The Desktop PC Building Thread - Page 2

I actually did build that system I priced out. The only thing is, don't get that RAM if you get the same mobo, they don't play well together. I had to exchange mine.

I'm not worried, just trying to help. It'll suck if you decide to add three more hard drives and your case doesn't accommodate it.

Ok, so case aside, what are you planning on doing with this thing?

Only two or three games benefit much from more than 2 cores at the moment and after 3 or 4 cores there is really no benefit. I'd just go with the 4 core unless the 6 core was the same price or less.

Future proof never exists and never spend more money if it doesn't benefit you now tbh unless its a motherboard that will give you a cpu upgrade path vs not.

Complete waste to get 6 cores. For day-to-day usage using 6 cores will actually be slower than using 4 cores, unless you have specifically programmed applications that make use of parallelization (I'll give you a hint, you can count the number of those applications on your two hands). Thus, the time to communicate between cores will add overhead to your processing. Stick to the Phenom X4's -- they're amazing processors, especially at their price range. You're also a good man for liking AMD.

So long as your mobo is socket AM3 you'll do fine with upgrades for at least the next year or two, at a bare minimum, if necessary (unlike Intel).

Well then I'd fill the bitch with the best bang for the buck CPU, a ton of ram, an ok gpu (more if you if game), a cheap SSD to run the OS, and 2x jumbo HD's for storage (1 for storage and 1 for backup).

I'd recommend getting a 5850 since the monitor rez will choke with the 5770 on some more intense games. If you need to, go to Athlon II's and save a smidge on processor and get the better video card. Or if with ram you were planning on 8GB go 4GB now and add the 4GB later, I have yet to notice a difference between 4GB and 8GB myself.

I'd reconsider the hard drive. Sure, it's large - but what if it fails? If this is going to be your main computer, get 2 hard drives, size down if necessary, and use one for a full backup of the other one. No need for raid 1, just get a program that will clone the entire main drive over to the backup drive. Other than that, looks like a nice setup. Be careful with the fans though, if you're going to keep it in your bedroom and want to be able to have it running at night, downloading torrents and whatnot, be sure to make it as quiet as possible. The noise from the fans will keep you up all night.