New PC coming

[XLR8]

cooler Master HAF 922

 

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply

XFX HD-5750-ZNFC Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

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

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

 

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

 

This is my first build. I don't have a DVD/CD RW yet. Maybe someone could help me find one. I am adding 2 more 120mm fans to the case and a better heatsink/fan.

 

What do you guys think.

[topol-m]

Looks nice but I5-750 based system although a little more expensive (some 30$ more for the CPU, and probably 30$ for Motherboard) would be better. I5 has better performance.

[XLR8]

I did some cpu comparisons and the i5 and i7 have higher performance. But cost more (budget).The bad thing I see with th i5 is expandability,it having the 1156 socket. I could only find 1 processor.With the AM3 socket I have a few upgrades.

[EtherealN]

A point there is that the 1156 socket is new. I know of three processors using it (including two using the i7 brand name), and this should be likely to grow since the socket is new.

 

However, AM3 is also relatively new, but in the case of 1156 it's actually new in the sense of just a couple months.

 

On CD/DVD-RW the only "help" I can say is that generally speaking cheaper is good enough. It's not exactly bleeding-edge technology so it'll be cheap. On the system in my signature I basically just unhooked the drive from an older computer and used that, with good results.

[XLR8]

A point there is that the 1156 socket is new. I know of three processors using it (including two using the i7 brand name), and this should be likely to grow since the socket is new.

 

However, AM3 is also relatively new, but in the case of 1156 it's actually new in the sense of just a couple months.

 

On CD/DVD-RW the only "help" I can say is that generally speaking cheaper is good enough. It's not exactly bleeding-edge technology so it'll be cheap. On the system in my signature I basically just unhooked the drive from an older computer and used that, with good results.

 

 

Thanks. I have a DVD/CD drive in an old Dell,but didn't know if it would work. The system that I am building should blow away my old one.

C2D e6600 2.4

4 GB 800mhz ram

gforce 8800 gtx

150 gb raptor hd

xp

[GaryIKILLYOU]

I have that same CPU and its AMAZING, and quite frankly even if the I5 has better preformance... woopie its such a small margin that it doesn't really matter... A friend of mine has an I5 with 2.6 Ghz clock speed and his runs LO worse than mine and he paid over a thousand dollars for his rig, while I paid roughly $700.... :) also I would recomend the HD5770 over the 5750 IMHO its not that much more expensive over the 5750 and its better... (cause i have one:smartass:) And get 8 gigs b/c Win 7 uses 3/4 of a gig of RAM...(I know this cause I have it;))

 

I should have been more specific... I have ordered the HD 5770... but I have played with it on my system (I have nerdy friends) and it runs gr8, part of the reason I bought it...

Edited November 24, 2009 by GaryIKILLYOU

[Pilotasso]

LOL ok gary you have a badass machine, how can we touch that? :D

[XLR8]

My first 2 PCs had AMDs in them. Then I bought 2 Dells. One had a dual core and the other had a C2D. Both good. From what I can see from bench marks the i5 is barly more powerfull than the cpu I picked out. i would love the i7 but intel, is realy proud of them. This is my first build,and I am sure I will upgrade or build another.

[GaryIKILLYOU]

LOL ok gary you have a badass machine, how can we touch that? :D

;) was that a bit of sarcasm I hear? Well I'm not an AMD fanboy but I just went for what was affordable and the most bang for the buck.:pilotfly:

[Pilotasso]

No not at all. I was just indulging you :D

[GaryIKILLYOU]

No not at all. I was just indulging you :D

:D thanks m8 good to know!:thumbup: (kinda hard to differenciate sarcasm from real honest words on the internet...)

[Vekkinho]

So Gary, what've you got?!

 

Dunno, I got me a Q9550 6 or 7 months ago, but nowadays on-line shops look pretty empty, perhaps 'cause of the crisis there's like 2 or 3 CPUs in stock where there was 60+ a year ago.

 

Honestly, if I was looking for a new rig I'd be stuck to low budget versions of many electronics.

[GaryIKILLYOU]

Well I'll put it in my sig as soon as I can but here goes...

 

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2Ghz

MoBo: Zotac nForce socket AM2+ SLI ready MoBo (I have shoppers regret on that one, should have gone ATI chipset :/)

RAM: 8 Gigs Patriot Viper series DDR2 4-4-4-12 Latency with 800Mhz clock speed

GPU: Being shipped right now ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gig GDDR5

PSU: Coolmax 750 watt SLI ready

Monitor: REAAALLLLYYYY OLD HP CRT 15 in. (But I lovez it alot:joystick:)

Keyboard: Same one that came with the HP CRT ;)

Mouse: Logitech something

FlightStick: Saitek X-52 Pro

Oh and a very loving mother :thumbup:

And a case that a friend of mine gave to me for my 13th B-day that I wouldn't replace unless I absolutely had to.

 

 

 

And for the shops I usually go to TigerDirect... They used to have a ton of C2D and C2Q (which I was going to get but then they started disappearing.) I think its b/c Intel is weaning us of the Core2 series and pushing the I5 and I7 boards and CPU's... but lets wait and see.

Edited November 24, 2009 by GaryIKILLYOU

[XLR8]

Well I'll put it in my sig as soon as I can but here goes...

 

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2Ghz

MoBo: Zotac nForce socket AM2+ SLI ready MoBo (I have shoppers regret on that one, should have gone ATI chipset :/)

RAM: 8 Gigs Patriot Viper series DDR2 4-4-4-12 Latency with 800Mhz clock speed

GPU: Being shipped right now ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gig GDDR5

PSU: Coolmax 750 watt SLI ready

Monitor: REAAALLLLYYYY OLD HP CRT 15 in. (But I lovez it alot:joystick:)

Keyboard: Same one that came with the HP CRT ;)

Mouse: Logitech something

FlightStick: Saitek X-52 Pro

Oh and a very loving mother :thumbup:

And a case that a friend of mine gave to me for my 13th B-day that I wouldn't replace unless I absolutely had to.

 

 

 

And for the shops I usually go to TigerDirect... They used to have a ton of C2D and C2Q (which I was going to get but then they started disappearing.) I think its b/c Intel is weaning us of the Core2 series and pushing the I5 and I7 boards and CPU's... but lets wait and see.

 

 

 

Nice build. How dose your AMD run games like BS and FSX. I agree on the C2D and C2Q cpus going out.

[Vekkinho]

Gary, with 15" CRT you probably run DCS and FC in 1028*768. That surely contributes to great FPS doesn't it?!

[GaryIKILLYOU]

Well without the HD 5770 and the extra 4 gigs of RAM ( I got the HD 5770 and it was DOA:cry:, RAM is on the way now) Rightnow with the 4 gigs ddr2 and the Phenom II X4 955 BE I get an average of 40+ FPS on all high settings WITHOUT the vid card on LO:FC ver 1.12b. FSX I average 30, but on medium and some low settings. I don't have DCS:BS so I can't say much on that, but I'm guessing I'll get higher FPS b/c it runs better so I hear. My real goal is to be able to play ARMA 2 Maxed out with a nice frame rate. :joystick::joystick::joystick::thumbup: