Any suggestions for my build

[marliaths]

I am buying new computer and so far have selected these components. I am planning on buying these parts tomorrow, please make any suggestions and or changes for my build.


G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

HIS H685F1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case & AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX


I want to use as many combo deals as possible so please suggest any that would save me money. I'm planning on ordering the computer tomorrow for Cyber Monday and am trying to keep it around $600. Any parts that would serve me better would also be welcome.

 

[gkay09]

Check this case -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

Or this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.543352

Free cable with board -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.409531

PSU - Get this one - With shipping would cost roughly the same and with rebates, even lower...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

 

[marliaths]

Okay I looked at what you posted and I changed the build:

HIS H685F1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case + Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC + ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

Almost the same price but with more rebates. I don't like that I have three items without combo deals, any way I can get maybe the processor and graphics card in a deal or the ram with one of the other two? I heard the GTX 460s are good also but I don't know which ones are good. Any other suggestions and changes are also welcome.

 

[gkay09]

^ GTX 460 1GB are pretty good and have similar performance of the 6850s
X4 + Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.543697

ASUS 785G EVO + 4GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.558841

CASE + HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.543352

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341039

 

[batuchka]

Deneb based Black Edition + HD 6850 CFable? Remove w/e h/w not needed

$597AR

HD6K: single/CF review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/amds-radeon-6870-6850-renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/8

 

[gkay09]

^ +1 for the above build, just add 1 more case fan for air intake...

 

[marliaths]

I would have done that build but they ran out of the graphics card and they raised the price on the motherboard. I changed the build a little bit and this is what I came up with:

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX

Case + HDD

Graphics card + motherboard

PSU + RAM

Its actually a little bit more expensive than yesterday, so I would appreciate if you guys could revise on this build to make it even better. I will order everything today.

 

[marliaths]

Is there also any difference between the 700MB version of the GTX 460 and the 1GB version? I was thinking maybe downgrade to the lower version and upgrade the processor to the phenom quad core.

 

[vindictive]

yea.. more nvram on the gpu lol.
if your gaming your gpu dependent as long as your proc. isn't holding you back.
I'd stay with the gtx 460 1GB the extra memory there will come into play.

 

[gkay09]

^ Not only extra vRAM, but also the memory interface is wider at 256-bit compared to the 192-bit of the 768MB version...And at higher resolutions say 1680x1050 and above, the extra vRAM would come into play...

 

[vindictive]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/180?vs=156

 

[marliaths]

So is everything in my build compatible with each other and is there any changes to it that would serve me better?

 

[marliaths]

What would you guys say about the differences between the two following cards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130591&cm_re=gtx_460_1gb-_-14-130-591-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127510&cm_re=gtx_460_1gb-_-14-127-510-_-Product


Would it be worthwhile to get the cheaper one so I could upgrade the CPU?

 

[gkay09]

CPU + Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.553726

GPU - Choose from these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130568
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500169
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102884

RAM -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748

PSU
OCZ Fatality
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

 

[marliaths]

I liked all the answers that were submitted but I'll select the one that had the parts that I liked the most. Thank all of you for the help

 

[marliaths]

Best answer selected by marliaths.

 

[batuchka]

Yep happy shopping/building and u are welcomed ^^