crazyman62 Posted December 16, 2009 hey guys, as you see, im rather new here, right now im running a : amd 5000+ dual core proccesser 2.6GHz OC'd to 3.2GHZ MSI K9N Neo V3 Motherboard 4GB of Ram 2 x 1GB Patriot 1066MHz, 2 x 1GB 800MHz Zotec 9600 GT slightly oc'd AzzA full tower Case 1 36" TV as monitor #3 for movies 1 19"Wide Acer monitor as #1 for all 1 19" CRT for the rest as #2 2 x 500GB Deskstar HDD Raid 0 1 x 1TB Seagate HDD JBOD 1 x Bluray Drive. 2 x Set NICs i need a upgrade.... im looking for Speed. but i need it cheap to somewhat fix my budget. i was looking at MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard $250 MSI R5970-P2D2G graphics card(eventualy) new DDR 3 Ram (eventually) i plan on OC'ing the CPU. what would be best, i have adiquite cooling for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nns Posted December 16, 2009 1st go through the sticky at the beginning of the section... List your budget and purpose of the build... I think i5 would be appropriate for you.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyman62 Posted December 16, 2009 my budget is $500-$1000 i would like a powerful computer with lots of horse power. i would also like to use AMD, and i want to learn to overclock better.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel.monteiro Posted December 16, 2009 looking at ur price range u should go for amd but from the specs you've mentioned u have not listed a processor , amd 965 stock speeds of 3.4 u can overclock it up to 5.0 to max depends on wht cooler u want to go with air or water ur choice since ur going to get a 5970 latter u should get and smps 750 watts or greater the better , u have a full tower case that good for airflow for the 5970 , i u want to go with air cooling go with the cooler master v10 thats the best this should come in ur budget, im not experinced in water cooling ^_^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nns Posted December 16, 2009 What purpose are you looking to use the PC for? What cooling do you have air or water? $500-1000 is for just CPU, mobo, RAM and Video card? If you intend to game at 1440*900 with two additional monitors for movies etc 5850 is plentiful... That would leave $700 for CPU, Mobo and RAM.. So CPU: i7 920 - $280 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820231304 - $160 Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128362 - $270 Total: $700 You can use your 9600GT for PhysX or for another monitor... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IVIYTH0S Posted December 16, 2009 What purpose are you looking to use the PC for?What cooling do you have air or water? $500-1000 is for just CPU, mobo, RAM and Video card? If you intend to game at 1440*900 with two additional monitors for movies etc 5850 is plentiful... That would leave $700 for CPU, Mobo and RAM.. So CPU: i7 920 - $280 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820231304 - $160 Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128362 - $270 Total: $700 You can use your 9600GT for PhysX or for another monitor... Maybe upgrade your primary monitor to a nice 22" too, and then kick out the CRT (yuck) and make your LCD 19" your 2nd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
