Approximate Purchase Date: 5-10days
Budget Range: ~900USD Before rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg mainly.
Country of Origin: U.S.
Parts Preferences: I would like to use an AMD CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Looking for advice on a new build. Not trying to make it super fancy. Just want to upgrade from my old prebuilt pc and get the experience to build a pc myself for the future.
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After looking around and reading up on pc components picked out this build. Looking for any advice on my current build. Trying to stay around 900USD and hoping that after building my first pc I can tweak it yearly. If you have any different recommendations or feel that I have overlooked anything or gone excessive on a certain part, please advise me. Within this build are 2 combo(CPU/MB and PSU/HD) deals saving me 26USD
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
MB: ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-bit
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
HD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
CASE: CM690 II Advanced
OD: LITE-ON CD/DVD
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
PRICE: $924.67 -$10.00 promo(3/14) = 914.67
Budget Range: ~900USD Before rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg mainly.
Country of Origin: U.S.
Parts Preferences: I would like to use an AMD CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Looking for advice on a new build. Not trying to make it super fancy. Just want to upgrade from my old prebuilt pc and get the experience to build a pc myself for the future.
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After looking around and reading up on pc components picked out this build. Looking for any advice on my current build. Trying to stay around 900USD and hoping that after building my first pc I can tweak it yearly. If you have any different recommendations or feel that I have overlooked anything or gone excessive on a certain part, please advise me. Within this build are 2 combo(CPU/MB and PSU/HD) deals saving me 26USD
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
MB: ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-bit
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
HD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
CASE: CM690 II Advanced
OD: LITE-ON CD/DVD
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
PRICE: $924.67 -$10.00 promo(3/14) = 914.67