AMD computer

[lampybc2]

looking at building a new AMD gaming computer wondering if i can do better with anything i have chosen:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
MOBO: ASUS Crosshair V Formula Thunderbolt Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL (2x4GB) DDR3
PSU: Antec TruePower Quattro 1200W TPQ-1200
Case: CoolerMaster HAF X Case
HDD: OCZ Revodrive PCI-Express 120GB

I already have a graphics card ASUS Radeon 6970 DirectCU II 2GB, may upgrade if it is necessary but i cant see it bottle-necking anything.


Please let me know what you think if there is something I can change here to make this a better build

 

[Outlander_04]

are you ever going to run 3 way SLI or crossfire?

if not then save yourself a bucket of cash and get a motherboard that only has the features you want .

also the 1200 watt psu ......... WAY overkill
750 watts makes sense

 

[lampybc2]

ok so maybe ill go another way about this what about cheepest amd build to run BF3 on FLAT OUT so basically anything that wont bottleneck my

GPU: ASUS Radeon 6970 DirectCU II 2GB already own

possibly:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH (2x4GB) DDR3
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 750W Power Supply HCG-750
HDD: OCZ Vertex 2 180GB SSD
HDD: Western Digital Green 3TB WD30EZRX
Case: NZXT Phantom Case White
Drive: doesnt matter anything that plays dvd


anything you can see here that i could make cheaper?

 

[zhihao50]

HDD, I think the 3TB are overpriced at the moment, unless you got immidiate need of all the storage space, grab a 2Tb that's about half its price and only 1/3 smaller. then add more when you need them and price come down.

consider a SATA III SSD instead of SATA II since speed is the whole reason for SSD.

 

[Outlander_04]

is there a difference between the UD3 and UD5 that will make a difference to you ?

 

[lampybc2]

not that i know of ok so go with the ud3 then getting cheaper