Sub/around 600 AMD build

[DigitalKitsune]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Around the 22nd of January.

BUDGET RANGE: 600-700 Before rebates if possible.

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, gaming, gaming, surfing the interwebz, gaming.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Don't need a keyboard, mouse, monitor (sorta), and current power supply is a Corsair 650watt Modular PSU. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012 I currently also have a 7600GT OC, but I don't know if I can afford/need an upgrade just yet.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

PARTS PREFERENCES: I currently would like an AMD processor. It may seem a touch 'fanboyish' but I had been kinda waiting for them to make a comeback. The only other specific would be a nice looking motherboard that's not rainbow colored that fits the needs of my system and provides a little future proofing. I currently bought an Antec 902 case (900 revision), so I'm good there.

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: I like the resolutions 1024x768 or even better 1280x1024. Sadly I took the route to use my 32" HD TV as a monitor, mainly cause at the time I couldn't afford another. I'm unsure if that's adding stress/heat to my system trying to output to that.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Quiet would be nice. I liked Nvidia back in the day, but I heard ATIs play nicer with AMD chips, and AMD has recovered alot of ground. I don't need PhysX and am happy as long as I can play my games without having to worry about overheats, crashes, or power shortages as opposed to the biggest bling my computer can wag. I'm open to new technologies and overclocking, though my experience with overclocking is little. The current setup I was looking at was this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118020

Open to suggestions, but at least state 'why' not just 'because'.

 

[Wolfshadw]

I'd probably go with this Gigabyte motherboard strictly for CPU support. This board accepts your selected CPU without requiring a BIOS upgrade. It's also $40 less.

I tend to stay away from overclocking (just me), so I'd probably go with DDR3-1333 as opposed to DDR3-1600(OC) RAM.

A quiet PC is nice, but I'd rather have spent $600 on a noisy PC that I can use than a $600 silent PC that doesn't do what I want. You can probably drop the Arctic Silver 5 and the Zalman cooler and put that cash towards this graphics card - The Sapphire HD 4670 GDDR3 for another $70. You're also missing a hard drive. You can pick up this Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB drive for $55.

Total price shipped is still under $600 before rebates.

-Wolf sends

 

[DigitalKitsune]

Whoops! I forgot to mention I already had a hard drive. Is the 1600 overclocked as is? I thought that was a pre-overclocked setting. Also, mind you, I don't want things to overheat. I heard good things about the 955's stock cooler but still.

 

[DigitalKitsune]

Anyone else have input?

 

[scubba85]

You say that your main usage will be gaming, but no video card? Personally I would drop the quad core and get a decent dual or triple core to save some money and throw in a decent video card. If you don't care about future proofing a 9800gt will murder at 1280x1024. Also don't underestimate the value of a newer hard drive. I recently got the samsung f3 1tb and noticed a huge difference in speed as apposed to my 4 year old drive.


KK just did a build and you have plenty of budget left over if you are reusing case psu and hard drive... also do you need a dvd burner?

ASUS M4A78-E AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131368

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/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260

XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150351

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

with that psu mobo and cpu, you can add a second 4850 (if you can find them by then) if you need more power.

If you changed processors to more within your budget you could upgrade your hard drive/get a better video card.
Anyway a 4850 will run rock solid on at that resolution.

 

[DigitalKitsune]

I did mention I had a 7600GT OC, or at least I believed I did. That will probably last me till I have more money as everything else shy of the hard drive and optical disc is old. I did spy a look at one of the ATI 5750s, but as I said, when I have more money. This is mainly to update my computer and hopefully allow for growth on the graphics card at a later date.

 

[scubba85]

I would go 5750 if you could, that way you can crossfire them for dx11 support in the future. Also, I'm not the best person to ask on these forums.... any advice from the pros?