Hi,
Just looking for some input here as this is my first DIY build.
PURCHASE DATE: within 1 week
BUDGET: $1000 (before any rebates)
USAGE: media (general, including encoding), surfing, occasional gaming, work from home (ArcGIS Desktop)
NOT NEEDED: monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse
PREFERRED SUPPLIER: newegg.com
ORIGIN: USA
PARTS PREFERENCES: none, just reliable and reasonably priced
OVERCLOCK: possibly in the future (never done it)
CROSSFIRE/SLI: no
COMMENTS: Does not have to be super quiet. Looking to add one or two more 5.25" drives and possibly one SSD in the future. Would like to dual-boot with Ubuntu 10.04 as well.
Build details (subtotal $980):
CPU - $200 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard - $110 - Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H ATX (seems like a good fit, don't know how well it is for OC'ing - open to suggestions here. Onboard video for backup)
Memory - $99 - G.SKILL DDR3 1333 PC10666 2x2GB F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK
GPU - $160 - Sapphire ATI Radeon 5770 100283-3L (may substitute with XFX Juniper 5770 - open to suggestions here)
HDD - $95 - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s WD1002FAEX
Optical - $26 - Lite-On 24X DVD-RW IHAS424-98
Case - $60 - Antec Three Hundred mid tower (may substitute with Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP mid tower)
PSU - $90 - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V (open to suggestions - is a 550W or 600W 80Plus PSU good enough with one or two future drive additions in mind?)
OS - $140 - Windows 7 Pro 64bit OEM
Just looking for some input here as this is my first DIY build.
PURCHASE DATE: within 1 week
BUDGET: $1000 (before any rebates)
USAGE: media (general, including encoding), surfing, occasional gaming, work from home (ArcGIS Desktop)
NOT NEEDED: monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse
PREFERRED SUPPLIER: newegg.com
ORIGIN: USA
PARTS PREFERENCES: none, just reliable and reasonably priced
OVERCLOCK: possibly in the future (never done it)
CROSSFIRE/SLI: no
COMMENTS: Does not have to be super quiet. Looking to add one or two more 5.25" drives and possibly one SSD in the future. Would like to dual-boot with Ubuntu 10.04 as well.
Build details (subtotal $980):
CPU - $200 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard - $110 - Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H ATX (seems like a good fit, don't know how well it is for OC'ing - open to suggestions here. Onboard video for backup)
Memory - $99 - G.SKILL DDR3 1333 PC10666 2x2GB F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK
GPU - $160 - Sapphire ATI Radeon 5770 100283-3L (may substitute with XFX Juniper 5770 - open to suggestions here)
HDD - $95 - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s WD1002FAEX
Optical - $26 - Lite-On 24X DVD-RW IHAS424-98
Case - $60 - Antec Three Hundred mid tower (may substitute with Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP mid tower)
PSU - $90 - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V (open to suggestions - is a 550W or 600W 80Plus PSU good enough with one or two future drive additions in mind?)
OS - $140 - Windows 7 Pro 64bit OEM