need some help building my first gaming computer

lelle

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need some help building my first computer

okay so I and a friend started thinking about how to build my new computer but we need some help.

Here's what we've chosen so far:


Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD PRO, Socket-AM3 Cost: 900 SEK

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Cost: 1500 SEK

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Cost 1500 SEK

Ram: 3 pieces of Crucial DDR3 1066MHz 2GB, CL7 COST: 1800 SEK

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2 Cost 500 SEK

Optical Drive: havent chosen one yet estimate at 300 SEK

Power Supply: ACE RawDeal Plus 620W PSU, we're not sure about this one so help us choose another one if this is too weak or there is a better one within the same price range Cost: 500 SEK

Case: No idea what to get, please help us choose one Estimate at 500 SEK

Operating system:
Windows 7 proffessional Cost: 1500 SEK

A total estimate of the cost of this build is 9000 SEK or about 900 Euro. That is about 100 Euro too much, as we are aiming for a maximum cost of 800 Euro or 8000 SEK. (I got mouse, keyboard and screen from my older computer so no need to worry about those)

We need help to find the right parts where we haven't chosen anything yet (like the case) and also suggestions on what we should downgrade in our build to reduce the total cost. Also if there are any parts that could be rplaced with something that gives more performance for less money we'd be happy to know about them. We also need to know if we chose the correct power supply or if we need a better one (higher W:s cost more however)

In general we'd be happy to know anything that could improve our build while at the same time we need help to reduce the price tag with about 100 Euro :)

Our build is aimed at being a future-proof gaming focused computer.
 
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http://www.komplett.se/k/kd.aspx?bn=10000

The site is in swedish unfortunately (since I live in sweden)

Motherboard = Moderkort

CPU = Processor

Video Card = Grafikkort

Ram = Minne

Hard Drive = Hårddisk

Power Supply = Nätaggregat

Case = Chassi

How much is the difference between a Phenom II 945 and 955 BE?

The difference is about 80 SEK (and 30W more in power requirements), not much admittedly (8 Euro), but and I guess that is still too much since I'm already above my budget with about 1000 SEK
 
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CPU - Worth to get PhenomII x4 955, it is black edition and overclock better.

HDD - The one you chosen is Western Digital Caviar Blue, i would recommend Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB for same price

RAM - 2 x 2GB. It run dual channel, not tripple. Save 700 SEK
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=491282

PSU - haven't heard of that brand... With your budget, I would opt for Corsair 550W

Mobo - Go for MSI 770-C45. Save 280 SEK

Case - CM Elite 310/ NZXT BETA Evo/Antec Three Hundred
CM Elite 310 is just 378 SEK. It would allow you to state around 8000 SEK, with getting Phenom 955

OS - Remember to get 64bit
 
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Thanks very much for your reply!

I have a couple of questions:

RAM - 2 x 2GB. It run dual channel, not tripple. Save 700 SEK
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=491282

It says on the site those were made for Core i5 and i7, 1.65V and Intel XMP. I'm going for an AMD CPU. Won't that be a problem?

PSU - haven't heard of that brand... With your budget, I would opt for Corsair 550W

Hmm that one is 300 SEK more expensive though... Should I go for it anyway? Andd since I have no idea how much power some of the parts need, are you 200% sure 550W will be enough for me?
 
Thanks very much for your reply!

I have a couple of questions:



It says on the site those were made for Core i5 and i7, 1.65V and Intel XMP. I'm going for an AMD CPU. Won't that be a problem?



Hmm that one is 300 SEK more expensive though... Should I go for it anyway? Andd since I have no idea how much power some of the parts need, are you 200% sure 550W will be enough for me?

power supplies are things you DON'T want to go cheap on. it is worth it to go for a better brand. for the ram, i don't think i have ever heard of intel or amd specific ram. you should be good to go there. everything else looks great.
 
don't get tripple channel, that's for LGA 1366 systems (core i7 9xx)

Get dual channel, which is for LGA 1156 (core i5 7xx/i7 8xx) systems and AMD systems.
 
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