So my budget is around 1k. I am not a big gamer, so thats why i have the cheaper card, im not looking to spend much more then 75-90 bucks on a video card, i have a friend who keeps suggesting 200-300 cards, when i dont play games. The first part 2 parts I bought are : 1. AMD Phenom ii x4 940 3.0 black edition - $168 2. 750gb sata WD cavier green drive. - $60 The rest of parts i am looking are the following. 1. Biostar TA790GX, either the am2+ or am3+ motherboard - $95 2. 8gb ddr2 or ddr3 ocz platinum mem $95-$140, havent decided yet 3. COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-SKN2-GP Black Case - $50 4. OCZ StealthXStream OCZ700SXS 700w power suppy - $90.00 5. EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500gt - $70.00 6. vista 64 home premium or ultimate, havent decided yet $100-175 7. 2 sata dvd writers, brand to be named, prolly LG or Liteon - 60-75 8. flash card reader - $20.00 My big questions are 1. too big of power supply? whats recommended? 2. should i get more fans? 3. should i use phenom x4 heatsink/fan, or should i buy 3rd party, if so, which one. 4. What do think of the setup? Any advice would be nice. Email is jmh1980@charter.net
-Biostar makes terrible boards; get something from DFI or Gigabyte. -OCZ's quality has dropped a lot lately, you can get Corsair for about the same price. -You can get a pair of nice LG DVD writers for $50. Liteon has low build quality. -If you are not overclocking, the stock phenom cooler is just fine. -You might want to get an 80mm fan for the front. -What are your goals for the system...what do you want to do? -NEVER POST YOUR EMAIL ON THE FORUMS; THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD. -You can get a nice corsair power supply for that kind of money, no need to get a lower quality unit from OCZ. For what you are doing, 500W is more than enough. -You can get a SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4650 1GB Video Card for $60. -If you are looking to do a lot of video encoding and such, you might want a pair of hard drives, might I recomend the 1.5TB seagate series?
I never even thought about the e-mail thing, thanks for that. My primary goal is video encoding, I do a lot video work, whether its weddings, receptions, home movies, etc. I am coming from a Sony VGC-RA830G, which I may say has been a great machine for the 5 yrs I have owned and used it. I have currently have a 320gb drive in it, 2gb ddr ram, 3.4ghz p4 with Hyperthreading. I would like to keep this PC as a backup and my wife could use it. I would like to get a case that has atleast 4 open 5.25 drive bays, i have 2 external dvd drives that I would like to mount internally, along with the 2 lg dvd burners. The hard drive is a good idea, but I will be waiting on that, let me fill up these first, lol. I would like to have atleast 6-8gb(pref 8)ddr3 memory, and a motherboard that can handle that. I would also like to keep the project under 1g, if i can, i would like to get an nice keyboard/mouse also. any suggestions would be helpful. If you have a e-mail, maybe we could exchange e-mails through the private message part. thanks Jon
How does this list sound: $52 - TWO LG DVD Burns with LightScribe - N82E16827136153 $60 - Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA hard drive - N82E16822148395 $110 - Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P Mainboard - N82E16813128387 $60 - Gigabyte 1GB Radeon HD 4650 Video Card - N82E16814125253 $75 - Corsair 450W power supply - N82E16817139003 $20 - Nippon Labs AIO Card Reader - N82E16820816001 $128 - 2 Sets of Corsaid 4GB Memory - N82E16820145215 $245 - AMD Phenom II X4 3.2GHZ Quad Core - N82E16819103674 $179 - Windows Vista Ultimate x64 - N82E16832116493 $50 - Cooler master case from your first post - N82E16811119104 $16 - Two Rosewill RFX-120 Case Fans - N82E16835200021 Total: $995, and there are $55 worth of mail-in rebates...all these prices & item numbers are from newegg. For mice & keyboard I would go with a G11 keyboard and a G5 mouse...unless you are left handed. BTW...this isn't exactly part of the build, but you might consider getting an HD video camera & blu ray burner in the near future in order to keep your wedding video business from falling behind the times.
Thanks for the advice, finaly got stuff purchased I went with - $100 bucks over budget, but went with bigger processor and video card. GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P - motherboard - $180 - N82E16813128377 2 sets of Reaper 4gb ddr3 memory - $150 - N82E16820227320 Gigabyte case - $35 - N82E16811233041 700w ocz power supply - $70 after rebate - N82E16817341018 amd phenom x4 955 processor - $245 - N82E16819103674 card reader - $20.00 N82E16820816001 Vista 64 - $180.00 - N82E16832116493 sapphire 100259L Radeon HD 4870 card $149.99- N82E16814102810 2 lg burners - $52 N82E16827136153 this is the only one i see Scythe SCKTN-3000- N82E16835185096 $ 27.00 Suggestions on fans, and aftermarket cpu fans? Also what are the proper motherboard settings for that combination?
