- Jan 31, 2012
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Hi, this is my first time posting on this site. I'm not at all tech-savy, so any advice would be appreciated. Its also my first time building a PC so if there is anything I should know of before hand please let me know. 
Approximate Purchase Date: Between now and the end of this week
Budget Range: < $600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, graphic design, movies, internet
Parts I Have: Keyboard, mouse, 23'inch LED monitor, 5.1 THX surround sound speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, tiger-direct
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: AMD, Intel
Overclocking: ?
SLI or Crossfire: ?
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: Although the thread title said "Gaming PC," I also do a lot of graphic design work so being able to use Photoshop CS5/Illustrator/etc. efficiently is another important factor for me. A quiet PC would be nice as well. Will the build I came up below be able to handle games like Skyrim, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 without any real lag issues? Also do I have all the necessary parts and are they compatible with each other? Let me know what you guys think.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor (95)
Mobo: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard (90)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (42)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache (90)
ODD: Sony 24X Internal Sata High Speed DVD RW (19)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (55)
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-620 620W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply (75)
GPU: SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (150)
Total Cost: $616 (I'm willing to go up to $650 tax included).
Approximate Purchase Date: Between now and the end of this week
Budget Range: < $600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, graphic design, movies, internet
Parts I Have: Keyboard, mouse, 23'inch LED monitor, 5.1 THX surround sound speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, tiger-direct
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: AMD, Intel
Overclocking: ?
SLI or Crossfire: ?
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: Although the thread title said "Gaming PC," I also do a lot of graphic design work so being able to use Photoshop CS5/Illustrator/etc. efficiently is another important factor for me. A quiet PC would be nice as well. Will the build I came up below be able to handle games like Skyrim, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 without any real lag issues? Also do I have all the necessary parts and are they compatible with each other? Let me know what you guys think.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor (95)
Mobo: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard (90)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (42)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache (90)
ODD: Sony 24X Internal Sata High Speed DVD RW (19)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (55)
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-620 620W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply (75)
GPU: SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (150)
Total Cost: $616 (I'm willing to go up to $650 tax included).
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