Building a New all around PC

[Bullzy]

Hi Everyone,

Am building my first PC from scratch and need advice. I want an all around PC eg. Gaming, Video Editing, TV Tuner, Blue Ray, Word Processing, etc... I just put in an ATI HD 4850 Video card in my old unit before it crashed, so this will go in the new PC. So, this is what has been suggested to me by my supplier so far:

Asus M3N78-VM Mother Board
Nvidia NV GF 8200 Chipset
AMD Phenom x64 9950 processor
4gb ddr2 1066mhz Reaper HPC edition ram
Seagate 500gb 32mb cache HD
Antec Nine Hundred Gaming case
Thermal Take Toughpower 600w power supply sli/crossfire ready
DVD RW
Blueray
TV Tuner

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

[shadowpr]

What is your budget?

Are you in the US?

Here is a basic starting point:

MB: Asus P5Q
CPU: Q9550
Ram: G. Skill 2x2gb DDR2-800
HD: Western Digital caviar black 500gb sata
DVD: BLueray drive
PSU: Corsair 650
Case: whatever you like. I prefer the antec 300 over the 900 now.

[Bullzy]

Hi,

I'm in Canada. Budget is not an problem. Just want to do it right the first time. I'm leaning to going with the AMD 9950 CPU, I was just wondering if I had the right MOBO and everything else.

[Nabors]

Well I like the AMD choice but if you are using both AMD CPU and GPU why would you not just get a AMD chipset on the motherboard? I would recommend MSI or ASUS 790FX.

[Bullzy]

Originally Posted by Nabors Well I like the AMD choice but if you are using both AMD CPU and GPU why would you not just get a AMD chipset on the motherboard? I would recommend MSI or ASUS 790FX.

Thanks for the input! With your advice, this is what I settled on:

MB Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Chipset AMD 790FX
Processor AMD Phenom 64 x4 9950 AM2+
HD Seagate 500gb 7200 rpm 32mb Cache Sata II
Ram OCZ Reaper Dual Chanel HPC Edition 2/2gb/1066mhz/DDR2
GPU ATI HD 4850 Radeon
PSU OCZ 850Watt SLI Ready/Silent/120mm Glowing Blue Fan/Gamer XStream
Case Apollo Ferrari Red/NZXT Crafted Series
? Blue Ray Reader (Have not decided yet)
LG DVD +/- RW

Will put up pics once ordered core components arrive! Thanks!

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by Bullzy Thanks for the input! With your advice, this is what I settled on: MB Asus M3A79-T Deluxe Chipset AMD 790FX Processor AMD Phenom 64 x4 9950 AM2+ HD Seagate 500gb 7200 rpm 32mb Cache Sata II Ram OCZ Reaper Dual Chanel HPC Edition 2/2gb/1066mhz/DDR2 GPU ATI HD 4850 Radeon PSU OCZ 850Watt SLI Ready/Silent/120mm Glowing Blue Fan/Gamer XStream Case Apollo Ferrari Red/NZXT Crafted Series ? Blue Ray Reader (Have not decided yet) LG DVD +/- RW Will put up pics once ordered core components arrive! Thanks!

nice build

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budget consideration
http://www.newegg.com/Shopping/Shopp...82E16827136133

[jdeb]

my bad canada


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[Bullzy]

Thanks jdeb, I appreciate that. This is a great site!

[Bullzy]

Originally Posted by jdeb my bad canada http://secure.newegg.ca/Shopping/Sho...mit=ChangeItem

Not at all...lol...thanks again!

[jdeb]

Go Red Wings!

[Bullzy]

Final List, bought and paid for so there's no turning back....just waiting for CPU & Ram to come in:

Case Apollo Ferrari Red MidTower NZXT Series $115.99
Motherboard Asus M3A79-T Deluxe/AMD 790FX Chipset $264.99
CPU AMD Phenom 9950 X64 AM2+ $227.99
HDD Seagate 500GB Sata II 7200 RPM 32MB Cache $82.99
RAM OCZ 4GB 2X2048MB/DDR2/1066MHZ Reaper HPC Edition $129.99
BlueRay/DVD LG Super Milti BlueRay & HD DVD Reader/DVD +- Write $159.99
PSU OCZ 850 Watt/Gamer X-Stream $169.99
GPU ATI Sapphire Raedon HD 4850 $219.95
Monitor Samsung T220HD 22” Wide LCD Monitor with TV Tuner $297.95
Keyboard Ideazon Merc Stealth Illuminated Gaming $89.95
Mouse Logitech G5 USB 2.0 Laser Gaming 9 Button $54.95
Speakers Logitech 2.1 Z2300 400W Peak/200W RMS Black Set $167.95
Card Reader 13 in 1 USB/3 usb ports/1 Firewire/Front Audio & Mic $22.99
OS Vista Ultimate 64 Bit Edition

Will post pics when I get it set up...wish me luck!