-Budget: $1000ish
-Games that you'll play/Applications you'll use: Photoshop, ArmA2:OA, ArmA2, generally any new games.
-Native resolution of your monitor: 1920x1080
-Things you can reuse (OS, hard drive, optical drive): Windows 7
-Extras that you want (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc): Monitor
-Where you live: New Jersey, USA
Monitor: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266[/url]
Acer G235HAbd 23'' WideScreen LCD monitor
DVD Burner: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039[/url]
Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM
Case: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233[/url]
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Hard Drive: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185[/url]
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157208[/url]
ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Graphics Card: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187109[/url]
SPARKLE SXX4801536D5-NM GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Power Supply: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026[/url]
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active
RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260[/url]
CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808[/url]
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
My friend will be ordering this tomorrow so some urgency would be nice guys. Thanks.
I would say get this GPU instead
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130552&cm_re=gtx_480-_-14-130-552-_-Product[/url]
$10 cheaper and has a rebate as well
Replacing HDD with this one.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533[/url]
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
[editline]29th November 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Jaehead;26397662]I would say get this GPU instead
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130552&cm_re=gtx_480-_-14-130-552-_-Product[/url]
$10 cheaper and has a rebate as well[/QUOTE]
done
i see no point in spending $10 more on a HDD when you already have a spinpoint but it's your money
[editline]wef[/editline]
oh, it's SATA 6.0
still I don't think you will notice a difference between SATA 3 and SATA 6, especially when it's only 7200rpm
but I don't know much about hard drives
its my friend's money. i just trust wd more then samsung.
Just want to point out here that arma uses a lot more CPU than GPU. My Athlon x4 @3.3 still struggles to get 40+ frames when a lot of AI are in a scenario, but my 5770 runs it fine with normal AA, 6000-8000 view distance, and normal texture and shadow settings. You might wanna consider dropping your graphics card down and get an i5.
Of course this is just for ArmA, other games will behave and perform differently.
I thought performance between the Phenom II x4 955 and the i5 750 are similar
[editline]wef[/editline]
or actually, you can get a ~$100 1156 motherboard and that will give you money for an i5 760
how about this motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130272[/url]
and this CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067&cm_re=i5_760-_-19-115-067-_-Product[/url]
because I still really see no appeal in getting a SATA 6 drive
[QUOTE=Jaehead;26398402]I thought performance between the Phenom II x4 955 and the i5 750 are similar[/QUOTE]
i5 is slightly better, not a huge difference but theres a small noticeable one.
[QUOTE=Jaehead;26398402]I thought performance between the Phenom II x4 955 and the i5 750 are similar
[editline]wef[/editline]
or actually, you can get a ~$100 1156 motherboard and that will give you money for an i5 760
how about this motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130272[/url]
and this CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067&cm_re=i5_760-_-19-115-067-_-Product[/url]
because I still really see no appeal in getting a SATA 6 drive[/QUOTE]
mobo and cpu done.
but just know that the motherboard does not support SATA 6.0
[QUOTE=Kybalt;26397935]its my friend's money. i just trust wd more then samsung.[/QUOTE]
Seriously, just get a Spinpoint F3. Drives aren't fast enough to take advantage of SATA 6.0gb/s, and an F3 is faster than a Caviar Black.
AFAIK there's only one [B]SSD[/B] that takes advantage of SATA 6, HDDs are way behind SSDs
and spinpoint F3 > WD black
alright done, WD switched for F3
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