Building new computer...any conflict?

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ryanccg

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Good day to you. I plan to buy the following components and build a new computer myself. I am not an expert in this field but have some basic knowledge. Please advise whether the components below are compatible and provide comment where necessary.

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX Socket AM3 HDMI DVI VGA Out 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard.

Processor - AMD Phenom II X6 Black Edition 1090T 3.2GHz Socket AM3 9MB Cache 125W Retail Boxed Processor.

Memory - OCZ Platinum 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Triple Channel Kit.

CPU cooling fan - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler.

Desktop Case - Coolermaster Elite 360 Black Midi/Desktop Case - No PSU.

Power supply - Coolermaster GX 750W PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E 80plus Certified.

Hard Drive - Seagate 1TB 3.5" Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s Hard Drive - 7200RPM 32MB Cache.

Graphic Card - Sapphire Radeon HD5830.

Many thanks for your advice and comments.
 
MOBO - AM3+ Motherboard

PSU - Something of better quality and lower wattage. Like Seasonic/Antec/Corsair/Silverstone/XFX/PC Power And Cooling and 550W.

Case - If in Budget something bigger.


Memory - 1600MHz won't cost alot more.
 
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Anything with the Icore is a good build at this point. I don't forsee AMD releasing anything equal to the Icore Cpu's. Mem as usally DDR2 is allways best bet cause its cheap and almost as fast DDR3 hard to tell a difference. Everything else is just brand name for most part. Except Hard drives of course. I find WD last longer and performs better. But it could just be my luck with WD.
 
What was said above by mihir.

If your using a video card. See if you can get the Gigabyte GA 970A UD3.

AMD is not Tri channel. Either get 2X2gb. or 4X4gb of DDR3 1600. Look for G Skill.

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is ok, but not great.

Power supply, like said above, but I would probably get around a 650W to have some overhead.

Unless your getting a good deal on the 5830. I would get a 6850 or 6870.
 
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old_school said:
Anything with the Icore is a good build at this point. I don't forsee AMD releasing anything equal to the Icore Cpu's. Mem as usally DDR2 is allways best bet cause its cheap and almost as fast DDR3 hard to tell a difference. Everything else is just brand name for most part. Except Hard drives of course. I find WD last longer and performs better. But it could just be my luck with WD.
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So you want to use Icore CPU with DDR2 memory?


StrangleHold said:
What was said above by mihir.
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Good thing you changed it :)
 
DDR3 still does not give a big performance difference between them. Compare your hardware in MHZ. The processing is barely different. In stress tests it may out perform DD2 by a long shot but in pratice very little difference and the prices are rediculously different. You can pay the difference if you want but Im using DDR2 and I can probably out run your DDR3 machine.
 
old_school said:
DDR3 still does not give a big performance difference between them. Compare your hardware in MHZ. The processing is barely different. In stress tests it may out perform DD2 by a long shot but in pratice very little difference and the prices are rediculously different. You can pay the difference if you want but Im using DDR2 and I can probably out run your DDR3 machine.
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DDR2 is way more expensive compared to DDR3.

And just for Fun I would like to see you build a computer with an Intel i Core series processor and DDR2 memory.
 
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DDR3 still does not give a big performance difference between them. Compare your hardware in MHZ. The processing is barely different. In stress tests it may out perform DD2 by a long shot but in pratice very little difference and the prices are rediculously different. You can pay the difference if you want but Im using DDR2 and I can probably out run your DDR3 machine.
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So, let me get what your saying here. He is getting a Phenom II X6 1090. You are suggesting that he gets a older AM2 or AM2+ motherboard so he can run DDR2

You do know that AM2 and AM2+ boards are being phased out.

DDR2 is more expensive then DDR3. Plus DDR2 1066 is as fast as you can get.

AM3+ boards support up to DDR3 2000/2133 and support the new Zambezi coming out

If your suggesting a i processor, you know the last Intel socket that supported DDR2 was 775.

Your a few years behind times here man.
 
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yeah, and this is like the 10th thread he's said that on too.

back to the op, triple channel isn't supported, g.skill has 1600mhz ripjaws x series 8gb's for 65, also non x for the same, but x looks and sounds cooler, am3+ is better, and a cpu cooler is only needed if overclocking, the one provided is good enough otherwise, and i'd go for like a 555/955 for the next month or 2 untill bulldozer is out
 
Dear all, thank you for your comments and advice. I will take them into consideration before i buy the components next week. I already bought the Raedon HD 5830 a few months ago therefore i will stick on it. I will look for 2X2gb DDR3 memory. More comments and advice are welcome. Many thanks again.
 
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