Quote:Thanks for the help. I like your build but I'm going to replace the gpu with the 5770 since it performs just as well as ati mobility 5870 which is fine with me.
I also don't plan on doing any overclocking mainly because I don't know how to. should I change the mobo and power supply to save costs and what could you recommend? I also have to throw in a soundcard and bluetooth any suggestions?
I'm going to be picking up some items at a local store price matched. Now for putting it all together I'm going to need to some more. Ill keep y'all updated.
If your sure about it. I personally wouldn't make that switch since I believe you will find yourself in need of a new video card within 2 years if you do.
Well if your not overclocking you don't need the air cooler. The high end mobo and psu are there to future proof the system, not to accommodate overclocking. You can use a much weaker psu but you won't be able to use high end video cards until you replace it, if your fine with that then get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817341022
As for the motherboard. That's also for future proofing. 8 series bords support usb 3, sata 3, and are more likely to support future cpus from amd (so you MIGHT be able to upgrade your cpu a couple years from now without changing your board). If your fine with geting a 7 series board this is a good choice:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813131402
Also I would change your cpu to this to ensure that you get an air cooler and the cpu is compatible (the 965 with the new C3 stepping might need a bios update to work with the 7 series board that I linked):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103674
You can also save money by getting a cheaper case which I would actually recommend now that you've stated you don't want to overclock (I chose that one because of it's excellent airflow). So if you want to save money there this is a good choice (keep in mind this case is smaller and therefore large/high-end video cards won't fit in this one):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811119161
You can also save money by getting a dvd drive instead of a dvd burner. I chose a burner because I wasn't sure if you needed to burn discs or not. If you don't then you can get a regular drive instead and save $5-10.
As for the memory. You could switch to ddr3 1333 since you don't need anything higher but I picked that ddr3 1600 ram because it's only $5 more and has amazing reviews (latency isn't to bad either).
I chose a 640GB HDD but you can save some money if you don't need that much space. Just make sure to get a western digital. The extra $10 you usually have to pay is easily worth the better warranty and quality you get from them.
As for your audio card. It depends on your os. I'm assuming you'll be using windows and if so creative is an excellent brand (just make sure to get your drivers off of the creative website instead of the cd that comes with the card). However creative cards don't play nice with linux.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6829102024
As for bluetooth. This is an excellent dongle:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6833340012
And if you need instructions I helped one of my friends in rl build his first system just a couple months ago. I wrote him up a list of instructions and lucky for you I still have them:
http://naturalviolence.webs.com/
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