Mobo- BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 Motherboard
CPU- Amd Phenom ii x2 555 black
PSU- Antec Bp550 modular 550w
GPU- GeForce gtx 460 1gb
RAM- 4gb
Case- Lian Li PC-A05NA Silver Aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
Well I'm selling my Xbox to a friend, so to replace and hopefully be a step-up (or a leap) here is my first ever build. I've learned A LOT in the past few days thanks to the internet box and forums like tom's, but I won't pretend to have any idea as to how this will turn out, so I'm seeking some advice from you experienced lot. Any recommendations at all are very appreciated but here are some specific questions I have:
To start off with a tired question- If I were to get into some overclocking and unlocking and possibly a few PCI/SATA expansions, would my watts still be good? I think I'm going to skip out on an aftermarket cooler for now, but probably invest in a good cooler for the graphics card instead, based on the fact that the graphics card is pretty much going to be on it's own in terms of cooling with the case I chose. If you guys haven't seen it, it's a really sharp, unique case, but it's got me a little concerned about heat dissipation. And size for that matter.
Fraps and video editing? How would that run on this? Ideally I'm guessing I'd want a true quad core, but if I can luck out with this unlocking thing then that'll save some bucks. And the main purpose is still gaming.
As you saw above for RAM I just listed how much I'd be using. That's because I can't find any supported memory based on biostar's website How important is it to only use the memory listed, or can I go by Crucial's recommended ones? And it says memory for the mobo is dual-channel, so that means I should only buy it in pairs ideally? Also, can more RAM really slow your system down? Like, would 8gb be overkill for this?
I've got a mouse, keyboard, speakers, DVD drive, and 40gb hard drive (no, not an SSD, a regular 40gb hdd...) from my old computer that I'm going to reuse. This might be the only aspect that I upgrade. Definitely the hard drive. I'd really like to get an SSD. But pretty much this build's going to remain how it is so I don't have to buy a bigger power supply. I realize it isn't the most future proof and lacks features such as 8 channel audio and USB 3.0., but I'm going to play it as it is until it's completely outdated and if all goes well, then I'll build a more high end machine. In general, games aren't really using half of all the technology pc's have readily available now (exceptions Metro and Crysis) and as long as thing runs Skrim then that's about all I ask. Anyways, thanks for your time.
CPU- Amd Phenom ii x2 555 black
PSU- Antec Bp550 modular 550w
GPU- GeForce gtx 460 1gb
RAM- 4gb
Case- Lian Li PC-A05NA Silver Aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
Well I'm selling my Xbox to a friend, so to replace and hopefully be a step-up (or a leap) here is my first ever build. I've learned A LOT in the past few days thanks to the internet box and forums like tom's, but I won't pretend to have any idea as to how this will turn out, so I'm seeking some advice from you experienced lot. Any recommendations at all are very appreciated but here are some specific questions I have:
To start off with a tired question- If I were to get into some overclocking and unlocking and possibly a few PCI/SATA expansions, would my watts still be good? I think I'm going to skip out on an aftermarket cooler for now, but probably invest in a good cooler for the graphics card instead, based on the fact that the graphics card is pretty much going to be on it's own in terms of cooling with the case I chose. If you guys haven't seen it, it's a really sharp, unique case, but it's got me a little concerned about heat dissipation. And size for that matter.
Fraps and video editing? How would that run on this? Ideally I'm guessing I'd want a true quad core, but if I can luck out with this unlocking thing then that'll save some bucks. And the main purpose is still gaming.
As you saw above for RAM I just listed how much I'd be using. That's because I can't find any supported memory based on biostar's website How important is it to only use the memory listed, or can I go by Crucial's recommended ones? And it says memory for the mobo is dual-channel, so that means I should only buy it in pairs ideally? Also, can more RAM really slow your system down? Like, would 8gb be overkill for this?
I've got a mouse, keyboard, speakers, DVD drive, and 40gb hard drive (no, not an SSD, a regular 40gb hdd...) from my old computer that I'm going to reuse. This might be the only aspect that I upgrade. Definitely the hard drive. I'd really like to get an SSD. But pretty much this build's going to remain how it is so I don't have to buy a bigger power supply. I realize it isn't the most future proof and lacks features such as 8 channel audio and USB 3.0., but I'm going to play it as it is until it's completely outdated and if all goes well, then I'll build a more high end machine. In general, games aren't really using half of all the technology pc's have readily available now (exceptions Metro and Crysis) and as long as thing runs Skrim then that's about all I ask. Anyways, thanks for your time.
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