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Ok so ive come here for some help as im making my first attempt at building my own PC and i would like to know if the parts im buying are compatible, good quality, and if im getting good value for money as im on a tight budget. so heres what ive been planning on buying;
Motherboard : ASUS M4A785T-M AM3 AMD785G DDR3 PCI-E
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.1Ghz Black Edition (I plan to overclock/ unlock other cores)
RAM: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2x2GB DDR3-1600
PSU: Coolermaster 650W Extreme Power Plus SLi Silent 12CM Fan
Case: Coolermaster Gladiator 600 Mid tower case (Is this big enough?)
Right now this would cost me 583 US dollars, im in new zealand as well
Im also wanting to know whats sort of GPU setup i should be looking for 2x in Crossfire or just a single ATI chip? I dont really want to be spending much more then 200 USD for the GPU/GPUs.
Advice much appreciated. Thanks.
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switch out the PSU for a corsair www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx
ati for under 200 i would go for the www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx
I'd pick up a Radeon 5770 over the 4890, still fast enough to get everything done and has DX11 on top of that. You always want to get the best single GPU you can afford, then Crossfire/SLI as an upgrade route later. Single GPU is guaranteed performance where dual GPU has some caveats.
Coolermaster has some good PSU's and some bad ones, not sure about that one in particular but its 500W version reviewed pretty poorly. Corsair, Seasonic and some other brands are safe choices because they have nothing but good PSU's.
Man you guys rock working on a rig also glad i came across this post
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I reccomend the 5770 also as a satified customer, no driver troubles and it's cheaper than its closest nVidia counter part.
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Radeon 5770, cheap, powrful, can crossfire it later if u want, and directx 11 ready.
You went for a 5770? Ive been tempted to grab one because of the cheap price. There probably a hell of a lot faster then my 4870 OCed if I Oced it.
If i'm looking at the right MB it only has 1 pci-e slot so your not going to be bale to use crossfire on it anyway. All the more reason to buy a 5770. I'm also going to agree with the power supply. I personally prefer Corsair over the others when it comes to ram and power supplies. Another thought would be to get a quad core. If your on a tighter budget than this one should work well. Personally I'm power hungry and would spring the extra 95 bucks and get the 3.4 quad core. It's twice the price and twice the performance. You really dont need to beefy of a PS unless you plan on running several hard drives. I'd go with this 650w.
Edit: Don't forget a OS.
Oh, good call. I think it's worth it to spend the extra $10 on Crossfire capable motherboards these days. It's a really cheap investment compared to what it was a years ago when there was a large premium on Crossfire/SLI motherboards.
CPU : intel Core i5-670 better for overclock
GPU: ati 5770
i5 psu
ATI catalyst driver causes issues..
Nvidia is more reliable and easer to overclock..
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uhm what? you dont know anything about hw
"ATI catalyst driver causes issues.." what? =D
"Nvidia is more reliable and easer to overclock.." nvidia sux these days. why buy older and slower gpu?