Hello,
I'm building my friend a computer. Basically the budget is $1000.
So far I'm looking at getting him...
Motherboard - ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI 990FX (if ASUS not sure which one... Sabertooth? Crosshair V? or Crosshair V Formula/Thunderbolt?)
CPU - AMD 8-core Processor (FX-8120 or FX-8150)
RAM - 16 GB of 1866 MHZ or 2000 MHZ (looking at G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4x4GB 1866MHz)
GPU - This is one i need help with. Im looking at Nvidia. (bad experiences with ATI) GTX 550 129.99 on newegg. Maybe two in SLI?
SDD/HDD - Frys has 90 GB SSDs for 65 a pop, so I was thinking getting 2 of those and running in RAID 0. They also have a 130 180 GB SDD that is the same read/write as a 90 GB but I heard running 2 SSDs in RAID 0 is faster.
Power - probably like a 750 watt. Looking at a Rosewill case/power supply combo for 180
I did the math and it came out to about 800 without the video card. I will be building it myself, so theres no charge there. He said he would figure out the peripherial, so this is a Tower-only build.
Thanks, organized and well thought out feedback would be greatly appreciated.
-Christian
I'm building my friend a computer. Basically the budget is $1000.
So far I'm looking at getting him...
Motherboard - ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI 990FX (if ASUS not sure which one... Sabertooth? Crosshair V? or Crosshair V Formula/Thunderbolt?)
CPU - AMD 8-core Processor (FX-8120 or FX-8150)
RAM - 16 GB of 1866 MHZ or 2000 MHZ (looking at G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4x4GB 1866MHz)
GPU - This is one i need help with. Im looking at Nvidia. (bad experiences with ATI) GTX 550 129.99 on newegg. Maybe two in SLI?
SDD/HDD - Frys has 90 GB SSDs for 65 a pop, so I was thinking getting 2 of those and running in RAID 0. They also have a 130 180 GB SDD that is the same read/write as a 90 GB but I heard running 2 SSDs in RAID 0 is faster.
Power - probably like a 750 watt. Looking at a Rosewill case/power supply combo for 180
I did the math and it came out to about 800 without the video card. I will be building it myself, so theres no charge there. He said he would figure out the peripherial, so this is a Tower-only build.
Thanks, organized and well thought out feedback would be greatly appreciated.
-Christian