What Do You Think Of My AMD Wishlist Setup ?

[pcktwtch]

CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
Motherboard: GA-M68MT-S2P
Hard drives:Caviar Green 500GB
Seagate Barracuda 500GB
GPU:Radeon 5770
RAM:4GB DDR3 1066MHZ
Case:Coolermaster Elite 330 ( may change case to something off ebay just for cosmetic reasons)
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212
PSU: CIT 500W


Please Post thoughts and kindly suggest changes

 

[James79]

Looks pretty good, you don't want the 6 cores instead of 4 cores

 

[pcktwtch]

I was actually just thinking about that and i might , depends on how much my current system sells for

 

[johnb35]

Where do you plan on buying your parts from? You definately need to change a few items. I'll explain why in my next post after you tell me where you get your parts from.

 

[pcktwtch]

Where do you plan on buying your parts from? You definately need to change a few items. I'll explain why in my next post after you tell me where you get your parts from.

Ebay.

 

[johnb35]

Then I won't do any searching for you then since its ebay.

However, you need to change the PSU to something dependable. You plan on getting a 5770 gpu but the power supply you picked is garbage. The am3 board you picked is an older chipset am3 board, you need to pick an AM3+ board so you can have a better chipset and be able to upgrade to zambezi cpu's later if you wish. I would also choose either the western digital caviar black drives or samsung F3 over the seagate or caviar green.

So for instance, you need to get something along the lines of these.

1. PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

2. Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521

 

[pcktwtch]

Dude i've had this PSU years and its never failed. As with the hard drives. But i will take your advice on the AM3+ MOBO Thanks 4 tht

 

[johnb35]

It's not gonna push a 5770 though. I'm telling you, others will agree with me.

 

[pcktwtch]

It's not gonna push a 5770 though. I'm telling you, others will agree with me.

I actually might not switch to a 5770. My GTS 450 is ok

 

[johnb35]

That power supply has 2 rails with 1 at 13 amps and the other at 14 amps, not very good in my opinion to even be running a gts 450.

 

[StrangleHold]

He is right. Thats a pretty lowend power supply. Even if it will run the computer, it could short out at any time, plus it really has nowhere near 500W on the 12V rail.

Dont know what model Seagate that is, but its probably ok. But I would change the W/D green to a black or F3. Get a 970 chipset board if you can.

 

[pcktwtch]

Should i actually do this?

My Current PC Specs:

CPU: Q8300

Hard Drives: 500GB Caviar Green

GPU: GTS 450
motherboard: G41C - VS
RAm: 4GB DDR3
Case: Coolermaster elite 330