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Old 03-20-2011, 12:52 PM   #1
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~$800 Build

Last build was in 2005. Time to upgrade!
Suggestions would be appreciated.

CASE: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

DRIVE: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner

MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA78LMT-S2 AM3 AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD

VID CARD: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

PS: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

Total: $787.92 ($767.92 after mail rebates)

I dont plan on OC'ing anything except the cpu in the future (big maybe)
Is the PS sufficient for 2 of those cards in the future?
Are the mobo and ram what you would reccomend within this budget?
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Old 03-20-2011, 01:26 PM   #2
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Recommended changes:

1. Western Digital Black hard drive.
2. Asus motherboard.
3. Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, or A-Data memory.

No, that PSU is not sufficient for two 560's. You need at least a 750TX.
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Old 03-20-2011, 04:33 PM   #3
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Thanx!

Replaced the HD with:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache

same price and less space but 64mb cache

Replaced the MOBO with:
ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
$40 more expensive but has USB 3.0

Replaced the RAM with:
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

Going to keep the original PS and forget about SLI.

New Total = $852.92
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Old 03-20-2011, 07:06 PM   #4
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Looks good.
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