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Colby930
12-16-2010, 05:20 AM
Im pretty new to this. Never built a custom pc before, but Ive been reading and watching videos and I kinda messed around is some older junk pc's but I think me and a friend of mine can pull it off.

The one thing im still so confused and worried about ordering is the motherboard. which i know little about... The rest was just searching around newegg and such.

now I am new to this so if i messed up tell me lol. ive got the money I just have to order :)

CASE:

-NZXT Crafted Series Vulcan mATX Computer Case ($69.99)

Motherboard:

- ?? JetWay JHZ03-GT-LF AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard($79.99) ??

Processor:

-AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor ($169.00)

Video Card:

-XFX HD-583X-ZAFC Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support with Eyefinity ($175.99)

Power Supply:

-Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply ($110.00)

DVD/CD Drive:

-Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7261S-0B LightScribe Support - OEM ($26.99)

Case Fan:

-Noctua NF-B9-1600 92mm Case Fan ($24.99)

CPU Cooler:

-Noctua NH-U9B SE2 92mm SSO CPU Cooler ($59.99)

Memory:

-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory ($119.99)

HDD:

-Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Bare Drive ($49.99)


= about $807.00 before taxes...

just mainly for playing wow, but a little black ops, mw2, l4d2 as well... lots of black ops haha


*EDIT: Changed processor (not sure if I have a big enough PSU now though...)
**EDIT: Might have found a motherboard...

h a x m o r
12-16-2010, 08:43 PM
Everything looks compatible and the PSU should be able to provide enough power.

David Mack
12-17-2010, 01:34 AM
Looks good here too saw your edits:

*EDIT: Changed processor (not sure if I have a big enough PSU now though...)
**EDIT: Might have found a motherboard...

I would strongly suggest you stick with a manufacturer like ASUS or Gigabyte for the motherboard. The PSU should be fine for that build.

Colby930
12-17-2010, 04:57 AM
thank you :)