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07-11-2010, 01:43 AM
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New comp
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core 3.2GHz 8MB Cache
AM3/AM2+/AM2 CPU $199 RAM - 4GB DDR3 G.Skill 1333MHz F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT CL9-9-9-24 (2x2GB) $133 MOBO - ASUS M4A87TD EVO AMD 4xDDR3, 2xPCIE, RAID $143 GPU - Sapphire PCIE ATI HD5770 Vapor-X 1GB 128-bit DDR5, 2xDVI, HDMI, DisplayPort $219 HDD - 1TB 1000GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM 32MB Cache $95 DVD drive - Liteon 24x SATA Black DVD-RW Retail Pack with Software and SATA Data and SATA Power Cables $33 Case - Antec Three Hundred Black Tower Gaming Case NO PSU $79 PSU - 450W Corsair VX-450 Power Supply $93 OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit DVD DSP-OEM $119 all up $1113 so far, then i also need to get a monitor and settle for a cheap keyboard First of all, everything here is compatible with each other right? What improvements could i make on this build? Max budget of $1400. Any suggested monitors for my budget? Last edited by k02033; 07-11-2010 at 01:49 AM. |
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07-11-2010, 09:57 AM
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Look at the Asus VH242H
Are you in Canada? I'm assuming so, with those prices.
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07-11-2010, 10:00 AM
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Also, G.Skill has had some QC issues recently.
WD Caviar Black hard drives are most reliable. 450W PSU will work but doesn't give you much room for future upgrades or expansion. |
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07-11-2010, 10:01 AM
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im too lazy to check compatibility right now, but i can say this off the bat:
g.skill has been having issues lately, stay away from them, go with a-data, corsair or kingston. preferr western digital caviar black hard drives over samsung. saphire is a good brand, but has no end user support.
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07-11-2010, 11:34 AM
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If you want Sapphire get Diamond, Diamond is Sapphire but with end user support! I presonally prefer Asus over all others because hands down they have the best customer support and least trouble with their hardware!
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07-11-2010, 10:01 PM
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1400 bucks is a good sized budget, you could do yourself better than a dated 955. get yourself one of those new amd x6 (1055t) CPUs. you might want a larger PSU too, 450 watts is cutting it close with that cpu/gpu.
a corsaid cmpu 650 aught to do it. |
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07-12-2010, 11:30 AM
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450 watts is published minimum recommended for a 5770. A Corsair is top quality and would be fine, a cushion isn't necessary but it wouldn't hurt. 650 may be going a bit far the other way.
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