Upgrade - New AMD A-Series - 500€

[GxStorm]

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200RPM 32MB SATA III 3.5 - 52.00€

Is it a better choice?

 

[Theocnoob]

Not if you can get the Barracuda for the same price. 1TB is better than 500GB. Even if it's a smidge slower.

 

[GxStorm]

Well, i think 1TB is maybe a little to much....but what the hell....
The Barracuda it is then

Resuming....what about the case that i picked?

 

[Theocnoob]

There's nothing wrong with any parts at this point. It's good to go. The case is up to you. I think it's ugly (sorry) but if you like the way it looks, and it has good air flow, buy it. There are a lot of cheap cases that you can put a lot of fans on and get good flow. Try to have 1 intake and 2 exhaust, and ideally, 2 and 2, or more. The Antec 300 comes with 2 exhaust fans, as an example, and you can add 3 intake fans (about 15 euros) yourself.

 

[GxStorm]

So the fans in the case description come along with the case?

 

[GxStorm]

Then later i had another xfx radeon hd6870....a better power supply.....another 4 GB of RAM, and maybe a AMD Bulldozer

Am i right?

 

[GxStorm]

So?

 

[Theocnoob]

Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Portugal


So the fans in the case description come along with the case?
Last edited by GxStorm; 09-11-11 at 07:17 PM.

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Then later i had another xfx radeon hd6870....a better power supply.....another 4 GB of RAM, and maybe a AMD Bulldozer

Am i right?
Last edited by GxStorm; Yesterday at 12:44 PM.

Yes. If you definitely want to put another 6870 in there, you should get at least 600W. That's still very tight. I'd say 750W would be best. For 1 6870 500W is ok.

Yes you can put a bulldozer CPU in a 9 series AMD motherboard.

Even now if you get the 955 CPU and the 6870 GPU you will be able to play any game that is available for the PC currently. Only ARMA 2 and Metro 2033 will run choppy, as well as a few other obscure games.

 

[GxStorm]

Thats fine for me.......

I almost forgot
The fx series come this month , i dont know prices yet, would it be better?

Im only going to build the pc on christmas....so...

I`ve never built a computer before, do you recommend me to build It, or leave it at the store for that? I dont know how hard it is....

 

[Theocnoob]

You have to be very clumsy to be unable to build a PC. You will be fine.

If you are waiting until December yes Bulldozer 4 core will be a better choice for you and should be fairly affordable.

 

[GxStorm]

Well, i have to say o one last thing

Thank you very much for youre support



Ill reply when ive built my pc then, telling if everything is working fine

Thanks again

 

[GxStorm]

Oh Im so sorry

How about the OS?

XP or 7?

 

[Theocnoob]

XP is < 2006. No reason to even consider it. There were briefly some Vista issues in 2006/7 but those are long gone. XP is only direct X 9 and has more holes in it than swiss cheese.

 

[GxStorm]

xD the 7 it is

Thanks again

 

[GxStorm]

Well, change of plans, Im getting the pc this week
And Im buying the Corsair Air Series A70 that you guys recommended me, but I have a question....
I read a lot of reviews about that cpu cooler being huge, and blocking ram slots......
To remind you, this is what im going to buy:

Case - Thermaltake V4 Black Edition - 41.85€
http://www.alientech.pt/advanced_se...ke+v4&osCsid=3e155108b6396f162894c48ea026464e

Motherboard - ASRock 970 Extreme4 - 96.15€
http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=12748

CPU - AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE - 104.00€
http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=12626

Graphics Card - XFX Radeon HD6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E - 172.65€
http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=8704

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA III 3.5 - 50.95€
http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=12986

PSU - Corsair CX-500W - 56.00€
http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=6764

RAM - GSKILL PC3-12800 4GB Ripjaws CL9 (2x2GB) DDR3 - 34.05€
http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?products_id=6999

Total - 554.94€

Oh, and i also dont know if the case is big enough for the cooler.....

 

[GxStorm]

How About this one
Spire Thermax Eclipse II

 

[Theocnoob]

it'll fit the cooler. I don't know that cooler never heard of it but that case will fit anything up to a D14.

 

[vdgamer]

Looked at reviews of corsair A70 on newegg and people say that it clears gskill ripjaws

 

[Theocnoob]

Anything clears ripjaws as far as I know.
Change the fan if you get the A70. It's horribly loud and cheaply made IMO.

 

[GxStorm]

Thats the issue

The problems with ram clearance
Change the A70 fans?