Approximate Purchase Date: On black friday in case their are any really good deals.
Budget Range: $500 before rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Parts Not Required: (e.g.: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, Case, DVD drive, Hard drive
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: I'm open to Ideas if anybody can make an arguement for a different brand.
Overclocking: I'm definitely O/Cing
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I just want and suggestions on incompatibilities or better parts. My only concern is if the wattage on the PSU is enough if I start overclocking my CPU and Graphics card.
Case: Antec 300 Illusion $45 - I already own this. I got it on the sale going on right now.
Motherboard: Asrock M3A770DE $60 - If I save enough money on deals for the the other components I'm planning on buying a AM3+ board.
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB $166 with a combo deal with the Phenom II 955 BE - I would like to overclock this.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition $120 - I am planning on getting this in a combo deal with the Sapphire 6870. I am planning on overclocking this as much as possible.
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-500D $60 - I would appreciate if someone could tell me if this will be adequate if I overclock my GPU and CPU.
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $30
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $30 - This seems to be what everybody suggests.
DVD Drive: Already have it.
HDD: Already have it.
Total: $511
If anybody has any suggestions for changes for this build I would like to hear them!
Budget Range: $500 before rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Parts Not Required: (e.g.: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, Case, DVD drive, Hard drive
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: I'm open to Ideas if anybody can make an arguement for a different brand.
Overclocking: I'm definitely O/Cing
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I just want and suggestions on incompatibilities or better parts. My only concern is if the wattage on the PSU is enough if I start overclocking my CPU and Graphics card.
Case: Antec 300 Illusion $45 - I already own this. I got it on the sale going on right now.
Motherboard: Asrock M3A770DE $60 - If I save enough money on deals for the the other components I'm planning on buying a AM3+ board.
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB $166 with a combo deal with the Phenom II 955 BE - I would like to overclock this.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition $120 - I am planning on getting this in a combo deal with the Sapphire 6870. I am planning on overclocking this as much as possible.
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA-500D $60 - I would appreciate if someone could tell me if this will be adequate if I overclock my GPU and CPU.
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $30
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $30 - This seems to be what everybody suggests.
DVD Drive: Already have it.
HDD: Already have it.
Total: $511
If anybody has any suggestions for changes for this build I would like to hear them!
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