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10/6/12 at 6:22pm
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Doing a cheap build to hold me off to build an I5 Ivy rig. Just looking to get back into gaming, and I'm not gonna lie, I miss building pc's.

1) Asus M4A79Xtd Evo and an Phenom x4 955 Black edition (Thanks to IcyPimpHand on here ) $120 shipped

2) Bought Samsung ddr3 1600 4x2gb Wonder Ram - $45 shipped (transferable to i5)

3)Bought Hyper 212 Evo hsf - $30 shipped (Tranferable to I5)

4) Bought Evga gtx 280 - $65 shipped (transferable to I5)

5) Using old parts from old Build of a friends: $100 Total

Purepower 680 psu
Case Thermaltake (forget rest)
Graphics 8400gt ( for now, waiting on graphics card should be getting early next week.
Ned Dvd Burner

Scrapping: Asus a8n32sli - x2 4400 if i remember correctly, corsair xms ddr400.

Total: $360

Pics of the parts in:
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Case I'm working on cable management, not much I can do with the psu because its not modular. Currently working on it now so I'll keep you guys updated tonight, already got the coffee on - Shouldn't take me much longer.

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10/6/12 at 7:32pm
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Doing a cheap build to hold me off to build an I5 Ivy rig. Just looking to get back into gaming, and I'm not gonna lie, I miss building pc's.
1) Asus M4A79Xtd Evo and an Phenom x4 955 Black edition (Thanks to IcyPimpHand on here ) $120 shipped
2) Bought Samsung ddr3 1600 4x2gb Wonder Ram - $45 shipped (transferable to i5)
3)Bought Hyper 212 Evo hsf - $30 shipped (Tranferable to I5)
4) Bought Evga gtx 280 - $65 shipped (transferable to I5)
5) Using old parts from old Build of a friends: $100 Total
Purepower 680 psu
Case Thermaltake (forget rest)
Graphics 8400gt ( for now, waiting on graphics card should be getting early next week.
Ned Dvd Burner
Scrapping: Asus a8n32sli - x2 4400 if i remember correctly, corsair xms ddr400.
Total: $360
Pics of the parts in: Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
photo.jpg
Case I'm working on cable management, not much I can do with the psu because its not modular. Currently working on it now so I'll keep you guys updated tonight, already got the coffee on - Shouldn't take me much longer. Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
case.jpg

Is it an Intel build you're working on? I'm a bit confused.. The current rig is AMD and in the AMD build thread. Correct me if I'm wrong. You plan to get a new Intel socket MB and CPU and switch over the rest?
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10/6/12 at 7:49pm
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yes correct, building amd rig right now. plan to upgrade case, psu, hdd, ssd to this amd build, then build an i5 rig. Unless If I'm extremely happy with this build.

Mobo, hsf, ram installed.
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10/6/12 at 7:59pm
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Ok. cool.
If you're tight on budget as I am. I would build AMD rig. You get more bang for the buck that way, but if you want extreme performance you should go for Intel
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10/6/12 at 8:45pm
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Yep that's what im planning. Will be starting a Watercooling Build log when I get the new case, I'm sure this rig will be just fine for the new call of duty. And I can slowly upgrade. Got everything installed, I put the cable in the drive bays to hide a little bit. Next on the list is new case and Modular psu. Pics as of now.Going to be firing her up and installing windows 7 soon. Wish me luck.

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10/6/12 at 9:00pm
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Yep that's what im planning. Will be starting a Watercooling Build log when I get the new case, I'm sure this rig will be just fine for the new call of duty. And I can slowly upgrade. Got everything installed, I put the cable in the drive bays to hide a little bit. Next on the list is new case and Modular psu. Pics as of now.Going to be firing her up and installing windows 7 soon. Wish me luck. Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
desktop2.jpg

Nice. Looking forward to see how it turns out for you and good luck.
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10/6/12 at 9:25pm
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Hey thanks bud, currently installing windows 7 64 bit right now, wasn't sure if I should do it with 4gb then add another 4gb after the install? I remember having to do it with an intel build but think it was because it was 32 and not 64 bit. Let me know as I'm just starting to put a fresh copy on. Thanks
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10/6/12 at 9:46pm
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windows 7 just about done, just cleaning up the case and fans (lots of dust collected from previous owner. definitely gonna get some new fans. Anyone recommend me some nice white led ones with good airflow I can use for case/hyper 212? Thanks
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10/6/12 at 10:09pm
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Hey thanks bud, currently installing windows 7 64 bit right now, wasn't sure if I should do it with 4gb then add another 4gb after the install? I remember having to do it with an intel build but think it was because it was 32 and not 64 bit. Let me know as I'm just starting to put a fresh copy on. Thanks

32 bit OS only support up to 4 GB of memory total. That includes video memory. Not all are aware if this.
Ex. 32bit Supported setups: 2GB ram + 2GB (=4GB total) on your gfx card as well as 3GB ram + 1GB Vram (=4GB total). So if you have 4GB ram + 1GB Vram (total of 5GB), only 4GB total will be supported.
Sum: If you have more or plan to have more than 4GB total memory on your system go for 64 bit OS
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windows 7 just about done, just cleaning up the case and fans (lots of dust collected from previous owner. definitely gonna get some new fans. Anyone recommend me some nice white led ones with good airflow I can use for case/hyper 212? Thanks

I don't know if these will fit but look at Noctua fans. They are expensive though but they are among the best fans out there with great low noise vs high flow.
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10/6/12 at 10:16pm
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This computer should be built inside of a milk crate with some x-mas lights for some cool pizzazz. That would be worthy of this name upsidedwnsmiley.gif

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