APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 1-2 weeks BUDGET RANGE: 1000-1250 Before Rebates
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Moderate gaming (Wow), movies (converting), music (converting), office, internet,
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: case, keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor (updating soon but not with this build)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Quality
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe (Slight OC) SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe in the future
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Currently 1600x900, for movies will be hooked up to 42" LCD 1080P, but will be upgrading monitor to 1900x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Already have a case COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Build I came up with:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz - $160.99
MB: GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $184.99
GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5850 1GB DDR5 - $299.99 Couldn't find one below $300 on newegg that was in stock
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V - $119.99
RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) - $105.99
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM - $89.99
OD: LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner - Retail - $99.99 Open to any suggestion here since it has been Out of Stock on newegg for awhile now.
HS&Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus - $34.99 went up $5.00!
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM - $139.99
Misc: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM - $9.99
Total: ~1250 before rebates
Was debating whether to go with an i5 but decided to go with 955 BE so I could fit the blue-ray drive in. I just play WoW as of now, no FPS or anything like that so was hopping the 955 BE suitable. Using a 5 year old Dell laptop currently on its last leg, so anything is going to be worlds ahead of it.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Moderate gaming (Wow), movies (converting), music (converting), office, internet,
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: case, keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor (updating soon but not with this build)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.
PARTS PREFERENCES: Quality
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe (Slight OC) SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe in the future
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Currently 1600x900, for movies will be hooked up to 42" LCD 1080P, but will be upgrading monitor to 1900x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Already have a case COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Build I came up with:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz - $160.99
MB: GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $184.99
GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5850 1GB DDR5 - $299.99 Couldn't find one below $300 on newegg that was in stock
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V - $119.99
RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) - $105.99
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM - $89.99
OD: LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner - Retail - $99.99 Open to any suggestion here since it has been Out of Stock on newegg for awhile now.
HS&Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus - $34.99 went up $5.00!
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM - $139.99
Misc: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM - $9.99
Total: ~1250 before rebates
Was debating whether to go with an i5 but decided to go with 955 BE so I could fit the blue-ray drive in. I just play WoW as of now, no FPS or anything like that so was hopping the 955 BE suitable. Using a 5 year old Dell laptop currently on its last leg, so anything is going to be worlds ahead of it.