New Build--Phenom ii 955

[khaxnguyen]

heh going a little cheap but it should work pretty well.
Sony Optiarc optical drives (2)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148433
ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131366
XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 (2)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150369
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103674
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145265
Prolimatech Megahalems
http://www.prolimatech.com/products/megahalems.html

How is it? i'm not a gamer but maybe i'll turn into one. lol

[guinness]

you need to go into the cpu on boot and set the multiplier to 17x.that way you will actually have a PhenomII 965,lol.that's the only difference in the 955 and 965.

[TheProfiteer]

good build

[khaxnguyen]

you need to go into the cpu on boot and set the multiplier to 17x.that way you will actually have a PhenomII 965,lol.that's the only difference in the 955 and 965.

haha that's why i chose 955. =)

[civicturbo10]

if your not really a gamer, just don't think SLI / Crossfire is necc. Can you really say to yourself your going to start playing again?


Why not try 1 card and add another if needed. Save $100 possibly.... other than that looks good.

[khaxnguyen]

if your not really a gamer, just don't think SLI / Crossfire is necc. Can you really say to yourself your going to start playing again?


Why not try 1 card and add another if needed. Save $100 possibly.... other than that looks good.

no, i dont think i'll play. haha the idea was to get one card but crossfire requires the same cards unlike SLI. i just like to have the option and convenience to upgrade wen i want to.

[Dark.GEAR]

are you not close to fry's or a microcenter?

[96Plumls]

I would get a 790fx board over the gx and the 4890 is a btter card than the 4770

[96Plumls]

almost forgot there is a difference in the 965 and 955 bc there are two different 965 a 140w and a 125w chip and if you look at my sig youll see that i have a 940 be close to 4 ghz on air

[96Plumls]

and crossfire doesn't require the same card

[khaxnguyen]

and crossfire doesn't require the same card

i assumed so..
erm 4890 consumes alot of power and i'mnot really gaming.
++++

are you not close to fry's or a microcenter?

yeah sorta. why's that? it's much cheaper there?

[Verik]

and crossfire doesn't require the same card

damn close to the same cards.

http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/charts.html

[Allshow97]

The 4770 is a solid card, my Fiance runs it in her rig and it performs flawlessly for most gaming. She plays L4D at highest settings 1680x1050 with no issues at all.

[khaxnguyen]

damn close to the same cards.

http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/charts.html

so pretty get the same cards to be sure if you dont have the chart laying around. ;-P

[RBS]

man i went through with this already, no need to get more nerds on it lololol

[AE86Raptor]

why's that? it's much cheaper there?

Not really, my gf's brother works there and newegg and tigerdirect had cheaper stuff. He's using a 955 and a ATI HD 5850.

[Mk3Jesse]

you can get a 4850 on ebay for less than what newegg wants for the 4770.
just a thought.
hell even the 4850 on newegg is only 10.00 more.

[Dark.GEAR]

Not really, my gf's brother works there and newegg and tigerdirect had cheaper stuff. He's using a 955 and a ATI HD 5850.

????? Microcenter has some of the cheapest CPU prices ANYWHERE....

Fry's have cpu/mobo combos that pretty much make the motherboards free. There was a i5 750 with a quality Gigabyte mobo for $200 after $20 MIR. The mobo is worth $140 alone....

You gotta know what you're looking for....