First time PC builder with $1100 budget.

[Darth Maul]

Hey all, I was just wondering if you could tell me if this build is compatible with each other and if the PSU is enough. Also, if you want, you could give me alternatives to my chosen parts with better ones for the same price. I have the keyboard, mouse and the display.

I need Canadian sites please or sites that ship to Canada without additional cost.

Gigabyte Radeon HD 6850- $147.07
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=5822 [...] omoid=1018

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE- $139.98
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=4628 [...] omoid=1018

G. Skill F3-12800 CL9D- $31.90
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=4274 [...] omoid=1018

With shipping and taxes: $314.37

Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3- $129.99
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=7247

Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Internal- $89.99
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=3636

With shipping and taxes: $259.39

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB- $99.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6822148697

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W - $119.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6817139005

With shipping and taxes: $259.93

Case: Antec LanBoy Air Yellow- $200
http://www.xoxide.com/antec-lanboyair-yellow.html

Total: $1033.69

Thanks guys!!

P.S- I'll be buying GTA 5 when it comes out for PC, I play the Sims 3, probably going to buy more PC games like BF3, something that requires a good PC. There's gonna be no overclocking.

 

[akash123able]

Hey all, I was just wondering if you could tell me if this build is compatible with each other and if the PSU is enough. Also, if you want, you could give me alternatives to my chosen parts with better ones for the same price. I have the keyboard, mouse and the display.

I need Canadian sites please or sites that ship to Canada without additional cost.

Gigabyte Radeon HD 6850- $147.07
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=5822 [...] omoid=1018

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE- $139.98
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=4628 [...] omoid=1018

G. Skill F3-12800 CL9D- $31.90
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=4274 [...] omoid=1018

With shipping and taxes: $314.37

Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3- $129.99
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=7247

Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Internal- $89.99
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=3636

With shipping and taxes: $259.39

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB- $99.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6822148697

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W - $119.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6817139005

With shipping and taxes: $259.93

Case: Antec LanBoy Air Yellow- $200
http://www.xoxide.com/antec-lanboyair-yellow.html

Total: $1033.69

Thanks guys!!

P.S- I'll be buying GTA 5 when it comes out for PC, I play the Sims 3, probably going to buy more PC games like BF3, something that requires a good PC. There's gonna be no overclocking.

Could you change your CPU to i5 2500k

 

[Darth Maul]

thats stretching it a bit. Is it that much of a difference for 100?

 

[azeem40]

Simply put, yes.

 

[akash123able]

Yes an i5 2500k is good for gaming and over clocking and if price is a problem go for the bulldogzer

 

[aznshinobi]

Bulldozer is even worse than the old Stars platform (AM3). Worse efficiency, after overclocks consumes way too much power, in gaming it fails to compete with Intel.

Check out my $850 build here:
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore
Use this website to buy parts.
http://www.directcanada.com/

 

[akash123able]

Bulldozer is even worse than the old Stars platform (AM3). Worse efficiency, after overclocks consumes way too much power, in gaming it fails to compete with Intel.

Check out my $850 build here:
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore
Use this website to buy parts.
http://www.directcanada.com/

But it has a good name in the market for its gaming capabilities and yes you are right it consumes high power but he can't afford an i5 2500k I guess that's why I recommended an bulldogzer

 

[aznshinobi]

I suppose, but here's the 980 beating the FX-8150 in scenarios of gaming.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=362

 

[akash123able]

I suppose, but here's the 980 beating the FX-8150 in scenarios of gaming.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=362

Ok I agree with you

 

[Darth Maul]

Does the X4 965 work with intel mobo or cpu?

 

[boulbox]

no it does not

i would rather go an i3 sandy bridge than go with a amd currently you would get much more performance but you just cant OC it

 

[Darth Maul]

i'm gonna fork out the extra 100 for i5 2500k. It'll help me in the long run.

 

[pedalbike]

If you aren't overclocking there is no reason to get the 2500k over the 2500.

 

[hubbs_67]

What I would recommend doing is changing your case from :
Antec LanBoy Air Yellow- $200

To:
Any reasonable $100 case (I have a Cooler Master HAF 922 and it's great for airflow and was $90). That would give you the $100 in your budget to upgrade to the i5 2500K, which (as pointed out above) is well worth the price.

Not sure where in Canada you are located, but I also recommend checking out:
www.canadacomputers.com
They are in Canada (as the name suggests), they price match, and have quite a few warehouses that you can go to (no shipping cost if you pick it up).

 

[Darth Maul]

ok thanks for the advice. So I'll just get the i5 2500. Also, I like my case and so I don't have to buy extra fans and with the mesh and the HDD storage is pretty cool and good for noise reduction.

 

[Wisecracker]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude?

If you are going to spend another $100, buy the HIS Radeon HD 7850

It will scream with a PhII 965BE

 

[eddieroolz]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude?

If you are going to spend another $100, buy the HIS Radeon HD 7850

It will scream with a PhII 965BE

To the point that it will be bottlenecked by the 965, yes.

 

[Wisecracker]

You've failed. Miserably.

A PhII965BE will not bottleneck a Radeon HD7850 (even with a 20% OC)

 

[Darth Maul]

hmm, maybe

 

[eddieroolz]

You've failed. Miserably.

A PhII965BE will not bottleneck a Radeon HD7850 (even with a 20% OC)

Please. Before you slander someone at least have some information to back yourself up first.

Granted, that was benchmarked with GTX 680, a notch higher than 7970. But 7870 isn't that far off. The FPS on Intel processors are not going to drop by 40 when you swap the 7870 into the same system.

This was done with a 6950. Which, given the generation leap, is comparable roughly to 7870. See what's happening to Bulldozer there? Resolution changes don't affect the FPS - a classic sign of CPU bottleneck.

 

[aznshinobi]

Seriously though Darth, check out my $850 build, it'll give you WAY more performance for the buck especially using the website I recommended.

 

[UVB076]

Refer to my sig. If you're using the Phenom, buff up the graphics.

 

[Darth Maul]

Ya, that's what I am using as a reference. Thanks for that.

 

[aznshinobi]

Yeah, I'm not trying to boast my build or anything, but I just suggest that you go with Intel. You'll get MUCH better performance as opposed to the AMD chips, even if the old AM3 chips (Phenoms) are slightly better than Bulldozer in gaming.

 

[Wisecracker]

Please. Before you slander someone at least have some information to back yourself up first.

...

Nice cherry-picking. I doubt the OP will be overly concerned about Starcraft at 113 FPS.

You mean back-up information like this? On a game the OP specified?

I notice you have avoided the crux of the argument -- the HD6850 against the HD7850:

In BF3 the HD7850 performs generally in line with the HD6950. Or do you want to argue about that, too?

The bottom line: It's the still the video card in the overwhelming majority of games.

Would you like me to point out the advantages of power consumption, compute performance, Zero-Core, and what amounts to a built-in 20% OC in the HD7850?

I understand the OP is not interested in OC'ing, but it's nice to know the extra top-end is there, huh?