<$1200 all purpose pc opinions wanted

[kc9bvl]

What do you guys think of this build? What would you change? is there a prebuilt system out there with this performance at this price? Trying to settle an argument over built vs bought. This will be used for Gaming, Internet, Music, Video, Office apps, ETC a little bit of everything.


CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674
$165.00

MB GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392
$79.99

RAM G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231180
$94.99

Video Card MSI R5770-PM2D1G/Seaweed Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support ... - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127468
$164.99

HDD SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
$69.99

DVD/RW Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030
$26.99

Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
$54.95

PSU Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
$64.99

Monitor ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049
$219.99

OS Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116758
$139.99

Keyboard/Mouse Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 B2L-00047 Black USB Ergonomic Keyboard/Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109156
$21.99

Speakers Logitech LS21 7 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.1 Stereo Speaker System - Blue - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121028
$29.99

Grand Total=$1133.85

Thanks for your reply's!

 

[kc9bvl]

Bump

 

[gkay09]

^ That is a good setup...few changes, that can save some more money -
CPU + mobo
(No reabtes though)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.308653

RAM - Equally good and cheaper -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275

Graphics card -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161317

CASE + PSU -
Antec 300 + Ante cECO 520W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.304805

 

[kc9bvl]

Thanks for your reply!

 

[MadAdmiral]

Trade the Samsung F1 for a Samsung F3 (500 GB for $55 or 1 TB for $85). This will be a lot faster (and the 1 TB is cheaper/GB).

I like this board a little more, and in the combo, it's only $10 more (after rebate) than gkay's: X4 955 + ASUS M4A79XTD EVO. It's got dual PCIe slots, so you could Crossfire later and more SATA ports. Overall, I think it's one of the best values on motherboards available.

Agree with everything else.

 

[kc9bvl]

Thanks for the reply!

 

[kc9bvl]

Bump for some more opinions

 

[MadAdmiral]

That's probably all you're going to get. That's about as good as you can get...

 

[kc9bvl]

I was hoping for some more opinions on built vs bought. is there a prebuilt out there at this price point that would perform equally as well?

 

[MadAdmiral]

Nope. Prebuilds are going to cost a lot more and get you much less quality.