Comments,questions,concerns?

[r0aringdrag0n]

Suggestions for this system that I'm planning? I want to keep the prices or lower them if possible

AMD Phenom II x4:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 $99 w/rebate
MoBo: BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 $50
PSU: Antec Basiq BP430 $40
CASE: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK $36
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS $45
RAM: Team Elite TED34096M1066C7DC 4gb RAM $33
FAN: KINGWIN CF-012LB $7
HeatSink: XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 $30
SONY Black 18X DDU1681S-0B $17
Thermal compound: $6

AMD Phenom II x6:
CPU:AMD phenom II 1090T $165 w/ rebate
MoBo: BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 $50
PSU: Antec BP550 Plus $55
CASE: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK $36
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS $40
RAM: Team Elite TED34096M1066C7DC 4gb RAM $33
SONY Black 18X DDU1681S-0B $17
FAN: KINGWIN CF-012LB $7
FAN2: NZXT FN-140RB $10

I'll be using a Nvidia Geforce 9500GT graphics card. So suggestions on making this better without adding costs?

 

[rolli59]

For either system you could substitute with Corsair CX430 and save a little bit of money.

 

[ghendric]

I put together a AMD Phenom II X6 with the BIOSTAR A770E3 and it freezes up on boot up when it tries to boot from any device. I'm not sure the motherboard is seeing the processor speed correctly. There are no multiple beeps at start up. I get the single beep and it boots up like it all fine and dandy then freezes.. At boot time it shows Speed at 800mhz and count at 6. I assume it means 6 cores. Also, the motherboard shows the model of the cpu as unknown. Is there a setting in the bios that cause it to recognize the processor correctly or is it doing some calculation based on 800mhz and 6 to get the frequency of the processor?

any help is greatly appreciated..

Thanks

Suggestions for this system that I'm planning? I want to keep the prices or lower them if possible

AMD Phenom II x4:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 $99 w/rebate
MoBo: BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 $50
PSU: Antec Basiq BP430 $40
CASE: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK $36
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS $45
RAM: Team Elite TED34096M1066C7DC 4gb RAM $33
FAN: KINGWIN CF-012LB $7
HeatSink: XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 $30
SONY Black 18X DDU1681S-0B $17
Thermal compound: $6

AMD Phenom II x6:
CPU:AMD phenom II 1090T $165 w/ rebate
MoBo: BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 $50
PSU: Antec BP550 Plus $55
CASE: NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK $36
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS $40
RAM: Team Elite TED34096M1066C7DC 4gb RAM $33
SONY Black 18X DDU1681S-0B $17
FAN: KINGWIN CF-012LB $7
FAN2: NZXT FN-140RB $10

I'll be using a Nvidia Geforce 9500GT graphics card. So suggestions on making this better without adding costs?

 

[ghendric]

A BIOS update fixed the problem I was having. I had to borrow a dual core AMD processor from another PC so my motherboard could detect it. Then I updated the bios and put the Phenom II x6 back in and it worked like a charm. This thing is really fast too at stock settings.