Approximate Purchase Date: By the end of March
Budget Range: Would prefer to stay around $800, but flexible up to about $900
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Graphics (i.e. Lightroom, GIMP) and gaming.
Would prefer to have real good performance on the graphics front and outstanding performance on the gaming front. From what I've read, the graphics end will use all the CPU it can be fed, while this particular CPU would be overkill for gaming. I'm not a real big gamer, but would like to get back into America's Army. I would like to splurge on the hard drives and run the OS/Lightroom/GIMP and AA off the SSD, while using the other hard drive for other programs and storage.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, video card. At this point, I just want to get the foundation started and add the monitor and video card within a month or so. Already have a cheap sound card and may reuse it and may not, but it's not required at this point.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Other than AMD for the price point, don't really have any preferences other than reputable manufacturers.
Overclocking: Don't really care. Would prefer not to and can live without the ultimate performance out of everything.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: At this point, whatever I get will handle the current monitor easy, but when I go to a new monitor, I would like to be able to run my game of choice at 1920x1080 with the highest settings without the system working to do it. It wouldn't be a real big deal if I could meet it, but would like to be close.
Additional Comments: This system will be replacing a 9 year old Intel Celeron machine, so just about anything more than a netbook will be an improvement. I'm somewhat knowledgeable of some things computer wise, a monkey can slap parts together but he can't pick what parts and that's about where I'm at. Wanted to run this build through here and have it critiqued for compability and if it's a smart build. Another question I have is should I forgo the SSD at this time and go ahead and get a video card and if so, which one that would fit into my budget? I do use an external hard drive for storage and my current machine has only a 40GB drive. My guess is that at any one time, I would only take up around 100GB between all programs and OS with a new machine.
So here are the parts I have picked out:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727 $159
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198 $109.99 89.99 after rebate
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL 84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 $18.99
Rosewill CRUISER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Side Panel Window and Four Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147145 $79.99 69.99 after rebate
COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS700-PCAAE3-US 700W ATX 12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171054 $89.99 84.99 after rebate
Patriot Inferno PI60GS25SSDR 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220511 $149.99 129.99 after rebate
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136782 $72.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754 $99.99
Total at this time: $810.92 after rebates
Budget Range: Would prefer to stay around $800, but flexible up to about $900
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Graphics (i.e. Lightroom, GIMP) and gaming.
Would prefer to have real good performance on the graphics front and outstanding performance on the gaming front. From what I've read, the graphics end will use all the CPU it can be fed, while this particular CPU would be overkill for gaming. I'm not a real big gamer, but would like to get back into America's Army. I would like to splurge on the hard drives and run the OS/Lightroom/GIMP and AA off the SSD, while using the other hard drive for other programs and storage.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, video card. At this point, I just want to get the foundation started and add the monitor and video card within a month or so. Already have a cheap sound card and may reuse it and may not, but it's not required at this point.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Other than AMD for the price point, don't really have any preferences other than reputable manufacturers.
Overclocking: Don't really care. Would prefer not to and can live without the ultimate performance out of everything.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: At this point, whatever I get will handle the current monitor easy, but when I go to a new monitor, I would like to be able to run my game of choice at 1920x1080 with the highest settings without the system working to do it. It wouldn't be a real big deal if I could meet it, but would like to be close.
Additional Comments: This system will be replacing a 9 year old Intel Celeron machine, so just about anything more than a netbook will be an improvement. I'm somewhat knowledgeable of some things computer wise, a monkey can slap parts together but he can't pick what parts and that's about where I'm at. Wanted to run this build through here and have it critiqued for compability and if it's a smart build. Another question I have is should I forgo the SSD at this time and go ahead and get a video card and if so, which one that would fit into my budget? I do use an external hard drive for storage and my current machine has only a 40GB drive. My guess is that at any one time, I would only take up around 100GB between all programs and OS with a new machine.
So here are the parts I have picked out:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727 $159
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198 $109.99 89.99 after rebate
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL 84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 $18.99
Rosewill CRUISER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Side Panel Window and Four Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147145 $79.99 69.99 after rebate
COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS700-PCAAE3-US 700W ATX 12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171054 $89.99 84.99 after rebate
Patriot Inferno PI60GS25SSDR 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220511 $149.99 129.99 after rebate
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136782 $72.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754 $99.99
Total at this time: $810.92 after rebates
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