so this will be my first build and it must be under $900 and this what i have come up with so far. Please suggest changes!!!
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/uGYd
Looks pretty good to me. Only thing I would change would be the heatsink if your going to be overclocking. The h60 is good but not the best liquid cooler on the market. Lot of air coolers out perform it.
ive been looking at the havik 140 but will it fit in tht case????
When I checked out MSI’s website I noticed the board supports 1.5V RAM and you have picked out 1.65V RAM. I would stick with the manufacturers suggested specs on this. I have included the link to the MSI website here.
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/990FXA-GD65V2.html#/?div=Detail
Although this is the Canadian website for Newegg I would suggest this Kingston RAM.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104255
It is 1.5V and has a very fast cas latency of 9. Other than that everything else looks good to me. Let us know how it goes as we love to hear back on this kind of stuff. All the best with your build and have fun.
You could do a bit better because you are kinda spending money in less useful places especially if you only want to spend $900. I would get a hyper 212 evo instead of the h60 and I would buy a less expensive case I have the 500r and I love it but its abit expensive also I'd get 1866 ram and I'd put that money towards either an i5 CPU or a 7950
if im going to upgrade the cpu im going to get the 8350 because its just about as good as the i7 and its still cheaper than the i5
thanks ill switch out the ram and im hoping to get the parts all by the end of january
thanks ill switch out the ram and im hoping to get the parts all by the end of january
The 8350 isent as good as the i7 in most cases it thrashes the 8350 except from things like 3D modling where it has the extra cores, but i think this is a good choice unless you can get a i5 which would be better imo.
the only area the i7 is better than the 8350 is single threaded programs whice will eventually be outdated and disused as most newer programs are multithreaded
If your sole purpose is for gameing then you might want to go for a better GPU and a less expensive CPU (like mabey 6 cores) But the build you have now will work fine (if you get that ram that was listed above) I am buying https://pcpartpicker.com/p/u5A6 for an example (yours works well)
alright thnks afro!!
well first let me ask you this...
do you need this computer for gaming, editing, or both.
tell me that and maybe i can help you :)
i will be gaming
Angry Afro's build is pretty good for under $900. You can add a second 7950 in the future for a nice crossfire setup. Although, you don't need 16 Gigs of RAM for gaming. Taking Afro's build and getting 8 gigs instead, a hard drive, and a cooler; you get something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/uPea
You can also get a similar system with an i5 3570k for under $900 dollars. Have to drop down to a 7870 though. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/uPvB
Better CPU vs better GPU. Take your pick. Just throwing out some options for you.
yea take out the h60 unless ur going for some serious overclocking but everything else is good