Over the last few months I have bought a little here and there so that I wouldn't end up spending a ton of money at once. If you could please look over my setup and tell me what you think, changes you think I should make and so forth it would be greatly appreciated. The only stipulation is that I want to build an AMD system that uses ATI graphics (preferably Direct x11 just to make the card last a little longer) and I am not looking for a new case either (I will mod my current one).
Budget: I am trying to build a decent gaming system without going way too over budget, meaning staying below $800.
Anticipated Time of Purchase: Within the next 2 weeks
Here is my current setup right now: CPU: Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz
Vid Card: Radeon X800 GTO
Mobo: AsRock 775 Dual-VSTA
RAM: 1GB Kingston
PSU: 600 W Cooler Master
Monitor: 23" Widescreen acer
Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster SB X-Fi
Storage:650 GB and a 500 GB hard drives (Western Digital)
Computer Case: 20" H x 18" D x 8" W
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate when it arrives
That PSU's not my favorite ( http://www.hardocp.com/article/200 [...] r_supply/9 ) and it won't support crossfire and since the the mobo isn't really my favorite either, I'd recommend switching them to something like this (assuming you're crossfiring):
and I prefer this HSF COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-GP 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835103065
I realize that the mobo only supports 8x/8x crossfire, but that really shouldn't be an issue.
Message edited by jbakerlent on 10-24-2009 at 09:31:45 AM