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[phantom404]

Will be going to an Antec P182 windowed case with a 600w Modular Power supply.

2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

1 LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray DVD-ROM SATA Model DH-4O1S-66

1 LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30

1 ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard

1 SAPPHIRE 100251SR Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB 512-bit (256-bit x 2) GDDR5 PCI 2.0

1 AMD Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model
HDX810WFGIBOX

1 OCZ Special Ops Urban Elite 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3
12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3SOU16004GK

1 XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler


Any suggestions or comments?

 

[MykC]

The 940BE is $25 more expensive and a good deal faster. Upgrade.
DDR3 board and memory cost a lot more money while providing little benefit in games.
However, if you want to run your 4870x2 in quadfire than stick with what you have.

Whats your budget and what resolution do you want to play at? What do you do with you computer? That will help us a bit more with your build.

 

[Blain]

DDR3 rated at 1.9v?!?!?!? :shocked:
No matter how cool the name sounds, I wouldn't use that stuff in my build.

Seagate 500GB HDs are so played out.
Treat yourself to some 640GB WD "Black's", or at least a pair of 640GB "Blue".

A 4870 X2/2GB... For what resolution?

 

[phantom404]

Right now I'm running on a 28' 1920x1200. I'm going to use it for gaming, running some virtual machines, media, streaming etc. My budget is prob around 1200 ish. The reason i got the 810 is because the 940 wont fit in a am3 board will it? If it will I would be all over it. Since im upgrading i wanted to get the latest as far as tech goes (AM3, DDR3). I went ahead and got a 1TB hd at best buy since they had a deal on it at my local best buy.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: phantom404
Right now I'm running on a 28' 1920x1200. I'm going to use it for gaming, running some virtual machines, media, streaming etc. My budget is prob around 1200 ish. The reason i got the 810 is because the 940 wont fit in a am3 board will it? If it will I would be all over it. Since im upgrading i wanted to get the latest as far as tech goes (AM3, DDR3). I went ahead and got a 1TB hd at best buy since they had a deal on it at my local best buy.

I think you'll need more video cards for a 28' screen

 

[MykC]

The AM3 boards are backwards compatible with AM2+ chips. Regardless here is what I would suggest.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827129032 LG DVD Drive $25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136319 WD 640GB AALS $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811129042 Antec 300 Case $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817341010 OCZ 600W PSU $70 - $20MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102801 1GB 4870 $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.165025 Phenom II 720BE CPU $150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813138130 Biostar 790GX Motherboard $110 - $45COMBO - $10MIR (xfire)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820145590 4GB DDR2 800 RAM $45 - $25 MIR
Base Price Total $685 - $55MIR

Recommended Upgrades (prices listed are the differences in price between common GPU-> upgrade GPU)Recommended Upgrades (prices listed are the differences in price between common GPU-> upgrade GPU)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102809 2GB 4850x2 $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103471 AM2+ X4 940 $48
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835233003 Xigma $36 - $10MIR (AMD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128384 GIGA 790GX UD4H $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231209 G.Skill PI Black DDR2 800 $25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835186020 Upgrade to Artic MX-2 Thermal Compound $7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119137 Upgrade to a CM 690 Case $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817341011 Upgrade to PCP&C 750W Red $45

 

[phantom404]

@Mykc Can you show me a link where an am2 chip will fit in a am3 board?

 

[MykC]

Dunno, read through Anandtechs reviews and previews on the Phenom II chips, its bound to be in there somewhere.

 

[phantom404]

Ahh k, was just asking cause you said "The AM3 boards are backwards compatible with AM2+ chips. " and thought that would be sweet but looked and the am2+ have 240 pins where as the AM3 has 238. thanks for all the suggestions!!

 

[AstroManLuca]

To clarify, you can use an AM3 CPU in an AM2+ motherboard (as long as it's on the compatibility list), but you can't use an AM2+ CPU in an AM3 motherboard.

Therefore, current AM3 motherboards have the advantage of supporting DDR3 but they cannot use all of AMD's new CPUs. On the other hand, new AM2+ motherboards will work with all of AMD's current CPUs but they use DDR2 instead.

Personally, I'd rather have an X4 940 with DDR2 than an X4 810 with DDR3.