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gamerwithoutrig

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Hey, was just mixing and came up with this:

Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5
PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI, HDMI, 2xmini-DisplayPort

Microsoft Windows 7 Pro EN
OEM, 64bit

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
7200RPM, SATA 3.0 Gbps, 3,5", 32MB Cache, 8.9ms

Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl
Fans: 1x 120mm Front, 1x 120mm Bak, Soundabsorbing, ATX, mATX, mITX

ASUS M4A87TD EVO, Socket-AM3
ATX, AMD870+SB850, DDR3, 2xPCIe(2.0)x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0

NZXT HALE 90 Series 750W PSU
ATX 12V V2.2, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 2x 6pin+2x 6+2pin PCIe, 8x SATA

BenQ 24" LCD G2420HD
1920x1080, 40000:1, 2ms, VGA/DVI/HDMI

Corsair H70 Hydro Series CPU Cooler
Socket 775/1155/1156/1366, AM2/AM2+/AM3, 1600~2000 RPM, 120mm Fan

Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermalpaste
2.5 gram

Akasa SATA3 Cable 100cm Dark
SATA III (6.0Gb/s),SATA II (3.0Gb/s) and SATA I (1.5Gb/s), SSD, 7pin

Sony Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7263S
DVD±R: 24x max, DVD±RW: 8x max, DL, RAM, SATA, Labelflash, Bulk, Black

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Quad Core, 3,4Ghz, AM3, 8MB, 125W, Boxed

Corsair Vengeance™ DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
Kit w/2x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Heatspreader, 240 pin

Is there something I should change?
He will be using it for gaming, some writing programs and some movie editing.

edit: Some Norwegian words. ;)
 
PSU - do you really need 750W?? With 870 chipset, probably won't crossfire...
I don't know quality of NZXT PSU...
XFX P1-650X-CAH9 is good to consider.

CPU - Phenom IIx6 1055T would be better choice

CPU cooler - Is it really worth to get H70?? They are so expensive...
If you invest money on core i5 2500K + $40 heatshink should get you better result

thermal compound - personally choose Tuniq TX-2 or ARCTIC COOLING MX-2
 
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daisymtc said:
PSU - do you really need 750W?? With 870 chipset, probably won't crossfire...
I don't know quality of NZXT PSU...
XFX P1-650X-CAH9 is good to consider.

CPU - Phenom IIx6 1055T would be better choice

CPU cooler - Is it really worth to get H70?? They are so expensive...
If you invest money on core i5 2500K + $40 heatshink should get you better result

thermal compound - personally choose Tuniq TX-2 or ARCTIC COOLING MX-2
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ATX 12V V2.2, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 2x 6pin+2x 6+2pin PCIe, 8x SATA

He will probably get a second 6950 one day, and H70 is worth it. He would rather go for 965 instead of i5, and in Norway you can't get any good heatsinks for 40$, and the thermalpaste is the best you can have from the shop I've chosen, and he won't need 1055T.

edit: Will also go for a high overclock.
 
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Hale90 PSU's are good, no worries there. Built on Superflower's Golden Green platform, with all Nippon Chemi-Con capacitors. :good:
 
They covered alot, also if your staying quad core, dont bother with the 965 black edition, just save the $10 or so dollars and get the 955 they overclock the same. Also no reason to go with the H70 just get a good air cooler for half the price. If he plans to crossfire might want to grab a 850w PSU, and go with the XFX 6950 GPU, all that have been reported unlock to a 6970 with a simple bios flash.
 
Okay, so the mobo went 16x/4x, so I'll find another board.

MSI 870A Fuzion, Socket-AM3, does it go 16x/16x or 8x/8x? If it does, he'll go for it! ;)
 
SslagleZ28 said:
They covered alot, also if your staying quad core, dont bother with the 965 black edition, just save the $10 or so dollars and get the 955 they overclock the same. Also no reason to go with the H70 just get a good air cooler for half the price. If he plans to crossfire might want to grab a 850w PSU, and go with the XFX 6950 GPU, all that have been reported unlock to a 6970 with a simple bios flash.
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You're right. Maybe a better PSU, because of the overclocking, but the shop only sells NZXT 1000watt PSU's, and not 850watt. :mad:

But the NZXT's 1000watt PSU is cheaper than the 850watt from Corsair, so.. :D
 
Ok, it turned out to expensive. So I'll mix it up again :p

Oh, no it didnt. I still had the 750watt psu in the bag(?) :)

edit: Sorry for triple post, but the mobo comes with two S-ATA cables, so I don't have to add any S-ATA cables?
 
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gamerwithoutrig said:
You're right. Maybe a better PSU, because of the overclocking, but the shop only sells NZXT 1000watt PSU's, and not 850watt. :mad:

But the NZXT's 1000watt PSU is cheaper than the 850watt from Corsair, so.. :D
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Yeah you and I both have the AX850, the thing isn't cheap but it's pretty frigging amazing. lol
 
SslagleZ28 said:
Yeah you and I both have the AX850, the thing isn't cheap but it's pretty frigging amazing. lol
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Don't have. I was thinking to get it :P

But when I first did this, I was thinking that I maybe did some changes to make mine.

Everything is the same, except:

Fractal Design Define XL Black Pearl

Corsair SSD Force Series 2,5" 60GB

MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB PhysX

ASUS P8P67 PRO, Socket-1155

Intel Core™ i7 Quad Processor i7-2600K

The FD is one of the cheap cases in Norway, and I hate noises from my computer, so I'm going for the FD XL ;)
 
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