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Join Date: Mar 2011
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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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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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Join Date: Mar 2011
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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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Looks good.
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