looking and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Also i'll prob be adding a blu ray drive down the line.

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Combos are your friend, and you get an extra $10 off with promo code ANTECAUG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] 11-129-066

Get one of the two PSUs jbakerlent suggested, but i would go for this as the video card since its a waste to get a crossfire capable board and an nvidia card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150360
The XFX is also clocked slightly higher and has a better warranty

The suggested hard drive is a single platter and will run faster and quieter than the caviar black.

In order to use the MA790XT he suggested you need DDR3 ram like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220278

And the antec 300 illusion should have enough air flow to replicate a tornado when cranked up to high, it also doesnt use 80mm fans so im really unsure why you have the 80mm fan listed.
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Bronze Home Brew badge jbakerlent   08-23-2009 at 06:47:59 AM

I would make the following changes:

Check out one of these PSUs
Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371025

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006

The 4890
SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X 100269VXL Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102841

500 GB platter
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] f3%20500gb

AM3/DDR3 Mobo
GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128378

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   08-23-2009 at 07:14:24 AM
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Combos are your friend, and you get an extra $10 off with promo code ANTECAUG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] 11-129-066

Get one of the two PSUs jbakerlent suggested, but i would go for this as the video card since its a waste to get a crossfire capable board and an nvidia card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150360
The XFX is also clocked slightly higher and has a better warranty

The suggested hard drive is a single platter and will run faster and quieter than the caviar black.

In order to use the MA790XT he suggested you need DDR3 ram like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220278

And the antec 300 illusion should have enough air flow to replicate a tornado when cranked up to high, it also doesnt use 80mm fans so im really unsure why you have the 80mm fan listed.

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Bronze Home Brew badge jbakerlent   08-23-2009 at 07:59:05 AM

hunter315 wrote :

In order to use the MA790XT he suggested you need DDR3 ram like this



Thanks for catching that, wasn't paying attention. :)

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dca22   08-23-2009 at 09:45:20 AM

thanks for the replys,,, im going to stick with the 275 but the combo on the os and case , and the smaller psu saved some money for sure. Still pondering about the rest, the HDD especially since i need a lot of storage space.

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   08-23-2009 at 06:00:26 PM

If you are going to stick with a 275 then save some by not getting a crossfire capable board, you can save 25 by going with the 770
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 2&Tpk=770t

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astrodudepsu   08-23-2009 at 06:24:04 PM

If you need HDD space you might as well get the WD Caviar Black 1TB version. With a similar platter density to the 640GB version you will get more space with the same speed.

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dca22   08-24-2009 at 05:48:18 AM

Thanks for all the help guys on this and my other thread. I got the parts from newegg ordered this morning. I went with the ddr3 mobo, the 275, the smaller psu and the os/case combo. Was able to get a better mobo i think using ddr3 for 20$ less then my previous total cost thanks to the suggestions. Thanks again guys!

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dca22   08-24-2009 at 05:48:24 AM

Thanks for all the help guys on this and my other thread. I got the parts from newegg ordered this morning. I went with the ddr3 mobo, the 275, the smaller psu and the os/case combo. Was able to get a better mobo i think using ddr3 for 20$ less then my previous total cost thanks to the suggestions. Thanks again guys!

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