Possibly Building New Pc

[newjacksm]

If you get an AM2/AM2+ DDR3 Ram will not work... You will need DDR2.... If you get a AM3 Processor then DDR3 will work.

I just got the AMD II X4 940 and its really good!

[shaffaaf27]

lol.

[mattarios2]

ok i just personally think that antec and seagate mate better products. ive had 2 WD drives and both died in under 1.5 years. could be just me. also its not performance per clock cycle, because in that case hed be getting a 12mhz ARM processor. its performance per dollar. also the 955 is about 20$ cheaper not that that much matters. also if you are gaming you want a highend dual core since most games wont use all 4 cores. lastly sli/crossfire is a waste of money

agreed

antec do make some very good cases, as to why i included it in the i7 build . personally i find seagates very loud, but then again i could have had a bad batch, plus seagates are very expensivwe in the UK, vs samsung and WD.

thats true what you say about performance per dollar, and then you can include the mobo cost, if you want a decent 790FX OCing mobo from AMD you have to spend about $130, where as you dont with the intel P45 chipset.

though i liek both companies, i am not a fanboy (well i do prefer ASUS to another mobo manufacturer, due to the BIOS ) i just look for best bang for buck

nobody beats lian-li on cases. Asus and MSI are my 2 fav brands, i like asus a bit more i think though because they are much easier to overclock. (MSI's software they provide sucks)

I'm thinking about spending around $1000.

So far I'm looking at
AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb 3.0ghz
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT
Corsair 6gig DDR3 1333 (3 x 2gb) Ram
EVGA GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
Western Digital 1TB 7200rpm HD
Plextor SATA Cd/Dvd burner
Lancool Case
Xigmatek 650w Power Supply

This would run around $900.

I'm also thinking about getting the AMD Phenom II x4 3.2ghz and EVGA GTX 275 for the extra 100.

Any ideas if this system looks good for the price, or any other upgrades you can think of, instead of spending it on the higher processing speed / video card?

Edit: I already have a moniter, mouse, keyboard.

I say forget the corsair ram and pick up Kingston Hyper X

Also why Amd, when you can get quad core which is especially helpful for gaming. Not to mention the fact that you can balance the load of which subprocessor does what task by installinh different types of progs on different HDD's.

Thumbs up on the WD HDD though

I would probably get a bit more power and then get a board to run dual vid cards, that way you might utilize all of that memory [possibly]

either one will work, i like both brands

well. i got my layoff notice for june...so this project has been indefinitely put on hold.

sorry to hear that scoop. GL with it all

[newjacksm]

Remember the MOBO will not recognize the DDR3 Ram with a MOBO that supports AM2/AM2+ CPU's