Phenom X3 720 Build

[1ceHacka]

Built a new system today. Ordered this morning. I have 2 other 80GB Sata drives that I already bought, thinking of running Raid 0 or Raid 5 with them. I also have some storage drives for the music, movies, etc. Let me know what you think of the build!! Total price was about $740 with $50 in MIR, so just under $700 for this thing!

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $69.99

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor Model HDZ720WFGIBOX - Retail - $135.99

SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail - $189.99

GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $138.99

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $34.99

(2) G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail - $79.98 ($39.99 ea)

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail - $89.99

ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail - $44.99

 

[imported_Redmist]

Memory Standard DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800
(Whether 1200 MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU being used)


since your buying new ram, I would of went with the highest speed

look for ddr2 1066 with 5-5-5-15 timings

 

[Rifter]

I thought the AM3 CPU's supported 1066 ram?

 

[1ceHacka]

Already went with the ddr2 800. The 1066 can be a future thing, or soon since its so cheap.

 

[nortexoid]

This is off-topic, but raid redundancy is BS for personal use--it just wears out the redundancy drive. You're better off getting an external enclosure and doing manual incremental backups. That way the drive is used only when needed.

But more to the point...

 

[Rifter]

i agree with nortexoid, i have a 32GB USB thumb drive that lives connected to the back of my computer, i backup all my important non-media data(E-mail, bookmarks, user settings/preferances etc) to it every night using a backup program. For media i tend to burn it to DVD once a week or so. RAID is just a waste for personal use, wasted the hard drive and slows down your PCI/PCI-e bus for nothing.