I'm looking at building a computer to mess around with. I want to stay low budget as I can. I will be buying all of my parts from a local computer store (Microcenter). I am going to hopefully be using an old beige steel case and modding it when I can track one of those suckers down. I will be running it on a 50" plasma tv. I only want to play WoW and stream hulu and netflix. Nothing much more demanding than that. Here are the specs I am looking at for now. I want to be able to upgrade later if Piledriver seems to do well otherwise I will go with a 1090t or 1100t at a later date.
Gigabyte 990fx-ud3
CM 212+ or EVO (maybe better later on)
4-8 gb 1600 RAM midrange not anything too crazy priced
750watt psu modular
1tb hdd 7200rpm
Dvd rw drive
6850 gpu (maybe crossfire later)
So I'm looking at cheap decent CPUs wanna try to go $120 or less if I can. I can get a fx 4100 for $110. But the phenom ii x4 830 OEM caught my eye and I am wondering if I would be able to OC that CPU. The 840 is cheap too but doesn't have any L3 cache but the 830 does and is only $50. I know I can OC the 4100 easily. What are your thoughts? Keep in mind I am wanting to go low as I can and still get good performance and upgrade later. Also I am running a P4 3.4 single core 775 socket type CPU right now and a 6200 le gpu. Anything is an upgrade for me. LOL but the new computer will be hooked up to a 50" plasma so that's a concern of mine.
Thanks everyone for your time and recommendations! It means a lot to a noob like me.
Gigabyte 990fx-ud3
CM 212+ or EVO (maybe better later on)
4-8 gb 1600 RAM midrange not anything too crazy priced
750watt psu modular
1tb hdd 7200rpm
Dvd rw drive
6850 gpu (maybe crossfire later)
So I'm looking at cheap decent CPUs wanna try to go $120 or less if I can. I can get a fx 4100 for $110. But the phenom ii x4 830 OEM caught my eye and I am wondering if I would be able to OC that CPU. The 840 is cheap too but doesn't have any L3 cache but the 830 does and is only $50. I know I can OC the 4100 easily. What are your thoughts? Keep in mind I am wanting to go low as I can and still get good performance and upgrade later. Also I am running a P4 3.4 single core 775 socket type CPU right now and a 6200 le gpu. Anything is an upgrade for me. LOL but the new computer will be hooked up to a 50" plasma so that's a concern of mine.
Thanks everyone for your time and recommendations! It means a lot to a noob like me.