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madswimmer   10-31-2009 at 10:25:57 PM

Im going to be building my first computer (woo) and just wanted to post parts and see if anything is wrong, hoping everythings perfect.

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

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103674

POWERCOLOR AX5770 1GBD5-MDH Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814131181

CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139009

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119137

Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231276

LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136144


Thanks, also any advice for building?


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your dvd is ide not sata, get this instead http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136167
for a few $ more, you can get this samsung f3 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185 which is better then the wd and bigger in capacity.
gpu, same gpu with the same price, but sapphire http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102858
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Daggs   10-31-2009 at 10:59:07 PM
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your dvd is ide not sata, get this instead http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136167
for a few $ more, you can get this samsung f3 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185 which is better then the wd and bigger in capacity.
gpu, same gpu with the same price, but sapphire http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102858

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Daggs   10-31-2009 at 11:00:36 PM

ofcourse, if you aren't amd fan and you have the budget, you can get i5 build

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jbakerlent   11-01-2009 at 05:14:26 AM

You can drop down to a 650W and still retain support for future crossfire

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

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