All looks good to me except maybe the PSU, personally I'd go with a corsair (I have one and I love it). Going cheap on a PSU could give your PC a nice light show/shower of sparks. Usually power supplies that come with a case are no good. I had a Codegen power supply that killed 1 rig and almost took another.
new build any thing you would change?
case aptiva x-qpac2-gd with 500w psu
HD segate barracuda 7200.11 500gb sata 3.0gb/s
MB DFI LP JR 790gx-m2rs
CPU amp athlon 64 x2 7750 Kuma 2.7ghz am2+
CPU cooling Rosewill RCX-z940-lx
RAM G.SKILL 4GB (2x2gb) 240-pin ddr2 800
Total cost shipped is $440.00
My budget is """""""!!!!!!!$500 max!!!!!!""""""""", but I would like to leave some room for a few extras like a media reader and maybe a new dvd burner.
The goal of the PC is to run CSS no problem, and I do have a 7600gt Fatal1ty card, which will do fine. and I will be running Sonar le6 for multi channel live sound recording.
This needs to me a small form factor with a handle for easy transport
The case build quality is not a big deal to me, I can make any case rock solid with some custom mods, but having some room in the case for upgrades would be nice.
I am more interested in ability to oc in future with better cooling, and quality of products mainly the MB and RAM. Any help or experience with any of these product would be great, or any compatibility issues anyone knows of. Rep+ for any good posts
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HD segate barracuda 7200.11 500gb sata 3.0gb/s
MB DFI LP JR 790gx-m2rs
CPU amp athlon 64 x2 7750 Kuma 2.7ghz am2+
CPU cooling Rosewill RCX-z940-lx
RAM G.SKILL 4GB (2x2gb) 240-pin ddr2 800
Total cost shipped is $440.00
My budget is """""""!!!!!!!$500 max!!!!!!""""""""", but I would like to leave some room for a few extras like a media reader and maybe a new dvd burner.
The goal of the PC is to run CSS no problem, and I do have a 7600gt Fatal1ty card, which will do fine. and I will be running Sonar le6 for multi channel live sound recording.
This needs to me a small form factor with a handle for easy transport
The case build quality is not a big deal to me, I can make any case rock solid with some custom mods, but having some room in the case for upgrades would be nice.
I am more interested in ability to oc in future with better cooling, and quality of products mainly the MB and RAM. Any help or experience with any of these product would be great, or any compatibility issues anyone knows of. Rep+ for any good posts
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Yes I will upgrade the psu down the road locally, I have a shop near by that will warranty in house, and has decent prices on psu's. will the psu be ok for the cpu w/o overclock. The processor is a 95w model. the reason I am waiting on the psu is it will break the budget.
Not to mention, the only psu I have ever had fail me was a nice ultra 700w modular psu
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go figure.
Not to mention, the only psu I have ever had fail me was a nice ultra 700w modular psu
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w/c= water cooling?
Originally Posted by gerikoh it should give you significant increase. but you can save yourself some money by using your old psu. it won't make a difference with the one in your sig. or you can use that extra money to buy a phenom 2 x3 710, w/c will absolutely give you a huge performance impact in almost every applications. 
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x3 710 + 4830 for 130$ after MIR: http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/Mar...9%2f478x88.jpg
That rosewill cooler is crap. The x3 comes with an oem cooler. So if you go that way your ok, but if your going to get the Kuma and go aftermarket with a 20$ budget get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233001 Otherwise i would shell out the extra15$ for a 1283 xiggy
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This build here has the dvd burner and a much better gfx card then what you have, plus its a 3 core. You can probably swap out the HDD for a couple bucks (320gb is 2 $ more) i just didnt bother to take a new SS. You also get AS5 AND a free 40$ game.
5$ more for a ATX 790 Biostar board so you can get a FOURTH core possibly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813138130R
Also dont forget the 45$ worth of MIR's. Potentially 450$ for a whole quadcore/4830 RIG shipped.
Heck you could keep using your current PSU and save 40$
That rosewill cooler is crap. The x3 comes with an oem cooler. So if you go that way your ok, but if your going to get the Kuma and go aftermarket with a 20$ budget get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233001 Otherwise i would shell out the extra15$ for a 1283 xiggy
This build here has the dvd burner and a much better gfx card then what you have, plus its a 3 core. You can probably swap out the HDD for a couple bucks (320gb is 2 $ more) i just didnt bother to take a new SS. You also get AS5 AND a free 40$ game.
