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05-19-2009, 10:32 AM
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Are these parts compatible?
Hey everyone,
This is my first post, as well as my first attempt at building a PC. After doing some pretty extensive research, I've come up with the following parts for a build. Can someone let me know if any of the parts are incompatible / or have problems together? I did as much research on my own as possible, and I believe everything should be okay. Just looking for a couple of second opinions ASUS M4A79T-Deluxe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131363 AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GH http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103674 EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (216 core) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130433 OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ocz3p1600eb4gk WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM HD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136033 Antec 900 Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129021 Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371022 LG CD/DVD Writer http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136153 Besides things like mouse, keyboard, monitor and OS, is there anything I need to add to this list? I'm not interested in overclocking currently, but I thought the ability to use DDR3 in the future would be a good thing. Total is approx. $1000 Thanks in advance for all the help! Last edited by JustSaber; 05-19-2009 at 10:59 AM. Reason: Links did not work |
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05-19-2009, 11:26 AM
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Okay, I changed the memory because I can save about $30. The new chips are
Corsair 4GB DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145200 The Asus mobo manual indicates these are supported. |
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05-19-2009, 11:51 AM
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Theres no point in getting a 10KPRM HDD. Most people recommend a WD caviar black. Heres the 500GB one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320 I have heard good reviews about this also: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152102 Rest of the list looks good |
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05-19-2009, 12:15 PM
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Tomtoon,
I was planning on getting a WD Caviar 1TB Black as a second hdd and using the Raptor as a Windows boot drive. Is there no advantage to this? |
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05-19-2009, 01:46 PM
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Well if the Raptor is the boot drive, go for it. I thought the WD was a storage drive(silly me).
It will boot faster of course with the extra 2.8k RPM. |
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05-19-2009, 01:55 PM
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I just ordered everything from newegg. I'm excited! |
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05-19-2009, 03:12 PM
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Hope it all goes well mate
 If you get stuck, read PCMech's BYOPC thread or search for vids on Youtube |
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05-19-2009, 03:51 PM
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read the sticky thread before you build, not if you run into problems... prevent them.
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409 |
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05-20-2009, 03:06 PM
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Thanks! I really appreciate the help and advice.
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05-20-2009, 10:05 PM
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I have a lot of failures with Raptor hard drives. The Black are better drives.
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05-21-2009, 08:09 AM
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The Caviar Blacks are just as fast as a first generation Raptor and run a lot cooler and quieter. There is a lot more to a drive's speed than just spindle speed. The Raptor has half the cache of the Black, and it's not a SATA II drive.
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