Ok I'm new to building computers been researching for the past month or so. Alot of my friends have, but I've moved 1000 miles away and there hard to get a hold of. This is on a $700 budget give or take. I've come up with this: Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16811129042 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 Motherboard: ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard Item #: N82E16813157198 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198 CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX Item #: N82E16819103846 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103846 Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814102858 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Item #: N82E16820231277 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277 Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply Item #: N82E16817151095 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095 HardDrive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822152181 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181 Cost: $651.46 (including shipping) I know I don't have an OP. I'm looking into one right now. I just wanna make sure everything is compatible . Thanks For any and all suggestions.
Case: 10/10 - A top cheap case Motherboard: 1/10 - ASRock stuff is just plain awful. Switch to a Gigabyte equivalent to that board. CPU: 6/10 - OK for a cheap build, but there's no excuse for a dual core on that budget. Swap it for an Athlon II X4 630. You won't regret it. GPU: 9/10 - The HD5770 is a good card. I'm not a big fan of Sapphire, but since it's a reference card it should be relatively trouble free. RAM: 8/10 - Some compatibility issues with G-Skill products. Switch to Corsair XMS3. PSU: 7/10 - Very good, but massively expensive, and massive overkill. A Corsair HX 430W is ample for your system, it will be using around 180W at full load, if that. HDD: 7/10 - Samsung drives aren't very high quality. I'd switch to a 500GB WD Caviar Black, WD5001AALS specifically.
Ok so I went over it looked at what you recomended. Ive come up with new items. Power: CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003 Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320 RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G1333C9A G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145251 Mother board: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128451 CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630 Propus 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor ADX630WFGIBOX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103704 I think that will work. But I wanna make sure.
You may want to look into buying this case, it's much cheaper. I have it, and it's great. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061
The cooling performance of the Gamma is pretty poor until you add more fans. Fans aren't expensive, but that upgrade somewhat reduces the otherwise good value of the case, as for the money you'd get better cases that already come with fans, such as the Three Hundred. If, however, you can get away with the single fan the Gamma comes with (this system does fall into that category) the Gamma is pretty much without rival for value in terms of what you get and how well its built. It is, however, one of the more controversially styled cases out there.
There isn't really an exacting PC build, if you have specific needs starting your own thread might be easier, rather than just copycatting someone else's build