5$ more for a ATX 790 Biostar board so you can get a FOURTH core possibly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813138130R
Also dont forget the 45$ worth of MIR's. Potentially 450$ for a whole quadcore/4830 RIG shipped.
Heck you could keep using your current PSU and save 40$
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Originally Posted by odie w/c= water cooling? |
I would steer well clear of that roswell cooler. Apart from that it looks good.
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Ok, looks like a great build, you even have a micro axt mb on this build, but I need a small case with a handle built in and is very portable. I started with the case, and I picked the cpu cooler, because my build did not come with a stock cooler, and I can push my current cpu just fine with stock cooling. So my questions about the build are "is the ram you selected better than mine and why?" and "would all of this fit in my original case choice, or a similar one with a handle?" The reason I am so stuck on the handle, is because I used to have a water cooled tower in a case full tower case that had a huge strong handle on the top. I really miss that handle for transport
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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens x3 710 + 4830 for 130$ after MIR: http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/Mar...9%2f478x88.jpg That rosewill cooler is crap. The x3 comes with an oem cooler. So if you go that way your ok, but if your going to get the Kuma and go aftermarket with a 20$ budget get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233001 Otherwise i would shell out the extra15$ for a 1283 xiggy
This build here has the dvd burner and a much better gfx card then what you have, plus its a 3 core. You can probably swap out the HDD for a couple bucks (320gb is 2 $ more) i just didnt bother to take a new SS. You also get AS5 AND a free 40$ game. 5$ more for a ATX 790 Biostar board so you can get a FOURTH core possibly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813138130R Also dont forget the 45$ worth of MIR's. Potentially 450$ for a whole quadcore/4830 RIG shipped. Heck you could keep using your current PSU and save 40$ |
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This build looks great. Along with the ATX version of the DFI you originally posted.
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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens x3 710 + 4830 for 130$ after MIR: http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/Mar...9%2f478x88.jpg That rosewill cooler is crap. The x3 comes with an oem cooler. So if you go that way your ok, but if your going to get the Kuma and go aftermarket with a 20$ budget get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233001 Otherwise i would shell out the extra15$ for a 1283 xiggy
This build here has the dvd burner and a much better gfx card then what you have, plus its a 3 core. You can probably swap out the HDD for a couple bucks (320gb is 2 $ more) i just didnt bother to take a new SS. You also get AS5 AND a free 40$ game. 5$ more for a ATX 790 Biostar board so you can get a FOURTH core possibly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813138130R Also dont forget the 45$ worth of MIR's. Potentially 450$ for a whole quadcore/4830 RIG shipped. Heck you could keep using your current PSU and save 40$ |
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Your RAM looks just fine. I basically picked the cheapest 2x2 800ghz RAM i could find from a decent manufacturer. Ive heard of many people being very satisfied with G SKill lately.
I have no experience with your original case unfortunately so i cant help you there.
Originally Posted by odie Ok, looks like a great build, you even have a micro axt mb on this build, but I need a small case with a handle built in and is very portable. I started with the case, and I picked the cpu cooler, because my build did not come with a stock cooler, and I can push my current cpu just fine with stock cooling. So my questions about the build are "is the ram you selected better than mine and why?" and "would all of this fit in my original case choice, or a similar one with a handle?" The reason I am so stuck on the handle, is because I used to have a water cooled tower in a case full tower case that had a huge strong handle on the top. I really miss that handle for transport
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Your RAM looks just fine. I basically picked the cheapest 2x2 800ghz RAM i could find from a decent manufacturer. Ive heard of many people being very satisfied with G SKill lately.
I have no experience with your original case unfortunately so i cant help you there.
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Ok, built system with some changes. went to 5600+ am2 brisbane "stock cooling" and got a top power 650w psu. Kept the Gskills ram. What I have found out is good= fast system, plenty of room in case, no problems loading windows or drivers with dfi software other than must update windows first after loading network drivers, psu that came with case looks "inside/outside" pretty nice, and pulled/installed in other system works great
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, and mb stock bios is "sweeeet" easy cont.. for everything. bad= in order to use hdmi I have to switch jumpers on the board and lose DVI, temp display on front of case stoped working first night, but worked next moringin?????? AMD software from dfi shows 7-10deg c. on cpu temp????? case shows 30deg c. with sensor in cpu hs. So now I need a video card for dual monitor support.
Thanks for all the help, I left rep+ for everyone I think let me know if you did not get any.
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Thanks for all the help, I left rep+ for everyone I think let me know if you did not get any.
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