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Old 03-02-09   #11 (permalink)
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Sounds like your gettin alot of good pointers, im gonna recommend intel also if you can consider it,stay away from the ultra psu as others suggested, newegg is a great place to purchase so dont b e scarred. Aliadns got youat a good start if you wanna save $$ get a cheaper proc ah thats all i got , good luck

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Either Intel or AMD is fine. If 9800GTX+ is the way to go then you don't need a 750w psu. 9800GTX+ is a 160w GPU so a solid psu that can do 330w for dual-core or 430w for quad-core on 12v should be fine.
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instead of the 9800gtx go with the 9800gtx+ or even better the ati 4850 1gig version.
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Ah nice tips I got here, another thing, what OS should I get for best performance, and I kinda wanna stick with AMD, so I can stick with the mobo I picked, and yea I will get a way low watt PSU I thought I would need 750watts
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dont touch that xfx mobo with a 10ft pole. ive said it in quite a few threads here that board is junk. mine blew on me twice. go with an amd chipset even if crossfire isnt in your future.
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dont touch that xfx mobo with a 10ft pole. ive said it in quite a few threads here that board is junk. mine blew on me twice. go with an amd chipset even if crossfire isnt in your future.
Ah I see, I have heard of problems with this board, there is alot of twisting with this build, so I have to find a diffrent AMD board, AMD board I should get in this case?
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that would depend on your budget and what you plan on doing with it. (ie : huge overclocking, stock, or mild OC and if crossfire is in the future). but a 790GX board works quite well and are cheap. apparently the biostart 790GX boards perform as well as the board in my sig but a whole lot cheaper.
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I'm trying to stay under $720

But I'll check on those boards
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Here's a nice little budget gaming setup mmkay?

AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...8&Tpk=X3%20710

BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138128

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102770

Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136280

PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuou
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703005

LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811112154

And that's just under $600 I believe.
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Will this do for the motherboard ?
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