AMD AM3 Build

[MoshiMoshi]

So much for AM3+... the announcement was just made that AM3+ will require a totally new motherboard.

Torn into two between choosing an AMD X6 1090T build and an Intel i7 930 build after AMD's Bulldozer announcement.

I will also be shipping my own OS and secondary HDD(SATA III 1TB) as they're much cheaper back East.

UPDATED SPEC V2!

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£38)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080 (£149)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Price: £1,255.00 including VAT and delivery.

My budget's roughly between £1200-1300

I won't be back for another two weeks so it's still a consideration as to what the final specs will look like right now.

 

[PCS]

Looks like a great spec and well balanced

 

[MoshiMoshi]

Thanks for the comment... might up it to 8GBs of RAM though, seeing as I've already bought my 64-bit Win 7 Pro. Rest of it is bog-standard so I removed them from the build that was specified.

 

[MoshiMoshi]

Quick question...

If I order the Iiyama 24" LED HD monitor, do I still need to order a DVI-D cable or does that come already bundled together with the monitor?

 

[misterdave]

Hi Aoshi,

The 24" LED Iiyama monitor comes with the required DVI-D cable. Plus a D-SUB and power pack.

Also nice rig

 

[Meds]

Hey Aoshi,

What do you plan on using the PC for? With the specification you have put together, it might be worth getting one of the Corsair PSUs - TX650 or TX750? Or if you plan on adding a second GPU in the future I would probably say the TX850 just to be on the safe side!

 

[MoshiMoshi]

misterdave> Sweet... that'll save me 5 quid on the DVI-D.

meds> Mainly gaming/photo-editing(photography's a hobby of mine including PC gaming) and maybe video editing.

Sadly the board doesn't come with dual SLi or Crossfire. Dual GPU setups are somewhat out of my budget unless you can suggest something else.

I could always build a Crossfire system. Leave the GPU out for later but would have to skimp on the RAM. But Pc tech is always moving ahead and I don't really see the need to bump up the GPUs to two if I can't stick in a new proc to take advantage of all that juice.


It's a trade-off... more RAM less GPU or more GPU less RAM. LOL~
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Second build using Crossfire and ATi cards. VERSION 2!

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M4A89TD PRO/USB3 : DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£90)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£38)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080 (£149)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)


Price: £1,280.00 including VAT and delivery.

Updated it slightly... went down a size on the HD LED Monitor... I'm already using a 20" at home and I figured what the heck... I quite like the size so 24" is kind of not what I want. Too massive!

 

[MoshiMoshi]

Updated both non-Crossfire and Crossfire. Am deciding to go with the HD5870 for now although guru3D benchmarks and tests show that the GTX470 is slightly better than the 5870.

If it was the non-SLi/Crossfire build... I'd most prob go with the GTX470.