1st Build Help/Recomendations

[Austinh100]

This is what i got so far after some research:

PURCHASED
-Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Black Case ($100)
-Western Digital 500GB SATA-300 Hard Drive x2 ($30ea)

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this is what im currently looking at:
REVISED *changed MoBo, PSU, CPU, and removed GPU for now
-GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard ($100)
-Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996770 ($100)
-AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX ($160)
-Cooler Master V8 ($40)
-CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply ($62)



Total: $622

-I do plan on overclocking.

[Nikon]

for overclocking, you will want a new psu that can handle that kind of demand, and will probably be more reliable.

i would also recommend a phenom II BE cpu. the unlocked multiplier makes overclocking alot simpler.

[Austinh100]

ok How bout these changes:

Old CPU To - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX ($160)

PSU - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply ($62)

anything else you notice?

[glc]

Time out - stay OUT of Tiger Direct! Ultra PSU's are GARBAGE.

The 9800GT is now 3 generations old.

Why did you buy 2 low end hard drives?

[Austinh100]

Yea forgot to update PSU, just found a Crosair 650W for $62. As for the GPU i just saw it on tiger direct's black friday 2 and threw it in there, i don't think i was actually gunna get it lol (was gunna get 1 at a later time cuz new mobo has built in Radeon HD 4250 and thats good enough for me atm).
The hard drives were fairly cheap considering their western digital's (listed at $100 ea ) and im probibly only going to use for data as eventually i will get a SSD .

[Nikon]

you can get a 1tb sata 6gbps wd caviar black from newegg for 99 bucks every day...

mind you that integrated 4250 will not even come close to a stand alone version of the same card due to the fact that it uses slower and shared system memory rather than dedicated memory, and a slew of other things.

if it will hold you over for a while then sure, but dont expect to game very much =D, or use 3d heavy apps.

[Austinh100]

ye, i probibly won't be doing much gaming until i get a dedicated card but i don't have the money yet so i'll upgrade as i go .

as for the processor should i try to unlock to 6 core and OC or just OC it?

im fairly new to this but i've been doin a lot of research. Thanks for your help so far .

[glc]

What for? Just get the processor that will do the job stock. Maybe think about overclocking later when it no longer does the job.

Overclocking is not for inexperienced first time builders.