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Added 1 year, 1 month ago by Zero - permalink

New computer

So i'm looking into building a desktop and so far this is what i got Motherboard

ASUS P6T Motherboard ($230)

CPU

Intel Core i7 960 ($570)

RAM

Corsair XMS3 Tri Channel 12GB ($230)

Video Card

Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 2GB ($680)

Sound Card

Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium ($140)

Hard Drives

Intel X25-M Solid State Hard Drive 80 GB ($220)

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB ($95)

Optical Drives

Pioneer BDR-205 Blu Ray Burner ($200)

Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD Burner ($20)

Case

Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Black Case ($140)

Power Supply

Corsair TX750W 750-Watt Power Supply ($110)

Comes out to about $2,500 I was wondering how it looks to you? Or if you have any suggestions for improvement or whatever.

* Added 1 year, 1 month ago by Zero - permalink

and this is the reason i asked you before i bought anything. So with all those changes it comes out to about 1,791 is there anything else i need? what about a wireless card?

Added 1 year, 1 month ago by lethal - permalink

No problem. That $500+ you save could be used to buy other things. This system is better than my current box with the exception of number of cores, 4 vs. 6, and hard drive space, 1.08TB vs. 5.5TB. I didn't even know tri-channel was a thing until today.

Added 1 year, 1 month ago by Zero - permalink

what kind of CPU do you have?

Added 1 year, 1 month ago by lethal - permalink

AMD Phenom II X6

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