first project

pasqual13

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hey everyone,
this is my first post, I have decided to start a project. I'm not going to buy all parts at once( mainly because of money shortage) So instead of downgraded my wants, it's just going ot take longer to get it done haha.

for right now, this is what im looking at getting

AMD Phenom™ II X4 965 Black Edition processor ( I understand there are a lot of people who prefer Intel, I have always been a fan of AMD so that's what I'm going with)

I like what i have read about it seems like it's going to be able to handle things for me for a while.

AMD 790GX Chipset

I like the option of over-clocking ( I'm not going to over do it by anymeans) and I think it will run smoothly with the processor

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 (100297-2L) 1024MB PCIe x16 Gen 2.1

decent enough to run the games I play and more ( can always upgrade this, but IMO a good start)

ok here is where i need help on!

recommended case?

power supply?

Ram ( gonna go with the best i can get my hands on that will be supported by my hardware, have to do some research)

probably going to go with a dvd burner for now( blu-ray isn't a necessity for me at the time)
any recommendations?

monitor and such I'll be getting last once my system is running or might just use my HD TV as it since the graphics card will be running 1080p

I'm sure im missing something and would appreciate any info and input, as well as your opinions ( greatly appreciated)

excuse the long post but I'm excited to get this started
 
well if you are in america, then newegg is the place to buy, and they have a long term (1yr) payment plan with no interest, so you can just pay monthly for the year untill it's done, because if you buy things over time, new things will come out and for the same price as what you can get, you could've gotten something much better, but it is the wrong socket or something so you can't, and also things get discontinued, like that phenom cpu, by january 1st i think it was, they will not ship another phenom to anywhere, so once places run out of stock, ebay will be your only option.
 
AMD phenom II x4 955 is $20 cheaper.

Mobo - Are you running crossfire/ SLi? if not, get cheaper AMD 970 chipset

5830 is outdated, could you get that cheap? Or you can get 6870 instead.

case - I assume $50 - 60?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146059
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147144
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153

RAM - decent set, 2 x 2GB or 2 x 4GB, probably DDR3 1600

Optical drive, just find sata 24x

PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
 
for the mobo, i'd say get one of the am+'s for around 100, that way in a year or so you can get a bulldozer cpu for some extra power.
 
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