Finalizing My Build

[edgler]

Just did a bunch of research to nail down the final specs of the PC im building, I built one VERY similar to this about 3 months ago and have been generally pleased, but the change to DDR3 (in this build) and the cost of RAM has me a little nervous. I went back and forth about 10 times on either the Dual 5770's or a single 5850. Anyhow the main question is, does anyone see any glaring compatibilty problems with this build? Conversly is there anything thats junk that I should reconsider before I hit 'Purchase"?


SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model SH-S222A - OEM

2 x OCZ AMD Black Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model

COOLER MASTER UCP RS900-AAAAA3 900W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Power Supply

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 AMD Limited Edition AM-932-RWN1-GP Red Steel / Plastic / Mesh bezel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail

2 x Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

 

[hunter315]

that is a lot more power than you need, you can run 2 5770s on a good 650W unit, and 2 5870s on a 750W unit, you dont have a use for a 900W unit and dropping that will save you quite a bit.

If you are just going to be gaming you wont get a benefit out of more than 4GB of ram so you can save there too. Swap the IDE burner for a SATA burner, its just easier that way, and swap the 640GB WD for a 500GB Samsung F3, it is a fair bit faster for less.

 

[edgler]

Those are great recommendations Hunter, ill definetly do the powersupply thing, the machine im running has 8gbs of Ram in it, id like to maybe get the MA790X-UD4P that has AM/AM2/AM3 compatibility that uses DDR2 then just caniablize 4gbs of ram from this system, but I cant seem to find one or have the knowledge to find one. Ill also do the Hard drive thing and the Optical Drive thing.

Edit: After looking on newegg (i have to have the HAF932 to match my other case) Im going to prolly stick with the 900W PS as I get this combo deal:

COOLER MASTER UCP RS900-AAAAA3 900W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power COOLER MASTER HAF 932 AMD Limited Edition AM-932-RWN1-GP Red Steel / Plastic / Mesh bezel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - -$10.00 Instant
-$130.00 Combo
Normally: $369.97
I pay: $229.97

 

[blackhawk1928]

Your power supply is ridiculous.
Get something smaller and and instead spend an extra $20-30 for the 965 which has a higher clockrate and can actually help in games and apps.

 

[edgler]

Your power supply is ridiculous.
Get something smaller and and instead spend an extra $20-30 for the 965 which has a higher clockrate and can actually help in games and apps.

965 is a terrific idea, ill do that too, keep em coming guys!

 

[edgler]

Disreguard, everything ive seen says DDR2 is more or less dead and I should just bite the bullet and buy the DDR3

 

[edgler]

Ok here's where I am now:

COOLER MASTER UCP RS900-AAAAA3 900W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 AMD Limited Edition AM-932-RWN1-GP Red Steel / Plastic / Mesh bezel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ965FBGMBOX - Retail

2 x XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 - Retail

Your guys help has been great so far, anything else I could improve upon? (this is actually LESS money than I had before but a faster processor) (Trying to stay right around 1300

All this (With a copy of Windows 7 and a Logitech G15 keyboard) comes to:

$1,309.21

 

[blackhawk1928]

^I have the G15, its nice
but why are you still keeping the 900watt PSU?...get like a 700-750watt

 

[edgler]

^I have the G15, its nice
but why are you still keeping the 900watt PSU?...get like a 700-750watt

its essentially free when I buy the Haf 932 case, 130 dollars if you buy the case and the powersupply in a combo off newegg

 

[dmcfc]

I would get a 5850 on the place of 2 5770 because it's single gpu, and if needed in the future you can just upgrade by buying another 5850 which if you buy 2 5770 now you wont have how to upgrade later. I know 2 5770 get compared to a 5870 but I have a 5850 myself and really, it's already enough, plays everything at very high setting with good frame rates.