Building soon, final thoughts?

[whitehorizon]

Here is my attempt at my first build. I will probably be ordering parts within a day or two. Any final thoughts? It all comes to ~$770 AR. I mostly need to know if anything is obviously overkill. Thanks.


Components:

LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS-324-98

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

XFX GS250XYDFU GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH

Antec P183 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power CPX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

 

[Timop]

The PSU is obvious overkill, you need barely 500W.

Then get a better GPU if you're gaming, a HD5770 would be a nice step-up.

Also, if yore not planning CFX, get this board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157195&cm_re=ASrock_extreme3-_-13-157-195-_-Product

Are you buying from newegg?

 

[NeoElemental]

Agree with Timop. Unless you are planning to Crossfire/SLI in the future, you can cut pretty big costs by getting a less expensive motherboard and cutting down the psu. Even if you DID want to sli/cfx, 750w would probably still be more than enough.

You can take that savings and put it into a better gfx card. I would even guess that you could jump up to a 460.

 

[gordon_81]

agree with timop the psu is major overkill, good hdd, yes see if you can upgrade your gpu to a 5770 or a gtx 460 if you can afford it, the gtx 460 will be the best bang for your buck but it might be to much for your budget, if you decide to get a 5770 get an msi r5770 hawk its probably the best 5770, the twin frozr II gpu cooler is excellent, otherwise its a decent build

 

[whitehorizon]

Yes, I am buying from newegg.

 

[Timop]

Antec P183 + Earthwatts 750W Combo $200 (There are cheaper better cases around though, so you can spend more on the CPU+GPU but if you like the P183..)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.480357

Phenom 955 + HD5770 $290AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.442703

ASUS 870 USB3+ 4GB Mushkin DDR3: $139
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.481597

Samsung F3 1TB $70
http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6448061&CatId=2459

-or-

Hitachi Deskstar 1TB $50AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145287&cm_re=Hitachi_1TB-_-22-145-287-_-Product

ASUS DVD-RW $21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Total: $720AR(w/Samsung) -or- $700(w/Hitachi)

 

[whitehorizon]

Just for kicks, throw out some case models for me.

 

[Timop]

Just for kicks, throw out some case models for me.

Heres a general shoot-out of cases, all are cheaper than the P183.

Antec 900/300
Nzxt M59/Gamma/Tempest
Silverstone PS05
Lancool K
CM Storm/HAF 922

 

[gordon_81]

also the coolermaster 690II

 

[whitehorizon]

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