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Gonna start buying parts for new gaming/media center over the next 2 months or so since I sold my old desktop a couple months back. My laptop is great, but I need more storage and I can't play many games anymore due to the crappy integrated graphics.

Anyway, pasted from TD.

ULT40417 ::Ultra ChillTEC 939/AM2/AM3/775/1366 Thermal Electric Overclocking CPU Cooler With Controller(5.25 lbs)

$129.99
- $30.00
$99.99

P33-5204 ::Patriot PX736G2000ELK Viper Xtreme 6GB PC16000 DDR3 Triple Channel Memory - 3x2048MB, 2000MHz, 9-11-9-27, Non-ECC, Unbuffered(0.35 lbs)
$121.99

U12-40503 ::Ultra X4 850-Watt Modular Power Supply - 135mm Fan, ATX, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration, 80+ Silver, NVIDIA SLI & ATI Crossfire Certifications, Vibration Dampener Included(9.26 lbs)
$249.99
- $80.00
$169.99

145-0568 ::EVGA 01G-P3-1567-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti DS Superclocked Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, Mini-HDMI 1.4a, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready, Overclocked(6 lbs)
$499.98
($249.99 each)

A455-2894 ::Asus M4N98TD EVO Motherboard - Socket AM3, NForce 980a SLI, ATX, RAID, SATA, Gbit LAN, Hybrid SLI(3.55 lbs)
$139.99

C44-3390 ::Creative Labs 70SB088600002 SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCIe Sound Card(1.75 lbs)
$139.99

TSD-2000H ::Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 0F12115 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 2TB, 7200 RPM, 64MB, SATA-6G, 3.5"(3 lbs)
$109.99


A79-0975 ::AMD HDZ975FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Processor - Quad Core, 6MB L3 Cache, 3.6GHz, Socket AM3, Unlocked, Retail(0.75 lbs)
$199.99


C283-2080 ::Cooler Master RC-942-KKN1 HAF X ATX Full Tower Computer Case - ATX, 230mm Red LED Fan, USB 2.0/3.0, 9x Expansion Slots. *Supports XL-ATX, 4-way SLI and Quad Crossfire X*(35.9 lbs)

$199.99

L49-1053 OEM ::LG WH10LS30 Super Multi Blu-ray Rewriter - BD-R 10X, BD-R DL 8X, BD-RE 2X, DVD+R/-R 16X, DVD-RAM 12X, CD-R 48X, CD-RW 24X, BD-ROM 10X, DVD-ROM 16X, CD-ROM 48X, SATA (OEM)(2.25 lbs)
$94.99


Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on a 32" Samsung LCD 1080p HDTV. Looking at about $1700 before shipping.
I haven't figured out what I'm doing for a sound system yet. Definitely going to upgrade from my 2.1 speakers to a nice 7.1 system. I'll upgrade the cpu cooling to a liquid system later at some point. Also want to find different color 230mm fans, I can't stand the red LEDs.
 
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Btw I'm open to suggestions, recommendations, ect. However I'm not ordering anything from New Egg. I have my reasons and I'd rather not discuss why or why I shouldn't be ordering from them.
 
ultra is good company, but i'll never buy their PSU, as i had two of them and they both died right at the 5 year mark (one actually right on date 5 years after i bought it).
i would suggest getting some silver/gold certified PSU will save you in long run with electricity bill. corsair is top brand atm.

your RAM might want to reconsider and get either 8GB or 4GB as your mobo will only support dual channel and one you've choose are for intel's 1366 socket.

for AMD's phenom II 975BE, don't waste your money. since you are already getting BE CPU's get 945/955 and overclock them you'll get same/higher speed and save around $50-70 in it.

other than that it looks pretty solid.
 
Power Supply
Corsair/Seasonic/PC P&C/Antec/XFX/Silverstone

Motherboard
At this point, see if you can get a Socket AM3+

Harddrive
Seagate 7200.12/Western Digital Black/Samsung F3/4

CPU
Phenom II 955
 
It might be worth getting an 890FX/GX board with the AM3+ socket, I plan on buying one, as bulldozer is out in a few months. All you will miss by not getting a 900 series board is advanced power reduction features and the turbo core (not sure on that one, just speculation)

Ultra... not good, not bad. just average. Maybe look at an XFX or Silverstone, or anything with seasonic internals.
 
 
scbjmshpv said:
your RAM might want to reconsider and get either 8GB or 4GB as your mobo will only support dual channel and one you've choose are for intel's 1366 socket.

for AMD's phenom II 975BE, don't waste your money. since you are already getting BE CPU's get 945/955 and overclock them you'll get same/higher speed and save around $50-70 in it.
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You must have pulled up the wrong mobo. The one I posted is tripple channel AM3.

As for the cpu, I picked the 975 on purpose because I'm not going to OC it until after the warranty expires. Until then I want the faster clock speed, it's worth the few extra bucks for now.

StrangleHold said:
Harddrive
Seagate 7200.12/Western Digital Black/Samsung F3/4
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Not interested in Seagate or WD, both seem to have gone down on their quality. As for the Samsung, I'm definitely interested in them but I haven't seen any reviews on them, especially anything longterm.

linkin said:
It might be worth getting an 890FX/GX board with the AM3+ socket, I plan on buying one, as bulldozer is out in a few months. All you will miss by not getting a 900 series board is advanced power reduction features and the turbo core (not sure on that one, just speculation)
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I'm not bothering with the AM3+ because I don't plan on upgrading to AMD again after this. I'd go with Intel, but this is a sort of budget build for now. I really want to do an i7 980x build, but I can't justify dropped a grand on just a CPU right now.

mihir said:
The HAF X is not much of improvement over the HAF 932.
You can save up $40 by going with the HAF 932
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146085&Sku=C283-1187

And +1 on the PSU thing.
Also do you need 850W??
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It's not a huge improvement, but I want the extra features it has.

I don't need 850w now, but I'll be adding more HD's and likely some cathodes and more cooling later on and I don't want to have to upgrade the PSU again.
 
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all aboard the PSU train! Corsair, Antec, XFX, all good quality. Also, try to get something with a good power usage rating, so it doesn't cost you a fortune in power bills
 
I don't really see the problem with this PSU. It's got positive mostly positive reviews, a lifetime warranty, and a silver power rating.
 
does it have a warranty that covers anything it kills in the event that it fails? If so, use it because, chances are, it'll be enough and won't fail
 
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