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carolinabullydog

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My budget is about 600-700 preferably 600 - the video card i have a radeon hd 4350 which is more than enough to push starcraft 2 at its highest lvl wouldn't you think? Any suggestions would be awesome on what parts and pieces I could purchase to start this build!!!:confused:
 
 
Adata ram is not that good of quality, plus most AMD setups don't like more than 1600mhz anyway. An 880g board is overpriced because you are paying for onboard graphics he's not even going to use. The Phenom II 945 is overkill as well, can trim there to get better components elsewhere.
Also, the 640gb caviar black is much better than the 500gb. Dual platter design, much faster plus 140 more GB of course.

OS and motherboard combo-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-128-443

CPU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103882

Ram-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

Case and HDD-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.458440

PSU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

DVD burner-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

And a 4350 is not going to cut it, get this 5670 for plenty of power-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102870


That comes out to $675 with a nice strong video card, a super good power supply, still have a quad core (C3 stepping too), and quality ram. And of course windows 7 64 bit in there too. Not bad.
 
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I would keep the onboard graphics, it's handy if your main GPU fails and you don't have a spare, at least you can still use the computer.
 
87dtna said:
Adata ram is not that good of quality, plus most AMD setups don't like more than 1600mhz anyway. An 880g board is overpriced because you are paying for onboard graphics he's not even going to use. The Phenom II 945 is overkill as well, can trim there to get better components elsewhere.
Also, the 640gb caviar black is much better than the 500gb. Dual platter design, much faster plus 140 more GB of course.

OS and motherboard combo-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-128-443

CPU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103882

Ram-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

Case and HDD-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.458440

PSU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

DVD burner-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

And a 4350 is not going to cut it, get this 5670 for plenty of power-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102870


That comes out to $675 with a nice strong video card, a super good power supply, still have a quad core (C3 stepping too), and quality ram. And of course windows 7 64 bit in there too. Not bad.
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A-data uses the same IC's that other major brand memory manufacturers use. A-data makes fine memory.

Also, you can grab the 7200.12 750gb for $49.99 after coupon code:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148445&cm_re=7200.12-_-22-148-445-_-Product
 
87dtna said:
Adata ram is not that good of quality, plus most AMD setups don't like more than 1600mhz anyway. An 880g board is overpriced because you are paying for onboard graphics he's not even going to use. The Phenom II 945 is overkill as well, can trim there to get better components elsewhere.
Also, the 640gb caviar black is much better than the 500gb. Dual platter design, much faster plus 140 more GB of course.

OS and motherboard combo-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-128-443

CPU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103882

Ram-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

Case and HDD-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.458440

PSU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

DVD burner-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

And a 4350 is not going to cut it, get this 5670 for plenty of power-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102870


That comes out to $675 with a nice strong video card, a super good power supply, still have a quad core (C3 stepping too), and quality ram. And of course windows 7 64 bit in there too. Not bad.
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I don't see the problem of Adata RAM, when it is $95 with DDR3 2000, I don't see the point getting $100 DDR3 1600
Phenom IIx4 945 + 880G mobo - I don't think they are overkill. they are with combo deal, and thus, price of 880g = 870, why not?
Do you realise my overall list excluding the video card is just under $600?But mine with Phenom IIx4 945 instead of athlon IIx 4 635, 500GB HDD instead of 640GB HDD.
 
On the Adata ram, it's not the IC's it's the quality of the exterior. The heatsinks are garbage/useless white pot metal that doesn't absorb heat well. G.Skill uses real metal heatsinks.

AMD memory controllers don't handle much more than 1600 anyway, I have 2000 ram in my AMD backup rig, I've had a 945, a 550, and the currrent 555 and non of them could run the ram at 2000.

The power supply I picked out is way better quality as well, and again the 640gb hard drive isn't all about having another 140gb, it's dual platter VS the 500's single platter.

He will have no noticeable difference between the 945 and 635.

Seagate= 3 year warranty.....western digital= 5 year warranty
 
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87dtna said:
On the Adata ram, it's not the IC's it's the quality of the exterior. The heatsinks are garbage/useless white pot metal that doesn't absorb heat well. G.Skill uses real metal heatsinks.

AMD memory controllers don't handle much more than 1600 anyway, I have 2000 ram in my AMD backup rig, I've had a 945, a 550, and the currrent 555 and non of them could run the ram at 2000.

The power supply I picked out is way better quality as well, and again the 640gb hard drive isn't all about having another 140gb, it's dual platter VS the 500's single platter.

He will have no noticeable difference between the 945 and 635.

Seagate= 3 year warranty.....western digital= 5 year warranty
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Adata uses aluminum for their heatspreaders, just as pretty much any other manufacturer on the market does. Also, low voltage DDR3 doesnt even necessarily need heatspreaders.
 
No they don't, not on all anyway then. See the one review? One guy said it was plastic, it's not but I know exactly what he's talking about. I have a set of G.Skill rip jaws with the exact same type of metal. When you first feel it, it feels literally like plastic. It's white metal, complete junk. I almost don't recommend rip jaws anymore for this reason.

Also, their voltage specs leads me to believe that it's crappy ram. I mean come on, 1.55-1.75v, way to narrow it down there. If it needs 1.75v for 2000 cas 9, thats some crappy ram.

I've owned the G.Skill set I linked too, good quality.
 
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