Hi, all! I've been meaning to build my own P.C. for awhile. My eighteenth birthday is coming up soon and I think I'm going to ask for $$ and put it with my stash to go towards a gaming P.C! =)
So far, below is the build that I'm thinking of:
Windows 7 64bit
Motherboard:
$118.99 Newegg.com - ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
2x PCIe for later CrossfireX upgrade
2x PCIe
2x PCI
4 DDR 1600 RAM slots
7 3Ghz SATA
8 USB 2.0
Asus boards have pleanty of neat-o features. I wish I knew what they did.
Case:
Planning to reuse an old computer case. I measured the old board inside the case and it seems to be mATX, and the case has holes that expand past the old board to (hopefully) accommodate the new, larger board. There are many more slots in it than I'm ever going to use. Exactly how big should the case be?
CPU:
$139.99 Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
4x Cores @ 3.2 GHz, better than 6 lower speed cores for gaming
Some reviews say overclocking is easy
RAM:
$49.99 Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS 4GB (2 x 2GB); 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800); Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2B1600C9
DDR3, 1600 Memory standard, (2 x 2Gb)
Dual channel should work faster with Asus motherboard than single (correct me if I'm wrong)
PSU:
$69.99 Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 (CMPSU-600CX); 600W ATX12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply
I've heard good things about Corsair
600W should be enough for me
Would like modular but price is even better
GPU:
$129.99 Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VX-2L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT); 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity
I found this card from benchmark studying and price comparisons
Maybe CrossfireX in the future? After the build, once I get money for a second card.
HDD & Optical:
$19.99 Newegg.com - ASUS Black 24X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 12X DVD-R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners
$39.99 Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"; Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Both are cheap and effective
Total cost of components, exempting peripherals and provided case: $568.93
*sidenote* "Overclock" is a term I'm not too terribly comfortable with. I would like to do some light experimenting with it, but I don't really know much about it. From what I've researched, it is where you push the components of a P.C. past their intended limits.
So what do you guys think? Does this build work? Is this build worth the $$, or should I go for something different?
I plan to actually order the parts and such here in about a month when I have the $$. Two paychecks and a birthday away. =)
Please and thank you to all! =D
So far, below is the build that I'm thinking of:
Windows 7 64bit
Motherboard:
$118.99 Newegg.com - ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
2x PCIe for later CrossfireX upgrade
2x PCIe
2x PCI
4 DDR 1600 RAM slots
7 3Ghz SATA
8 USB 2.0
Asus boards have pleanty of neat-o features. I wish I knew what they did.
Case:
Planning to reuse an old computer case. I measured the old board inside the case and it seems to be mATX, and the case has holes that expand past the old board to (hopefully) accommodate the new, larger board. There are many more slots in it than I'm ever going to use. Exactly how big should the case be?
CPU:
$139.99 Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
4x Cores @ 3.2 GHz, better than 6 lower speed cores for gaming
Some reviews say overclocking is easy
RAM:
$49.99 Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS 4GB (2 x 2GB); 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800); Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2B1600C9
DDR3, 1600 Memory standard, (2 x 2Gb)
Dual channel should work faster with Asus motherboard than single (correct me if I'm wrong)
PSU:
$69.99 Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 (CMPSU-600CX); 600W ATX12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply
I've heard good things about Corsair
600W should be enough for me
Would like modular but price is even better
GPU:
$129.99 Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VX-2L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT); 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity
I found this card from benchmark studying and price comparisons
Maybe CrossfireX in the future? After the build, once I get money for a second card.
HDD & Optical:
$19.99 Newegg.com - ASUS Black 24X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 12X DVD-R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners
$39.99 Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"; Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Both are cheap and effective
Total cost of components, exempting peripherals and provided case: $568.93
*sidenote* "Overclock" is a term I'm not too terribly comfortable with. I would like to do some light experimenting with it, but I don't really know much about it. From what I've researched, it is where you push the components of a P.C. past their intended limits.
So what do you guys think? Does this build work? Is this build worth the $$, or should I go for something different?
I plan to actually order the parts and such here in about a month when I have the $$. Two paychecks and a birthday away. =)
Please and thank you to all! =D