Computer Builders Assemble

Bottom mount PSU will bring more heat to your video cards

 

Alente,

Clock speed of DDR 3 ram doesn't match the clock speed of your CPU - Phenom II x4.

Your CPU is clocked at DDR 2 1066 - Dual Channel.
Your RAM is clocked at DDR 3 1333 - Triple Channel.

So basically CPU will not use the RAM to its full potential.

Solution: Swithc to DDR2 RAMs. (which we already posted in previous discussions >_>)

 

2x

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI-B

That will bring 8 gigs if thats what you want, but 4 imo would be more then enough.

 

Check your pms

 

For the case, I'm NZXT fan. I personally use NZXT Tempest.

I recommend: http://www.youtube.com/user/3DGAMEMAN#p/search/19/Zh0L3aH2tUQ
or http://www.youtube.com/user/3DGAMEMAN#p/search/5/6ghLD9dbcqE

They both are similar price ranges of your original pick.

Edit: That guy's channel is very informative, you can watch reviews on many items there. Perhaps running a search of the components you chose on youtube and see if there're any reviews.

 

Look at your pms furious.

 

Apparently I'm supposed to link this as a convincing argument to keep the current RAM - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-ii-ddr3,2319-5.html

o.o

 

I don't use or build my own PCs anymore, but it seems that this HD is a better offer:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337

 

Seems we've come to a resolution on the RAM debate.

Dual-channel DDR3 motherboards support DDR3 but preferably either two or four sticks - thus the dual channel term.

"The main selling point of this brand new AM3 platform is the much awaited support for DDR3. Official support is for dual-channel DDR3-1333 in unganged mode, however the integrated memory controller (IMC) built into each processor does have a multiplier to support DDR3-1600. For those of you unfamiliar with the term unganged, the Phenom II's IMC is implemented as two separate 64-bit controllers rather than a single 128-bit interface. As a result, the platform can either emulate a single 128-bit dual-channel mode (ganged) or operate as two independent 64-bit memory controllers capable of processing two memory requests simultaneously (unganged). The latter is faster in multi-threaded scenarios, while the former is better for single-threaded environments, but also puts more strain on the IMC and thus is relegated to slower DDR3-1066 memory speeds"

 

Steps outside to smoke a carton of cigs, computer tech gives me the headaches ^^

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Computer technology is making logical thinking obsolete, throwing it out the window......

What ever happen to
1+1=2?

/scratches head

 

OK! Hopefully we're there now -.-

Thermaltake Armor+MX VH8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive * 2 (Raid 0)

ASUS MS246H Glossy Black / White 23.6" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor * 2 (HDMI)

ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard (Upgraded for SLI compatibility)

EVGA 012-P3-1472-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ... * 2 SLI

ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E818A7T/BLK/B/GEN - OEM

CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-950TX 950W ATX12V v2.3/EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Logitech G510 Black USB Wired Game Keyboard

CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1333C9

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

COOLER MASTER Intel Core i5 compatible GeminII S RR-CCH-PBU1-GP 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler

 

So it basically acts faster in multi-threaded scenarios and puts the extra straints onto the extra memorys of DDR3 (extra when compared to DDR2).

 

1,800$ ^^ so much for being on a budget haha.

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Triple checked, all seems good to go. Click that big RED BUY button ^^

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103046
lol thats the same cooler i use, sleek and neat and does the job just fine

 

Checking for any relavent promo codes o.o

 

Well that's bloody great, I can't pay for it.

My paypal isn't american and if I set it to another address (my friend in the states) it nags about address not being confirmed.

So I have money to start buying shit while its on sale and Paypal/Newegg have decided to be racist for the lulz

Paint me bloody pissed off.

 

And the day just gets better.

Midnight ticked and not only did my monitors stop being on special ($70 off each) both they and my mobo are now officially out of stock.

I'm going to bed before I end up swearing death upon newegg.

-depression-

 

Well if u were in Australia (almost are) I would of pointed you to Umart, there cheap as chips, were I get all my computer stuff from, and never had an issue with them.

 

what ever you do... DO NOT BUY AN ATI CARD >O their drivers SUCK BALLS, stick to nvidia..

i have an ati 5770 and dear god i regret it soooo much

 

This is truly sad, all this work and excitement just to get slapped in the face. I hope you get this worked out and return to the excitement in getting your dream machine.

Good luck