... For what I need it to do? I'm hoping it's able to play games like Starcraft 2 at a decent framerate.
Purchase date: A week or so
Budget: $700 - $750
System Usage from most to least important: Gaming, school.
Parts not required: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers.
Country of origin: United States
Overclocking: Nope
SLI or Crossfire: Neither
I've got this lined up, and it comes up to a total of $733.92 with $7.74 shipping.
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128510
GPU - XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150506
PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016
HDD - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185[/url]
Case - Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153[/url]
Optical - SONY Optiarc CD/DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039
Ram - G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 – OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
I'm assuming that it's all compatible, so if I could get some clarification on that it would be appreciated. Otherwise, I'm open to changes with the build so long as it fits into the budget.
Purchase date: A week or so
Budget: $700 - $750
System Usage from most to least important: Gaming, school.
Parts not required: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers.
Country of origin: United States
Overclocking: Nope
SLI or Crossfire: Neither
I've got this lined up, and it comes up to a total of $733.92 with $7.74 shipping.
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128510
GPU - XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150506
PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016
HDD - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185[/url]
Case - Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153[/url]
Optical - SONY Optiarc CD/DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039
Ram - G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 – OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
I'm assuming that it's all compatible, so if I could get some clarification on that it would be appreciated. Otherwise, I'm open to changes with the build so long as it fits into the budget.