Help with somewhat of a build

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pauli18c

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My old P5N32-SLI premium mobo took a dump and its out of warranty now so i want to piece together another rig.

so here are my thoughts so far:

Motherboard - MSI 890FXA-GD70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=msi_890fxa-gd70-_-13-130-274-_-Product

I was debating between this and the ASUS crosshair IV Formula.
Reason for choosing the MSI? price mostly, but also to try something other than ASUS

CPU - AMD Phenom II X6 1090T black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...849&cm_re=phenom_ii_x6-_-19-103-849-_-Product

Ram - G. Skill Ripjaws 6gb (3x2gb) DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231304&cm_re=ripjaw-_-20-231-304-_-Product


Now i plan on using some of my old stuff still from my old rig for the time being (budget right now).

-1 CD/DVD drive
-1 CD drive
-Thermaltake Toughpower PSU - 700W
-My old Western Dig WD1600 160gb hardrive
-piece of crap radeon X700pro

Few things im wondering about.

-First of all, I will be wanting to upgrade the GPU when budget allows. so im wondering what a good route to go is. I would like to hook up this rig to a flat screen TV eventually and use it for gaming.
was thinking of this

Second, my PSU "should" be more than enough to run this effectively, right?

Third, I currently have a Cooler Master CPU cooler found here. from what im reading it wont work with an AM3 socket. If it does, will this be efficient enough? otherwise i will be looking into a self contained water unit, but definitely open to suggestions on other heatsinks/coolers.

Final thing i would like to complete this is a set of hard drives. from what i understand a smaller solid state drive is preferred for the main drive and a larger drive used for storage.
is this correct, and what are some decent drives for this?
Currently ive been using a WD 2tb external for all my storage on my laptop

Thanks for taking the time to read this if you actually got this far.

I really appreciate any feedback or suggestions any of you may have
 
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I don't want to harp on you, but this build is kinda hilarious
That processor in eaither board (I recommend the crosshair) with that ram is complete overkill for any application, while the video and hard drive will struggle to keep up with the most modest of demands
My recommendation is going for a decent asus board, with a phenom ii x4 or the 1055t, 6gb ocz gold 1600mhz, a radeon hd 5850 and a western digital cav black 500gb
Your pricepoint shouldn't be off by that much and you'll be way happier
 
I don't see the point of getting 890FX chipset. I don't see you will be crossfire based on currently spec.
I would say go for 880G/ 890GX and use onboard vga for a while until you got the money for video card

Video card - 5770 don't worth $220, unless you need to hook to that 5(?) monitor.
You should consider GTX 460 1GB /5830 1GB instead

PSU - it is sufficient for any single video card

SSD - Corsair Force CSSD-F60GB2-BRKT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233124
 
thanks for your help guys.

im fairly new to this, and ive been going mostly off of reviews on newegg and some suggestions ive seen on here (such as the ripjaws ram)

anyone else care to chime in and send me in the right direction?


as for hooking up to a monitor, i would like to hook up to a 4(?)". no 50 inchers.
it wont be my main monitor, but i would like the capability to be able to every now and then
and im not opposed to getting 2 GPUs down the road either. get one first, then another a little later if that makes sense.
 
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Also, I guess I should mention. I plan on playing SCII with it a lot and it's a fairly graphics intensive game.

modern warfare and games of the like
 
Just so you know, newegg reviews can be misleading. eg, someone giving a power supply a low rating because it wouldn't fit in their case, or the powersupply was a piece of junk in the first place and expecting it to give what the label said.

It's best to look at some review sites as well as newegg reviews.

Big monitors are nice but what resolution are they? You will need a GPU that can handle the resolution. a good 22-26" Monitor runs at 1920x1080/1920x1200 which is excellent for gaming and movies. Is there really a need for anything bigger if it's sitting on your desk at close range?
 
i understand that newegg might have misleading info from bad experiences and the such, thats why i actually read the full reviews of what each person had to say.
For the most part everyone seemed to like the mobo and CPU i had chosen, so thats why i picked them.

as for the monitor, i would like to be able to hook it up to a living room TV once in a while and use a wireless keyboard and mouse from my couch

my dedicated monitor will not be the same size obviously, as i only have a 21" right now.
 
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