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post #1 of 11
3/5/10 at 4:29am
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So I am hopefully going to build myself a new rig in the next week or two. This is what I have so far:

What do you all think of it?
Hard drive space is not an issue as I have a 1TB and a 120GB external. I know that I should get a better PSU but I am on a budget here and I just want something to get me up and running. I will probably get everything from www.pccasegear.com unless someone can point me to a better price from an Australian site.
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post #2 of 11
3/5/10 at 4:43am
I like the board , i have the same one it is solid. If you can try to get phenom 555 it is a c3 revision and clocks a bit better , also i would not touch that PSU with a ten foot pole, check out 400 watt corsair or antec's earthwatt line .And make sure the 5770 is reference design ,linking the card should help , cant really see on the pic . Reference design cards clock better , since they can be soft modded for higher vcore .
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post #3 of 11
3/5/10 at 4:51am
Fun fact: A 500W PSU from a non reputable brand may not be as good as a 400W PSU from a more recognized brand.


Might I recommend the CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W. It's a great PSU, and should handle your rig very nicely.


As for the main rig, I think you've done your research.


What OS are you planning to use though? 32bit or 64bit? Since you are only buying 2GB of RAM as of now, getting a 32bit OS would make future upgrades to your RAM rather redundant.
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post #4 of 11
3/5/10 at 4:55am
I would caution against the apevia power supply. I had the only one I ever bought die in 2 days, very disappointed. Pretty capable rig for the money, great job!
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post #5 of 11
3/5/10 at 4:56am
good parts...

i'd try and get a single 2gb DIMM if possible, so you don't have to have like 6 gigs of ram later when you get more ram...
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post #6 of 11
3/5/10 at 5:18am
-As mentioned the PSU may be a firecracker; the corsair 450 is a great suggestion.
-If OCing you will need a 3rd party cooler. It may be better to get a mobo with heatsinks on the VRMs if you are too. My board which is similar is not bad. The NB runs a bit hot but it has not let me down so far.
-The MOBO comes uin two flavours 1.0 and 1.1; may be worth checking if you are going to miss anything if you don't get the 1.1.

-Happy with the case? I am not familar with Gigabyte's reputation as a case maker not sure what you have available at that budget; we don't get many GB cases over here. Would you also need more fans?
-Samsung spinpoint F3 instead of the WD?
-Where are you buying from? The 555/720 may be about the same price.

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post #7 of 11
3/5/10 at 6:52am
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To be completely honest I am one of those who always tell people to get a corsair PSU (my last rig ran off a tx650) so I understand all of you who are recommending the corsairs. I was just thinking that I would buy this apevia for now and grab a corsair when I had more money, but the Corsair 400W is only $20 more than the 500W apevia so I think I will just grab that and save myself the stress.

@ iceblade I appreciate the suggestion at getting a single 2gb stick, makes way more sense than a 2x1 kit.

EDIT: Just realized I had already chosen a 1x2gb kit!

I am not really concerned about the case ATM, I will be happy with anything that has decent airflow.

Also I have a bit of experience with overclocking AMD chips so my next purchase will probably be an aftermarket cooler. I am thinking a Xigmatek HDT-S1283 would do me nicely.

Thanks for the reassurance in the rest of the parts I chose. Hopefully I can have it all here be friday.

Of course any other suggestions are welcome!
Edited by Dominant - 3/5/10 at 6:54am
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post #8 of 11
3/5/10 at 9:00pm
Look into the antec earthwatt series or possibly one of the thermaltake pure power psu's.
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post #9 of 11
3/5/10 at 9:46pm
Yeah, the two things I would change is the ram and the psu. For ram, I'd say get this pair of 4gb(you will be glad you got the extra 2 gigs). Also, I'd go with a corsair psu like others have said. I'd say this 550w is a sound choice. Good luck with your budget build

EDIT: Also, thermaltake psu's are junk. Antec's are okay though. But corsair is pretty reliable.

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Look into the antec earthwatt series or possibly one of the thermaltake pure power psu's.
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3/5/10 at 9:57pm
ad say try the antec basiq series i recomend the 500u like mine comes with pfc and is only $49 and its got good reviews and i use it my self and have had good results
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