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Endorush

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Ok here's what I've got in the cart:

Board: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
GPU: XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W ATX

The Coolermaster Case and PSU were available as a Combo Deal that saves me $50.

Total Price: $1459.94

I came across a copy of Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate, so I'm all set on an OS.

I know 16 gigs of ram might be over the top, but I don't care. I do use Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator, and also 3dsMax2011 along with gaming. Assuming I need 16 gigs, is that a good brand to buy?

Any issues with that Power Supply?

I'm still looking at a Monitor and Sound Card which I can buy later on after I do more research.

I play guitar and have amp simulators (Amplitube 3.0, GuitarRig 4.0, Peavy ReValver MKIII) which I currently use by plugging my guitar into my POS sound card using a 1/4" - 1/8" adapter and ASIO4ALL to reduce latency, and it's decent. I've got my eye on higher quality audio interfaces but still need to do more research.

This Monitor caught my eye:

HP LP2475w Black 24"


I'm going to spend more time looking at monitors though.

Any red flags or anything that stands out? Anything you would do differently?

Appreciate any feedback.
 
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The 1100T is pricey for what small you get, over the 1090T. And 1090 can be oc'd easily. 16 gb is a lot, but you'd have enough for a good sized ramdisk(if you have a use for one)
HDD: Western Digital Black - Samsung F3

I'd do the 1090T, 8gb ram,,,and get an SSD. There would be vertually no diff in those 2 since 16gb is overkill, and the ssd would be a great compliment.
 
Benny Boy said:
The 1100T is pricey for what small you get, over the 1090T. And 1090 can be oc'd easily. 16 gb is a lot, but you'd have enough for a good sized ramdisk(if you have a use for one)
HDD: Western Digital Black - Samsung F3

I'd do the 1090T, 8gb ram,,,and get an SSD. There would be vertually no diff in those 2 since 16gb is overkill, and the ssd would be a great compliment.
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Thanks for replying.

I've got a Western Digital Black in my current machine and I might either get a new one or move it over.

SSD mean Solid State Drive? Does it replace the HD or Ram? Or work alongside them? I'm not familiar with that.
 
Endorush said:
Thanks for replying.

I've got a Western Digital Black in my current machine and I might either get a new one or move it over.

SSD mean Solid State Drive? Does it replace the HD or Ram? Or work alongside them? I'm not familiar with that.
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yes SSd is a solid state drive, its a storage device liek a hard drive except its uses technology like a usb flash drive. there are no moving parts, so its just like a huge internal flashdrive, they are pretty cool, it keeps data safer but they just seem so over priced right now
 
Endorush said:
SSD mean Solid State Drive? Does it replace the HD or Ram? Or work alongside them? I'm not familiar with that.
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It would be used with the hdd. OS and frequently used apps/prog's on ssd to benifit from the speed. And the infrequent and space hog type things on the hdd. All the "my" folders and other storage created by the os/prog's would be on the hdd to conserve space, and there's not really a benifit of having those items on the ssd.
 
Thats pretty cool I'll have to do some research on that.

Bout to drop a n00b question though:

The Mother Board says it supports the following RAM specs:

DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066

Does that just basically mean that those are the supported speeds, and that the ones with the (O.C.) next to them are options to overclock slower RAMs to if possible? If I bought 2000 RAM, would I be unable to OC it due to bottleneck on the board specs?

Just trying to get an understanding of that line above.

Thanks again for the help.
 
Endorush said:
Thats pretty cool I'll have to do some research on that.

Bout to drop a n00b question though:

The Mother Board says it supports the following RAM specs:

DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066

Does that just basically mean that those are the supported speeds, and that the ones with the (O.C.) next to them are options to overclock slower RAMs to if possible? If I bought 2000 RAM, would I be unable to OC it due to bottleneck on the board specs?

Just trying to get an understanding of that line above.

Thanks again for the help.
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Im pretty sure thats what it means
 
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