mr. anderson
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Building my first computer. never done it before, but I figure it's time, did a little research and this is what brown is gonna be doing for me:
Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower w/ SuperSpeed USB 3.0 w/ Window w/ Black Interior ATX Case (RC-942-KKN1) - $179.98
ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Republic of Gamers Series Motherboard - $229.99
AMD FX 8120 8-Core Processor 3.1 8 Socket AM3 - FD8120FRGUBOX - $199.99
Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CWCH100) - $103.74
Corsair Memory Vengeance 16 Quad Channel Kit DDR3 1600 MHz 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 - $82.99
(2) ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card,
ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1 - $399.98
Corsair Enthusiast Series 850-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD platforms - CMPSU-850TXV2 - $127.98
for now, I am just gonna use my stock DVD-RW drive, 750 GB and 2TB HD's out of my old computer until I find a SATA III SSD that I like and think I can trust to not fail.
I was originally gonna buy this stuff on newegg, but surprisingly amazon had them beat on all items price wise, shipped.
I've got my current home theater hooked to my mitsubishi 6200 series projector on a 10' foot Elite screen. I think this thing is gonna rock for games now!
what do ya'll think? I think this will give a certain amount of upgradeability for the foreseeable future. I know the Bulldozer chipset isn't doing so hot with some benchmarks, but I truely believe that given some time for software to catchup to the 8 cores, and it'll be different. I plan on OC the chip and Graphics if needed.
Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower w/ SuperSpeed USB 3.0 w/ Window w/ Black Interior ATX Case (RC-942-KKN1) - $179.98
ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Republic of Gamers Series Motherboard - $229.99
AMD FX 8120 8-Core Processor 3.1 8 Socket AM3 - FD8120FRGUBOX - $199.99
Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CWCH100) - $103.74
Corsair Memory Vengeance 16 Quad Channel Kit DDR3 1600 MHz 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 - $82.99
(2) ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card,
ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1 - $399.98
Corsair Enthusiast Series 850-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD platforms - CMPSU-850TXV2 - $127.98
for now, I am just gonna use my stock DVD-RW drive, 750 GB and 2TB HD's out of my old computer until I find a SATA III SSD that I like and think I can trust to not fail.
I was originally gonna buy this stuff on newegg, but surprisingly amazon had them beat on all items price wise, shipped.
I've got my current home theater hooked to my mitsubishi 6200 series projector on a 10' foot Elite screen. I think this thing is gonna rock for games now!
what do ya'll think? I think this will give a certain amount of upgradeability for the foreseeable future. I know the Bulldozer chipset isn't doing so hot with some benchmarks, but I truely believe that given some time for software to catchup to the 8 cores, and it'll be different. I plan on OC the chip and Graphics if needed.
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