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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 1st week of September 2010

BUDGET RANGE: 500$ or less

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, animating(Blender), video editing

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, Graphics card, hard drives, Case, And OS

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: www.newegg.com ( if you know of a better site let me know)

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA

PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD

OVERCLOCKING: Yes

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes ( I only have one radeon 5770 right now but i plan on buying a second after the machine is built)

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080

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AND HERE IS WHAT IM LOOKING @

MOBO: MSI 790X-G45 AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - $99.99

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - $139.99

MEMORY :Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) - $47.99


TOTAL = 287.97

Your advice and opinions will be very much appreciated! Thanks!

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You linked a hard drive as DVD burner, besides that it looks good.
Was the MB i chose overkill? or were you saying i should get an overkill MB?
And do you think the athlon is a better choice then phenom? i dont what to have to upgrade anytime too soon. ;) 
thanks for you input!
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Mr Pizza, for crossfire better the two PCIex16 slots should run at x8x8 or 16x8 or x16x16, x16x4 doesn't cut it very well.

GIGABYTE GA-890XA-UD3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
AMD Phenom II X4 955 + XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
ASUS Black 24X DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$489.95 after rebates.

mosox said:
Mr Pizza, for crossfire better the two PCIex16 slots should run at x8x8 or 16x8 or x16x16, x16x4 doesn't cut it very well.

GIGABYTE GA-890XA-UD3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
AMD Phenom II X4 955 + XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
ASUS Black 24X DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$489.95 after rebates.


This is very tempting, possibly a bit more then i was planning to buy, but i shouldnt have to dish out any upgrades anytime soon
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