[PathogenX]

Hey guys once again.
My friend is getting a new PC this Christmas and we have pretty much picked out the parts but not too sure on the mobo and ram.
He has a budget that is strictly $140 shipped.

So far we have picked out these parts off the egg
Case- Antec 300
CPU- Phenom II 965 BE
PSU- Corsair TX 650
HDD- WD Caviar Blue 500gb
GPU-EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Mobo (is this good?)-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392
Ram- Unknown
2x 120 mm cooler master R4 blue led fans

So right now its at $650 shipped with out ram
so we want to bring that to $740 shipped
he will use stock heat sink for now and upgrade later.

We just need help with the motherboard and ram and maybe squeeze in a better gpu

He is pretty much dead set on all the other parts.
He can change the cpu to a AMD phenom II x4 955 BE

thanks for the help and as always
+REP to the most helpful answers

 

[I AM TEH LAW GIVAH]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-395-_-Product
i'd get this mobo for xfire, but that motherboard you have picked out is also
good
as for ram i'd recommend getting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ipjaws&x=0&y=0

 

[mooneyham]

try to get him a better graphics card, like a 5850 or 5770 but if your with nvidia atleast a gtx260.

 

[MrLinky]

If hes getting the 965, then he must be into overclocking, in which case your mobo will cost $160 or more (for a mobo thats good at overclocking). If hes not into overclocking, drop down to the 955, get a good gigabyte board, and some g.skill ripjaws ram.

 

[PathogenX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by I AM TEH LAW GIVAH http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-395-_-Product i'd get this mobo for xfire, but that motherboard you have picked out is also good as for ram i'd recommend getting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ipjaws&x=0&y=0

Hmm the board you picked out is ddr2
and he is never going to crossfire
i think going ddr3 will be much better than ddr2
but ddr2 is cheaper

thanks for the help man

 

[MrLinky]

keep in mind that ddr2 is almost the same cost as ddr3 right now so it'd be a wast of money to get a ddr2 mobo.

 

[PathogenX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrLinky keep in mind that ddr2 is almost the same cost as ddr3 right now so it'd be a wast of money to get a ddr2 mobo.

Yah were droping it to a 955 and going ddr3
he will not be Overclocking

we are trying to squeeze in a better gpu though

 

[PathogenX]

Sry for double post
but i droped it to a AMD 955 instead
went with the Ripjaw's and
got hima HD 5770 from sapphire and it came out to $751 shipped
so for an extra $10 he got a gpu thats loads better than a gts 250

 

[MrLinky]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PathogenX Sry for double post but i droped it to a AMD 955 instead went with the Ripjaw's and got hima HD 5770 from sapphire and it came out to $751 shipped so for an extra $10 he got a gpu thats loads better than a gts 250

Nice! that is one helluva build for $750

 

[the_milk_man]

AMD phenom II x4 955 3.2Ghz - 165.99

ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - 99.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1866Mhz ram - 94.99 - $1 more than the 1600Mhz version but you get 233Mhz more!

Antec 300 - 54.95

corsair Tx 650watts - 99.99($10 MIR)

MSI TwinFrozr 1G OC GeForce GTS 250 1GB - 144.99 - I used the extra money in the budget to get this GTS 250. I have read good things about it. It has 1Gb of Gmemory(good for high resolutions) and the custom gpu cooler heeps the card's temps down and is good voer overclocking

2 x COOLER MASTER R4 120mm blue LED case fans - 19.96

TOTAL - $736.85

 

[twich12]

idk what ram to get with that tight budget but its amd so u need low latencies

 

[PathogenX]

alright guys thanks for the input.

He will go with the HD 5770
and the AMD 955
the Gskill ram ripjaw's
and all the other parts in the original build

+REP to all those that help
thanks again guys