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Building a rig for Xmas.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:22 pm
by X-Daytona10-X
This will be my first ever built gaming rig, so i wanted to good. Anyways I wanted to know if these parts will work together? I don't want to buy stuff that dont work :(. Also I do have the CD DRIVE, HARDDRIVE, ect.

CPU and Memory Combo Deal ($15.00 off)
1. OCZ Gold AMD Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LVAM4GK - Retail
2. AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.300945

MotherBoard
3. ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard – Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131366

Video Card
1. XFX HD-575X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150448

Power Supply
1. SILVERSTONE ST50F 500W ATX12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256037

Re: Building a rig for Xmas.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:29 am
by Jango_Fred
I would HIGHLY recommend going with a higher than 500 watt power supply

Re: Building a rig for Xmas.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:33 am
by X-Daytona10-X
Jango_Fred wrote:I would HIGHLY recommend going with a higher than 500 watt power supply

Because....?

Re: Building a rig for Xmas.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:43 am
by Jango_Fred
That large of a video card is going to suck a lot of power. 125w CPU is a power hog as well.

Re: Building a rig for Xmas.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:55 am
by X-Daytona10-X
Jango_Fred wrote:That large of a video card is going to suck a lot of power. 125w CPU is a power hog as well.

Good point...Thanks.

Re: Building a rig for Xmas.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:36 am
by Matt-Chicago
Jango_Fred wrote:I would HIGHLY recommend going with a higher than 500 watt power supply


I was going to say the same thing. I'd go with 1000W and you can usually find combo deals for a case and power supply together. A good place to compare prices is tigerdirect.com - sometimes they beat newegg, sometimes not.