Longtime lurker posting for the first time. I'm looking to purchase the components to put together my first build in several years. Outside of basic everyday office use I also work within Photoshop and Dreamweaver and do the occasional video ripping and processing audio and will also fire up Civ 4 or similar games - albeit rarely. I'll be using dual monitors if that matters.
All advice appreciated - I would love to be able to reduce the overall cost if there is anywhere I can scale back or where there is an obvious choice for a better component.
I chose to work from the Phenom II 720 because I would like to overclock the processor conservatively.
■CPU AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black
■Mobo GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4
■Ram G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
■Video Card SAPPHIRE 100265L Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
■PSU Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
■Rom LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM
■Case COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel
■Grease Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
■Cooling ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
Price in cart $561.91
Axed from build
[strike]■Mobo ASUS M4A78 PRO AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
■Ram OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR10664GK - Retail
■Video Card HIS Hightech H465FS512P Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail
■Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail[/strike]
Thank you in advance - I'll update this post as choices change.
All advice appreciated - I would love to be able to reduce the overall cost if there is anywhere I can scale back or where there is an obvious choice for a better component.
I chose to work from the Phenom II 720 because I would like to overclock the processor conservatively.
■CPU AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black
■Mobo GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4
■Ram G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
■Video Card SAPPHIRE 100265L Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
■PSU Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
■Rom LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM
■Case COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel
■Grease Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
■Cooling ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
Price in cart $561.91
Axed from build
[strike]■Mobo ASUS M4A78 PRO AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
■Ram OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR10664GK - Retail
■Video Card HIS Hightech H465FS512P Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail
■Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail[/strike]
Thank you in advance - I'll update this post as choices change.