This my perfect system :) Thanks for helping my out buy soon.

Robert McClelland · Apr 5, 2008, 10:55 PM

Ok guys final updated

I made my find deal

plan order soon.
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 RC-590-KKN1-GP Black SECC / ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases Case
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives hard drive
Newegg.com - DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
mother board I decide go with this one be safe.
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-750-ACAA-A1 ATX12V / EPS12V 750W Power Supply 115/ 230 V Nemko, TUV, cUL, CE, BSMI, FCC, CCC - Power Supplies
power supply
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory I switch ram because of the mother board save me money.
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
fastest amd chip out there.
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - Operating Systems
vista U 32bit.
Newegg.com - MSI RX3870-T2D512E OC Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics
I think I go with this graphics card for now

Grand Total $1,152.93 for now I think it's enough

Well next month I be getting those rebates checks soon in May sometime that would help lol
So I'm good this time guys?

humonous · Apr 6, 2008, 03:02 AM

why no nvidia card? those 3870s are no longer the best value for money. id get a 8800 series card for the same price, faster and better drivers.

tcman · Apr 6, 2008, 06:21 AM

Overall, a nice system. The Phenom 9750 is a B3 stepping, so the TLB bug is fixed.

But why go for an AMD system instead of an Intel setup? But at the time, AMD provide processors that are not as energy efficient an as powerful as Intel's Core2Quad Penryn processors, also the AMD solution are not OC friendly. With the new Penryn cpu's you could easy hit the 4+ ghz barrier. But in the end, the Phenom 9750 is fast enough for most games (also applications), since most games are bound by the gpu instead of the cpu and the Phenom got the SSE4a which is great for super fast video encoding. (A good alternative would be: an Intel P35 based motherboard combined with a C2Q Q6600 G0 stepping 95W).

As for the videocard, the HD3870 is good, but nVidia's Geforce 9600gt performs as good as the HD3870 at a lower price. But then again, the Diamond Viper HD3870 got VIVO which is great for a HTPC/Media Center setup, for recording TV shows/ timesharing etc.

By the way, no soundcard?

MicahSJ · Apr 6, 2008, 07:58 AM

Nice setup Robert; let us know how everything works. Did you already get the sound card or are you using the onboard sound?

***Vikingod*** · Apr 6, 2008, 08:01 AM

Nice pick robert, can't wait to see how she runs

Robert McClelland · Apr 6, 2008, 11:50 AM

reason why no intel I don't want spend alot money

As for sound card I'm keeping my xfi music card for now. If there something worng with it. I buy new sound card later as for dvd burner I have one. I have LG supermuilt read 20x dvd ram drive I'm still looking for options maybe on video cards like I said I don't want push my spending over 1200 bucks lol I don't play heavy shoting games like most people do anyway I want least run great for my test drive unlimited and hockey and football and and my haulin truck game. Thanks fro more coments. Intel qaud core 2.4 way to priceie for me it's still at 250 bucks I thought be 200 bucks by now lol.Thats why I"m going with amd for now lol. As for mother boards don't get me started again it was hard to choice right mover board for the amd side lol.

IEMC · Apr 6, 2008, 01:59 PM

You changed a lot of stuff from what was picked out earlier.

Some changes could be made, but hey, it's your system. Good luck with it.

Just glad you built it yourself.

kris23 · Apr 6, 2008, 02:00 PM

dump the diamond card and go with this

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics

allows you to get 4 of them and sapphire support i think is a bit better

since you are getting AMD, its pretty obvious that you arent going to do any OCing so theres no need for big cooling systems, best go wiith expandability for you.

swimtech · Apr 6, 2008, 03:52 PM

That setup will Crossfire out the wazoo if you want to down the road - got you a very flexible mainboard there - full of features!

You might want to consider the 640G Western Digital hard drive just released for 25% more space and better speed overall. It should be about $20.00 more. I just ordered one last night actually for my new machine - and I've been shopping drives carefully for myself for a long time now...

kris23 · Apr 6, 2008, 05:52 PM

i dunno how fast the 7200.11s are now with the firmware update........

but knowing how Judas has over 600MB/s with his 6 drives i think its still better than that.....

will do more research, looks interesting

Necrosis · Apr 6, 2008, 07:08 PM

My .11 was already fixed but it's hard to know which ones have the problem or not.

Robert if you're not planning on overclocking I wouldn't waste the extra money on the ram. I would spend it on a x2.

kris23 · Apr 6, 2008, 07:25 PM

3870X2?

you do know that its generally weaker than 2 3870s in crossfire mainly because the X2 uses GDDR3 vs GDDR4 in the 3870s

hes got 4 slots so theres nothing to worry about or need

Robert McClelland · Apr 6, 2008, 10:27 PM

Hey guys I know a freind who From michigan that works on computers on my yahoo list

he from Monroe, Michigan I'm going ask him if he can build me a computer to see what hey said

this his web site CainTechServices -- Computer Repair & Maintenance, Web Hosting, Email Service Right now there no rush building yet lol.

PangingJr · Apr 7, 2008, 05:42 AM

Robert McClelland,
hope you don't mind me asking, you just has no confidence or what? any reasons why you don't want to try having this computer build by yourself?

kris23 · Apr 7, 2008, 09:10 AM

if you failed preschool and couldnt grasp the concept that the square peg goes in the square hole and the round peg goes in the round hole and still dont....

then building a computer isnt for you..... but im pretty sure you are intelligent enough to do it...... or else you probably would never have known how to use a computer....