My Build - Please Review

[Rofl]

Hey all,

I am building a gaming rig for Christmas so I thought I'd share the parts I will be ordering in the next day or so. My budget was around 1 grand so I tried to cut back on the things I could upgrade later (graphics card, hard disk). Anyway, thanks for stopping by and any suggestions you have I would like to hear.

• AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
  
• ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
  
• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
  
• SAPPHIRE 100284L Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
  
• CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
  
• SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
  
• Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B
  
• Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
  
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
  
• Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
  

I'm also getting a RAZER Lycosa keyboard. Any suggestions on other accessories such as a monitor, mouse, and headset are also appreciated.

All parts are from Newegg. Thanks again guys.

[iHeartWindows]

Well, I personally like the 25" LG LCD computer monitor. I have that one. Its amazing.

[ElephantShoe]

I would swap out the RAM with these in my opinion.

Also, you can run that build easily with a 750W and possibly even a 650W PSU.

You're missing a cooler for your CPU, unless you're going to use the stock one which comes with the CPU, which I don't recommend at all. If you're looking for air cooling, I would suggest this. It's cheap yet very effective.

Other than that, looks good. I have that same case, it's awesome.

[Rofl]

I would swap out the RAM with these in my opinion.

Also, you can run that build easily with a 750W and possibly even a 650W PSU.

You're missing a cooler for your CPU, unless you're going to use the stock one which comes with the CPU, which I don't recommend at all. If you're looking for air cooling, I would suggest this. It's cheap yet very effective.

Other than that, looks good. I have that same case, it's awesome.

Thanks for the links dude. I'm liking the look of the CPU cooler, but the RAM is triple channel, and I didn't think that AMD could run triple channel at full speeds. I could be wrong though, I'll check up on it. Thanks again.

[ElephantShoe]

Thanks for the links dude. I'm liking the look of the CPU cooler, but the RAM is triple channel, and I didn't think that AMD could run triple channel at full speeds. I could be wrong though, I'll check up on it. Thanks again.

Oops, yeah. You are right with the RAM, the mobo only supports dual channel. Sorry about that!

[υℓqυισяяα]

Very Nice! But I think you would have gone further with a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad...

[Rofl]

Oops, yeah. You are right with the RAM, the mobo only supports dual channel. Sorry about that!

That's fine, I'm just happy you are willing to take the time to help me!