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suitaroh1   11-09-2009 at 11:50:37 PM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: (black Friday/cyber monday) BUDGET RANGE: 750- 900 max After Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341022 Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811146058

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com, amazon.com, tigerdirect
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: usa

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel core i5, Samsung Spinpoint 500 gig hds (3)

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, CF or SLI No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080-if on a crazy sale

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Wonder whether the psu will be able to handle 4850, 4870, 4890, gtx 9800, or gtx 260 What card I get will probably depend on money in the coming weeks and sales on black friday/cyber monday Im leaning toward 4870 or 4890 b/c price performance ratio

I need to know whether:

My power supply is enough for the i5
the three HDs (probably these; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181 )
a cd/dvd r/w optical drive
4 gigs of ddr3 1333 or 1600 ram
card reader

Need recommendations on the optical drive, card reader (and adapter), and ram (not willing to spend over $80ish on ram)

thank you in advance, again


Message edited by suitaroh1 on 11-10-2009 at 12:26:07 AM
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dmcfc   11-09-2009 at 11:54:48 PM

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

for the PSU look at this website ^^^^^^

Probably it will fit on this case

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aford10   11-09-2009 at 11:54:50 PM

That's a very good PSU. It will run any single graphics card with no problem. The rest of your hardware draws minimal power. Good choice there.

Also, nice choice on the hard drives.

The case will also be fine. Everything will fit in there fine.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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overshocks   11-09-2009 at 11:59:00 PM

can you edit your post to this format..

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ild-advice

------------------------------ You can select me as Best Answer
e6400 oc'd 3.2ghz,CCF cooler
3870x2, p5k/epu
750watts psu, antec 900
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aford10   11-10-2009 at 12:11:49 AM

^ That format is for a build advice. It doesn't really apply to what the OP is asking.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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suitaroh1   11-10-2009 at 12:36:09 AM

^ Went ahead and formatted it that way anyway since ill eventually need it for advice. That power calculator site gives me 570ish for 4890, gtx 260, and 260ish for 4870. Will I be safe? Ive done other psu calculators and they have had lower numbers. Any ideas?

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dmcfc   11-10-2009 at 12:37:47 AM

I think you'll be good with the PSU you have right now

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