APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: next few days
BUDGET RANGE: around $750 After Rebates (price doesn't include monitor/OS)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (e.g.: Folding@Home, gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, monitor, OS (purchased already)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg I suppose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: I don't think so
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (I already have a 23.6" Samsung monitor at this resolution...)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I don't anticipate playing games more graphically intensive than World of Warcraft (hence the gaming in quotation marks!) plus general internet, word processing stuff.
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This is what I was thinking... any suggestions? Is the CPU/GPU powerful enough to play WoW at the native resolution of the monitor I chose or should I think about upgrading? Are there any incompatibilities I haven't considered?
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX435WFGIBOX
Mobo: ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX435WFGIBOX
Graphics Card: XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (Is there a better brand than XFX? I just picked it randomly)
Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (currently $25 instant rebate)
Power Supply: I already purchased a Corsair 600W PSU on sale from newegg.
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL8D-4GBHK
HD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
+ a DVD, keyboard, and eventually wireless network card. I don't think I need to purchase anything else?
Thanks for any advice.
BUDGET RANGE: around $750 After Rebates (price doesn't include monitor/OS)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (e.g.: Folding@Home, gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, monitor, OS (purchased already)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg I suppose COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: I don't think so
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (I already have a 23.6" Samsung monitor at this resolution...)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I don't anticipate playing games more graphically intensive than World of Warcraft (hence the gaming in quotation marks!) plus general internet, word processing stuff.
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This is what I was thinking... any suggestions? Is the CPU/GPU powerful enough to play WoW at the native resolution of the monitor I chose or should I think about upgrading? Are there any incompatibilities I haven't considered?
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX435WFGIBOX
Mobo: ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor Model ADX435WFGIBOX
Graphics Card: XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (Is there a better brand than XFX? I just picked it randomly)
Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (currently $25 instant rebate)
Power Supply: I already purchased a Corsair 600W PSU on sale from newegg.
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL8D-4GBHK
HD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
+ a DVD, keyboard, and eventually wireless network card. I don't think I need to purchase anything else?
Thanks for any advice.