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shawne   10-30-2009 at 08:20:43 AM

I am going to keep my current case Antec 300
Keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor.
I have windows 7 but will install 64 bit instead of 32 bit
I have my dvr drives. and a 1TB seagate drive.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103724
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131402
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371026
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231193
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102858

Uses: College work
Online Poker
Gaming:
WoW
SC2 when it comes out
Eve online (maybe thinking about joining this)
Warcraft 3
Internet Browsing
Watching Movies online


Any advice is appreciated.


Message edited by shawne on 10-30-2009 at 08:25:22 AM
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Bronze Home Brew badge jbakerlent   10-30-2009 at 08:56:11 AM

Fill out the form in my sig and we'll be able to help you out more. But in the meantime, you could probably drop down to a 770 mobo
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128392

and 550W PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] k=550%20vx

if you're not crossfiring.
Also, get this faster, cheaper RAM instead
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

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akash3656   10-30-2009 at 09:45:03 AM

See if you bump 10 $ more you can easily get a quad core AMD X4 620.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103706

Do you need Crossfire, if you don't you can skimp on motherboard quite a bit:
GA-MA785GM-US2H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 785gm-us2h

PSU: You won't need such a high rating PSU, get this combo deal instead
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.274497
This PSU is actually more than enough....

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dirtmountain   10-30-2009 at 12:08:18 PM

^ Both with good advice, especially about replacing that RAM

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dark_lord69   10-30-2009 at 05:03:51 PM

I highly reccomend the parts suggested by jbakerlent!
After mail in rebates it will save you $107!

Then you can take that money and either keep it or spend it on something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103674

If you won't/don't want to overclock your processor then you can get this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103696

Trust me on this: You will not regret getting a high clock frequency Quad core with an L3 cache espcially after it's a couple years old and you are still using it.

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laweinhander   10-30-2009 at 05:22:16 PM

dark_lord69 wrote :

I highly reccomend the parts suggested by jbakerlent!
After mail in rebates it will save you $107!

Then you can take that money and either keep it or spend it on something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103674

If you won't/don't want to overclock your processor then you can get this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103696

Trust me on this: You will not regret getting a high clock frequency Quad core with an L3 cache espcially after it's a couple years old and you are still using it.




I agree , do not get the athlon ii x3 or x4
If you want to save money on a processor get the athlon ii x2 because it has 1 mb of l2 cache for each core and its only 60 bucks
you can upgrade the processor to something better latter if you want to (maybe when quad core prices fall more ?)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103688

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews [...] II_X2_240/

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shawne   10-30-2009 at 05:35:29 PM

I wanted to oc the cpu and thought it was a good chip based off the article here on it (takling about the X3)

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shawne   10-30-2009 at 05:55:19 PM

jbakerlent wrote :

Fill out the form in my sig and we'll be able to help you out more. But in the meantime, you could probably drop down to a 770 mobo
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128392

and 550W PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] k=550%20vx

if you're not crossfiring.
Also, get this faster, cheaper RAM instead
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478




The reviews for that ram make me nervous

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laweinhander   10-31-2009 at 12:13:05 AM

the athlon ii x2 overclocks well too , look a the techpowerup link i posted.

the thing about the athlon ii x3 and x4 is they have little l2 cache and no l3 cache
if you are going for a budget i would goo x2 athlon if you want to spend a little more i would go phenom ii

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shawne   10-31-2009 at 07:58:16 PM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: (Next week 11/4/09 BUDGET RANGE: (e.g.: 400-600) Before Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (gaming, playing poker, school work, watching movies, internet surfing, saving digital pictures)

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: (keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, hard drive, case, sound card)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (newegg.com) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: (Usa)

PARTS PREFERENCES: by brand or type (I would like to use an AMD CPU)

OVERCLOCKING: Yes (although I've never OC anything before, so this will be my first time ( CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: (I would like suggestions on equipment to set up dual monitors, right now I have a 22' acer monitor but would like to upgrade this with a better monitor so any suggestions will be appreciated, one with great price that's better than this Acer for gaming, and affordable as I will be getting two so I can set up the dual monitors) Also I have an Antec 300 with 3 fans running, do I need anymore air flow than this for my new build?)


Based off you guys suggestions here are my specs:

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128392

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 545 Callisto 3.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103694

RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1333LV4GK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

Combo deal: PSU AND GPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.274497


Thoughts? Good cpu for gaming? Can I over clock?





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Bronze Home Brew badge jbakerlent   11-01-2009 at 12:13:09 AM

What seagate HDD do you have? I would recommend just using the onboard sound. That case will be fine. Since you already have those parts, this actually would fit in under your budget.

 

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103649

 

GIGABYTE GA-MA790GPT-UD3H AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128398

 

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

 

ASUS EAH5770/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121350

 

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139005

 

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

 

It even allows for future crossfire.


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shawne   11-01-2009 at 03:26:20 AM

That gpu is deactivated any other suggestions?

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