How is my Build so far?

troylmao · Dec 6, 2011

so i tryed out finding the parts and building a gaming computer, heres what i have

- AMD FX-8120 8-Core Processor = $249
- Palit GeForce GTX 580 Dual Fan 3GB = $579
- Corsair CMX8GX3M4A1600C9 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 = $79
- Aerocool X-Predator Case Orange Black = $169
- LG CH12LS28 12X BD-R Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive = $65
- CoolerMaster GX 750W PSU = $109
- Western Digital Green 1TB WD10EARX = $129

Total = $1379

can you guys help me by finding a compatible motherboard and is this set up okay?

EDIT: IM BUYING FROM http://www.pccasegear.com IM IN AUSTRALIA SO NEWEGG ISNT IDEAL.

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

Where are you getting the parts? They just seem kinda high. The Zambezi 8120 in the US is going for 210 bucks. Drop the Cooler Master GX power supply. Go with a XFX/Corsair/PC Power&Cooling/Antec/Seasonic/Silverstone. Dont go with a Palit video card. Stay with Gigabyte/MSI/EVGA/Asus or even Zotac. Harddrives, if you want a Western Digital, go with a Black model, the green drive is slow for a main drive. You dont have a motherboard listed.

troylmao · Dec 6, 2011

StrangleHold said:
Where are you getting the parts? They just seem kinda high. The Zambezi 8120 in the US is going for 210 bucks. Drop the Cooler Master GX power supply. Go with a XFX/Corsair/PC Power&Cooling/Antec/Seasonic/Silverstone. Dont go with a Palit video card. Stay with Gigabyte/MSI/EVGA/Asus or even Zotac. Harddrives, if you want a Western Digital, go with a Black model, the green drive is slow for a main drive. You dont have a motherboard listed.

well if you would read the text at the very bottom of my post

jonnyp11 · Dec 6, 2011

where are you shopping at? those prices are high. and also bulldozer isn't worth it, nothing will benefit from anything over 4 cores really, fsx might. and bulldozer is also slower than an equally clocked phenom II x4. i'm pretty sure that it doesn't support quad channel ram ither so 2x4gb's is better since it leaves it open to more ram later and costs less

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

cooler master psus aren't very good, this is much better, and unless you plkan on getting a second then 750 is overkill, and if you do 750 is fine but 800 might be a little smarter

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139031

and lastly you really don't want a green hdd, that normally means 5400rpm which means slow boots, this is much better, and if you can afford it then i'd recomend looking at an ssd for the operating system which you will also need one of.

http://www.frys.com/product/5975474?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

as far as the q about the mobo, here ya go depends on budget though

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128509

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

all y'alls posts appeared after i posted, not the fastest typer and had to find the links.

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

troylmao said:
well if you would read the text at the very bottom of my post

Missed the bottom there. lol How much you want to spend on a motherboard? Do you need a SLI board if you might run SLI in the future?

Edit.

Jonny, you need to slow down with links till you get more info, and take more time looking around and thinking. This will be someones build, its not a link race.

troylmao · Dec 6, 2011

StrangleHold said:
Missed the bottom there. lol How much you want to spend on a motherboard? Do you need a SLI board if you might run SLI in the future?

well i'd hope to keep the total to around $1500 so around $150

http://www.pccasegear.com <--- it be awesome if the item was on this site, because thats where i'll be getting all the parts

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

troylmao said:
well i'd hope to keep the total to around $1500 so around $150

http://www.pccasegear.com <--- it be awesome if the item was on this site, because thats where i'll be getting all the parts

If you might run SLI. But its 15 bucks over your limit.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1207_803&products_id=17527
Video card.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1170&products_id=16738

Might need to fine another site for a harddrive, they are kinda low on inventory. Harddrive prices have really gone up since the flooding in Thailand.
Power supply.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_226&products_id=16142
or
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_354&products_id=17209
or
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_995&products_id=15350
Memory
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=13931

vroom_skies · Dec 6, 2011

What size screen and resolution will you be running?
How much realistic hard drive space do ya need as well?

