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Hi !

I'm new to building a computer but I want to try building one because its about a hundred dollar cheaper. And I will be upgrading from my Sager Laptop which runs 9800gt m which is a beast in its time (2008?) .

Anyway this is my chosen parts for $700 budget. (amazon or tigerdirect) depends which one is cheaper.

mobo: ASUS M5A99X Evo
cpu: AMD FX 6100
gpu: GTX 560 SC 1 gb
memory: (2x4 gb) Patriot Memory Viper Xtreme Series DDR3 1600 mhz
hdd: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch
psu: A-Power AK 800W 20+4-pin ATX PSU w/SATA & PCIe (Black)
case: Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
case fans: 2 Cooler Master Computer Case Cooling
optical drive:Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)

That's it. I can't afford to buy liquid cooling, I think I don't need it anyway. And the SSD is too expensive for me so I'm not buying it yet.
 
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i wouldnt go with the 6100 maybe skip the fans and get a better cpu like:http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view-upsell.html?ie=UTF8&HUCT=1&newItems=C7KR1YIVP0VBO%2C1&nodeID=172282&storeID=electronics thats even lower then 700 so you could add fans if you want to and btw you dont need a 800w psu for a 560
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i wouldnt go with the 6100 maybe skip the fans and get a better cpu like:http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view-upsell.html?ie=UTF8&HUCT=1&newItems=C7KR1YIVP0VBO%2C1&nodeID=172282&storeID=electronics thats even lower then 700 so you could add fans if you want to and btw you dont need a 800w psu for a 560
 
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Huge no one that power supply. the FX line is nice but you can get an intel setup that performs alot better for maybe a bit more money.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116505&Tpk=3550k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127664
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151093
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138355

Final price 569ish, you still need a case, fans and optical drive + windows.

Edit: Oh and a hdd.
 
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Uhm, what's wrong with 6100? its one of the newest bulldozer series of amd right? I read the amazon reviews and most of them are saying its good :(

and sorry I couldn't open the link you posted ... ?

 
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I know the Intel one is better but man its almost twice the price of 6100, and yup I will be buying windows 7 pro which really limits my budget because that's already included :(

I think 800 watts for about 40 something is cheap right? why no? quality?
 
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A lot of you don't really like the fx series, I guess I'm going for the phenom 965BE then as suggested by ammufin, but uhm that's only 4 cores, would it matter for designing apps like cad or ps?

Ok, i'm multimedia student that don't know much about hardwares so i'm kind of dumb when it comes down to it.
 
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Ok. I will going for the phenom 965BE because it's a lot more cheaper than the intel 2500k and will be looking for a more quality psu (certified ?) .

Thanks for your response everyone and will choose you devilofdeaths as the best answer. : )
 
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