Building a Computer

[Flames9_RN 358]

going with Windows 7 64 bit!! About to pull the trigger on the parts THEN I have this $36 warranty I can't get rid of and the newegg rep wasnt much of a help,lol she said they are having a technical problem, just try again later or tomorrow! Well a few of the deal end today!!

what do u think of the RAM???? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276

mobo i am getting: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441

Edited August 31, 2010 by Flames9_RN

[Danu 19]

going with Windows 7 64 bit!! About to pull the trigger on the parts THEN I have this $36 warranty I can't get rid of and the newegg rep wasnt much of a help,lol she said they are having a technical problem, just try again later or tomorrow! Well a few of the deal end today!!

what do u think of the RAM???? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276

mobo i am getting: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441

Very nice! I love Gskill ram, and those ones look like they are heatsinked too, which is awesome! I approve of your computer

[Flames9_RN 358]

cool,lol Now only if newegg can drop that $35 for the extended warranty on the Phenom 965!!!!

[Flames9_RN 358]

disregard

Edited August 31, 2010 by Flames9_RN

[Flames9_RN 358]

Final build--order put in with newegg:

HDD

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

MOBO

GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CASE:

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

VIDEO:

XFX HD-585X-ZAFC Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity

PROCESSOR:

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

MEMORY

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

POWER:

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active

Pretty happy with the set up! Will see how frustrating the install goes!!

[Danu 19]

Final build--order put in with newegg:

HDD

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

MOBO

GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CASE:

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

VIDEO:

XFX HD-585X-ZAFC Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity

PROCESSOR:

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

MEMORY

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

POWER:

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active

Pretty happy with the set up! Will see how frustrating the install goes!!

Sounds like its going to be awesome! Putting it together shouldn't be that hard, stuff really only has one place to go and the instructions are usually fairly easy to follow. Nice thing about W7 too is that it installs fast too, so you could have the whole thing up and running in a couple hours!

[The_Dude 1,142]

I wanted to build my own computer when I got mine, however, as my wife so subtlely pointed out, I destroyed a GFX card and mobo in the past, fiddling around In the end, I got an incredible deal on an alienware computer. Thus far, my only complaint is that the mofo weighs like 60 pounds, and I'm not a fan of windows 7 64 bit edition. The only reason I don't like the 64 bit edition is that I have run into compatability issues with some programs that I use.

I am glad however that I went with a 10K RPM HD. I went with a lower memory (only 500 GB) hard drive as it would have been expensive to get a 10K RPM raptor drive with 1 gb space. LoL, I did look at the solid state HD for about 30 seconds but the price made my head spin. I got the same GFX card as you did, and my mobo allows me to put another one in if I want. I only got 12 GB of ram, but have enough slots to put 24 in. I haven't had any issues with only 12 though. I am very happy with the liquid cooled system. I'm not yet brave enough to start fiddling with it and overclock, but as soon as I have enough money for another one, I most surely will

[Flames9_RN 358]

I just bought it to see how easy it would be to put together, always wanted to try. I prob wont upgrade it much.

Thats a lot of RAM, isnt that overkill?? On te forums i was one, they said over 8Gb wasnt really worth it unless ur doing heavy duty editing/video stuff (not games)

For my games NHL 2010, I'm sure this will more than suffice,lol Thanks for all the help

[The_Dude 1,142]

I just bought it to see how easy it would be to put together, always wanted to try. I prob wont upgrade it much.

Thats a lot of RAM, isnt that overkill?? On te forums i was one, they said over 8Gb wasnt really worth it unless ur doing heavy duty editing/video stuff (not games)

For my games NHL 2010, I'm sure this will more than suffice,lol Thanks for all the help

It's not overkill if you're pretty hardcore into games. Some Counterstrike or Team Fortress 2 matches can hold up to 64 people at once. If you don't have the ram and gfx card you're gonna lag a bit.

ETA: It's not that I need that much ram or gfx card to run any of the games, It's so that I can run them at the maximum settings and have zero lag.

Edited September 1, 2010 by Rob & Mel