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Problem officer? First time computer build!

Discussion in 'Other Hardware' started by teddyzaper, Sep 22, 2011.

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  1. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    You want an AM3+ socket motherboard for bulldozer compatibility. Heres my reference:
    Out of all the AM3+ mobos,
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=100

    I would get this one. Its the latest chipset 9xx series, has the AM3+ socket, should have dual bios' so if you need to upgrade your BIOS and anything goes wrong your motherboard isnt a paper weight. Im pretty sure Gigabyte are the only brand around putting 2 BIOS' on the motherboard, they have a name for that. The price is good given the boards features.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521

    And I'd get this 6670 videocard, I think its easily worth the extra $10 given the clock rates of the GPU are 650MHz (6570) > 800MHz (6670) and the memory is 1333 > 1600 MHz. That will yield healthy 3D performance gains, probably in the vicinity of 10%-13%.

    Im afraid the 6570 will be a little weak for all the tender your forking over.
    ---agissi---, Sep 25, 2011
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  2. teddyzaper Newcomer, in training

    oh, ok i see now. Sounds good with the motherboard, what videocard should i get? there was no link for it.
    teddyzaper, Sep 25, 2011
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  3. teddyzaper Newcomer, in training

    teddyzaper, Sep 25, 2011
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  4. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    I posted two links Young Jedi. If you want to be able to run a Bulldozer FX cpu later on, get this motherboard:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...im951X490024Xbe6ff3b397081e9daab3c27b3fc5e0b5

    If you dont care about that, get the cheap one you posted.

    And I was talking about this card.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102952

    Personally I've always liked Sapphire, and Powercolor made shitty Radeon 9700s back in the day so I've never liked them. The Sapphire card has memory at 1600MHz, the Powercolor for the same price says its memory is at 667x2 which comes out to 1333MHz. I'd get the Sapphire ;)
    ---agissi---, Sep 25, 2011
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  5. teddyzaper Newcomer, in training

    OK, i finaly think i am done, i hope....

    Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521

    VideoCard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102952

    Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112323

    Powersupply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

    CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

    Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

    Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

    Am i forgetting anything or is there anything additional i need to get?
    teddyzaper, Sep 25, 2011
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  6. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    Looks pretty solid to me.
    ---agissi---, Sep 25, 2011
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  7. teddyzaper Newcomer, in training

    should i wait to get some more feedback or can i order them?
    teddyzaper, Sep 25, 2011
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  8. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    Its alll up to you ;) Me personally, I'd order what you have. Everything but a dvdrw/cdrom is there.
    ---agissi---, Sep 25, 2011
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  9. teddyzaper Newcomer, in training

    is there any software i need, i have windows 7 already, but anything else?
    teddyzaper, Sep 25, 2011
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  10. treetops TechSpot Addict

    You might have to manually download a few drivers for like your speakers or something but you should be fine with windows 7. Updating windows 7 will probably give you all the drivers you need. I recommend you put free avast antivirus on your computer though.
    treetops, Sep 25, 2011
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  11. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    The motherboard will come with a drivers cd but Win7 will automatically download all your drivers during setup or the first Windows Update.

    MS Office, Acrobat reader, flash, java, k-lite codec pack, VLC Media player, Avira Antivirus, Malware antibytes, super antispyware, spybot S&D, firefox, Nero, WinRAR.
    ---agissi---, Sep 26, 2011
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  12. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Looks like a nice mid+ system. Post back and let us know how you get on. And of course if you need any help putting it together ;)
    Arris, Sep 27, 2011
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  13. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    How you getting on teddyzaper? Ordered, arrived?
    Arris, Sep 30, 2011
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