~950 AMD build
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Approximate Purchase Date: Tonight
Budget Range: $950
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and internet use.
Parts Not Required: Mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg USA
Country: America. Phoenix, AZ.
Parts Preferences: Doesn't matter.
Overclocking: Unlocking the CPU from 4 to 6 Cores
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: I am building a $950 computer for my friend
Tower: Antec 900 He picked it out. $99.99
MOBO: MSI 870A-G54 (FX) AM3+ AMD 870 $89.99
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 1GB $164.99
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 500W $59.99
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma $124.99
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $29.99
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB $89.99
Monitor: ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor $169.99
DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner $19.99
Windows 7 OEM $99.99
Keyboard: LITE-ON SK-1688U/B $7.99
$958.89
Budget Range: $950
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and internet use.
Parts Not Required: Mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg USA
Country: America. Phoenix, AZ.
Parts Preferences: Doesn't matter.
Overclocking: Unlocking the CPU from 4 to 6 Cores
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: I am building a $950 computer for my friend
Tower: Antec 900 He picked it out. $99.99
MOBO: MSI 870A-G54 (FX) AM3+ AMD 870 $89.99
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 1GB $164.99
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 500W $59.99
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma $124.99
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $29.99
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB $89.99
Monitor: ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor $169.99
DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner $19.99
Windows 7 OEM $99.99
Keyboard: LITE-ON SK-1688U/B $7.99
$958.89
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The build looks good. I would change a few things though. I would go with the 520W Seasonic PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I would go with this PSU because of 2 reasons:
1. Seasonic is one of the best PSU manufacturers out there
2. It is 80+ bronze certified while the Corsair CX500 was only 80+ certified.
I would also change the motherboard if you're going to CF/SLI in the future:
ASRock 970 EXTREME4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The only change was that the PCIe slots were at x8 x8 which is more ideal for CF than the MSI x16 x4
Also last, but not least...the RAM...since I see you're going with AMD CPU and AMD gpu, why not go with cheaper AMD RAM?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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I'm totally serious too...your system will be awesome
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I would go with this PSU because of 2 reasons:
1. Seasonic is one of the best PSU manufacturers out there
2. It is 80+ bronze certified while the Corsair CX500 was only 80+ certified.
I would also change the motherboard if you're going to CF/SLI in the future:
ASRock 970 EXTREME4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The only change was that the PCIe slots were at x8 x8 which is more ideal for CF than the MSI x16 x4
Also last, but not least...the RAM...since I see you're going with AMD CPU and AMD gpu, why not go with cheaper AMD RAM?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I'm totally serious too...your system will be awesome
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