Hey guys new to the site and I wanna build my first PC, it would be used mainly for games/entertainment and day to day stuff as well. I want to go with a AMD build. I plan on over-hauling my current PC changing everything except for the hard drives and burner and possibly my current 450w psu if it's compatible with everything, trying to stay under $600. At this point i think i will go with the Phenom II x4 965 black edition 125w cpu, Heard lots of good things about this processor and that it is superior to the new FX line from AMD for gaming, as for the motherboard i think the Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 seemed decent enough, never had any experience with Gigabyte and i'm open to any motherboard so long as its good quality. As for everything else: Xion Predator ATX mid-tower gaming case, 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance DDR3 ram (Not sure weather i should go with 8gigs or just stick with 4) a Nvidia GeForce 550 ti gpu (EVGA brand probably). I have a few questions, one of them is with the power supply, the current one i have is a generic Chinese brand 450w i got when i upgraded my graphics card to a Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT. I had a friend do the wiring, and i have little knowledge about PSU's. Also, i'm really not sure which way to go with the ram, i know you want low latency ram but that's a bout it, i have no context of what is considered high and low the Corsair Vengeance has high rating's on tigerdirect and 1600MHz is fairly fast, faster the better right? also its only about $50 for the the 8gb pack. And lastly, i want to format my master hard drive, been having problems with random restarts and every now and then it blue screens, So i would just like to get another copy of Win7 and have a clean drive. Not sure how to do a hard format, i think you need to go into BIOS, advice much appreciated. Anyway, I've been doing most of the searching and pricing on tigerdirect.
Anyway's, I would appreciate any advice/opinions on what to buy for this build and what else i need to put it together, heat sinks, case fans etc.
Thanks guys!
Also i apologize for spelling/grammar errors, and my terrible typing.
Anyway's, I would appreciate any advice/opinions on what to buy for this build and what else i need to put it together, heat sinks, case fans etc.
Thanks guys!
Also i apologize for spelling/grammar errors, and my terrible typing.