2048Megabytes · Dec 6, 2011

Why is no one steering him away from an FX Eight-Core processor? He would be better off going with a Phenom II 970 Quad-Core.

AMD Phenom II 970 Deneb (3.5 gigahertz) 125 Watt Quad-Core Processor - $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894

jonnyp11 · Dec 6, 2011

I said that in my post, and if it's a 1500 buck build then I'd say go for the i5 2500k. It is the best gaming CPU out at the moment, nothing is better not even the 2600k which for 100 gets you 4 threads that almost no games use, and maybe one game actually benefits from.

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

2048Megabytes said:
Why is no one steering him away from an FX Eight-Core processor? He would be better off going with a Phenom II 970 Quad-Core.

AMD Phenom II 970 Deneb (3.5 gigahertz) 125 Watt Quad-Core Processor - $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894

He is in Australia.

If he wants a AMD system. Whats your beef with the FX. I was upset with them at the start. True they are alittle slower clock for clock then the Phenom II, but they are a beast at overclocking. I would take a FX-6100/8120, overclocked between 4.5/5.0ghz over a Phenom II anyday. But he would need a good aftermarket cooler, but you would need one for the Phenom II if your overclocking.

vroom_skies · Dec 6, 2011

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

Looks pretty good, but the Antec 300 has no cable management at all. But since there is no side window, guess it doesnt matter other then air flow in the case.

jonnyp11 · Dec 6, 2011

But also on the anti fx campaign,

, doesn't thus "gaming" chip have bakes in several games? I think it was said in xxmorpheus's sr3 BSOD thread. And other than sr3 it appeared common for BSOD's in crysis warhead and something else too.

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

jonnyp11 said:
But also on the anti fx campaign, , doesn't thus "gaming" chip have bakes in several games? I think it was said in xxmorpheus's sr3 BSOD thread. And other than sr3 it appeared common for BSOD's in crysis warhead and something else too.

I have install 4 of them so far and no problems, plus I have not heard of a problem anywhere else. I think xxmorpheus just has problems period.

jonnyp11 · Dec 6, 2011

Only reason I mentioned him is cuz he said he looked it up and saw many others with similar issues, then again you also say you've never had sli or crossfire issues and there are many who have including a few people on here I remember mentioning some issues, maybe you're just very lucky.

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

jonnyp11 said:
Only reason I mentioned him is cuz he said he looked it up and saw many others with similar issues, then again you also say you've never had sli or crossfire issues and there are many who have including a few people on here I remember mentioning some issues, maybe you're just very lucky.

Well since he said that, show me a bunch of links that Zambezi is crashing in games as he claims. I didnt say I have (never) had issues with C/F or SLI. I more or less said that problems are way over blown and people just run with it and say dont run C/F or SLI or you will have problems. Plus (most) but not all problems are fixed with a driver update pretty quick.

vroom_skies · Dec 6, 2011

For the sake of the OP and rest of us how about we drop the debate going on above.

StrangleHold said:
Looks pretty good, but the Antec 300 has no cable management at all. But since there is no side window, guess it doesnt matter other then air flow in the case.

True, though on the flip side very few people do decent cable work even when they have a good case for it. However the case is totally his choice, I just threw a good budget case in the mix to stay sub $1500.

However if he was willing some good results can be had with the 300:

StrangleHold · Dec 6, 2011

Not bad at all. Did you do some cut outs for the cables?

The NZXT Tempest 210 is a nice little case with pretty good management.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_238&products_id=18604

jonnyp11 · Dec 6, 2011

Just google saints row the third BSOD bulldozer and there are a good number of posts. Although I think the first summary did point out that a bios update on his board fixed it, would read more but iPod is so slow. But most errors seemed to be something about a clock interrupt not being received by the - core in the allocated amount of time.

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