latest PC build

[MrPete1985]

One of my friends father had his old PC motherboard take a dive so he decided to have me build him a new one.  this build is nothing special he just needs something for web browsing and file his company info. he wants to convert wedding videos to DVD also so I and going to install DVD flick for him.

Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430 (I love this one botatom mounted PSU plenty of room and only $50)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H (new AM3+ CPU socket)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition (put this one in because of the L3 cache)
HD: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
ODD: Samsung SH-222AL
RAM: 8GB (2X2GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 1600
PSU: CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 430W
OS: Windows 7 Home Prem. 64 bit
also a new keyboard and mouse just something cheap with good ratings

When I first put it together I was getting blue screens because the motherboard defaulted the RAM to 1600 so I turned it down to 1333 and had my brother play WoW for about 8 hours and no more blue screens.  I am going to run memtest and prime 95 for a few hours also before I turn it loose.  I also reinstalled Windows because I don't want to take a chance that some OS files were corrupt while installing at 1600.

After that is done just need to put open office and his old files back on there.  build was about $560 altogether not a bad setup for the money if I do say so myself.

[nEoVaLoR]

not too shabby... but a bit overkill for the mans needs, dont you think?

[wetfusion]

example of overkill of one's of my friend.



$13 000 budget PC RIG!.




* jealous of him

[Mogler]

$13 000 budget PC RIG!.

Lol the dudes only running 1 graphics card and he put 13k into it doubtful. your friend probubly put about 2k-3kish and that's including the monitors.

And nice setup pete that was a good choice in procs, u should look into seeing if your motherboard is compatible for core unlocks because u have a chance of turning your x2 555 into an x4 955 if you can unlock your extra cores.

Overall nice setup

-Mike

[wetfusion]

Lol the dudes only running 1 graphics card and he put 13k into it doubtful. your friend probubly put about 2k-3kish and that's including the monitors.

And nice setup pete that was a good choice in procs, u should look into seeing if your motherboard is compatible for core unlocks because u have a chance of turning your x2 555 into an x4 955 if you can unlock your extra cores.

Overall nice setup

-Mike

i was thinking the same thing.
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE

MOBO: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

RAM: 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer1600 Mhz 8-8-8-24

GPU: AMD Radeon 6950 2GB

PSU: Seasonic Silent Pro 750W

CASING: Silverstone TJ07

[Mogler]

i was thinking the same thing.
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE

MOBO: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

RAM: 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer1600 Mhz 8-8-8-24

GPU: AMD Radeon 6950 2GB

PSU: Seasonic Silent Pro 750W

CASING: Silverstone TJ07

PSU: probably like $100 maybe $140
CPU: $135
Mobo: $210
RAM:$25
GCARD: $270
CASE:350
WATER COOLING: probably like $300-$400
Monitor: prob like $400-$500 depending on the quality.

yeah so he probably spent like $2000

[GhoSt]

as a past owner/user of 555's I would highly DISCOURAGE a core unlock. I mean its a cool concept that you can pay for a 2 core processor and get 4 cores, but the reality is the cores are disabled due to them failing factory testing. By unlocking these cores you can cause massive system stability issues. My first 555 unlocked but caused my system to crash frequently (cpu got trashed), my second wouldn't unlock, I hear few and far between stories (of questionable validity) of maintained success with this process.

From experience with this processor: this particular model comes with the smaller phenom heatsink, so if you plan to overclock you will want to switch out the stock cooler to avoid heating issues. On a side note ensure the case has adequate airflow and the heatsink is cleaned of dust every once in a while, since even at stock conditions this processor runs rather hot.

Hopefully none of this will affect you since by the sounds of it your dad doesn't require a powerhouse of a machine. Anyway, not a shabby build for a low budget pc, post some pics up for us

[wetfusion]

PSU: probably like $100 maybe $140
CPU: $135
Mobo: $210
RAM:$25
GCARD: $270
CASE:350
WATER COOLING: probably like $300-$400
Monitor: prob like $400-$500 depending on the quality.

yeah so he probably spent like $2000

are you sure the ram is $25 dude?

thats a winning looking ram if the price was $25 

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for my PC, i have spend around $1700 but i didnt get anything much

motherboard: Gigabyte H55M-USB3
core: intel i5 655
ram: 4GB kingston hyperX low voltage 1600
hdd : Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB 16MB
: Western Digital coshair blue 1TB
graphic card : gigabyte GTX460SE 1GB DDR5 256bit
power supply: cooler master extreme plus 550W
case: cooler master HAF922
heatsink : cooler master V6 GT + xtraflo fans
keyboard + mouse : logitech wireless combo MK520
speaker: edifier M3500 5.1ch
fans: 200mm x3 (front, top and side), 140mm x2 (back and bottom).
monitor: SAMSUNG LED 22'

compared to my friend setup 2K, man i need advice on buying this stuff, honestly i dont know much about PC.

[MrPete1985]

I put a 555 in one of my friends builds before and he tried unlocking the cores and screwed up everything I'm just going to leave this one alone.

@nEoVaLoR
No I don't think I went overboard at all

[Mogler]

thats a winning looking ram if the price was $25 

yeah my bad that rams worth 60$

for my PC, i have spend around $1700 but i didnt get anything much

Don't get caught up on how much you spent on it because u have a really nice build there but as technology gets better prices on products get lower sense there older products.

[Rodent]

example of overkill of one's of my friend.



$13 000 budget PC RIG!.




* jealous of him

Spoiled brat!!!!! ...lmfao