Upgrading my build i just completed.

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4LC4PON3

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming only

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? under 300

3) Where do you live? USA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very
specific. Mobo CPU

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Antec 300, Corsair 750TX, XFX 5850, OCZ 4GB OCZ 1333, DVD Rom, Monitor, Speakers, keyboard, Samsung spinpoint F3 500GB, Mouse

6) Will you be overclocking? Yes

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? 1920x1080 Dell S2409W

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Tonight

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI
support? crossfire is not needed

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? 7 64bit Ultimate

Current Rig

Antec 300
Phenom II x3 720 (3.0GHZ)
ASUS M4A78LT-M LE 780L Micro ATX
OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) (10666)
Samsung F3 500
LG DVD Burner
Corsair 750TX
XFX 5850
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
Dell S2409W
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

(I have sent back the 750GB Western digital and got another F3 wich will be here tomorrow. I know for a fact my mobo needs to go. does not overclock at all past 3.0ghz and im concerned about my x3 720 bottlenecking my 5850)
Should i ugrade just my board keep my CPU or upgrade both.

955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz C3
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770

Grand Total: $234.98
 
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ok since i havent gotten any responses. im going to list what i got so far for the Rig. everything is in hand. is there anything you would add or upgrade on this build? CPU? SSD?

Antec 300
Phenom II x3 720 (2.8GHZ) (i havent overclocked this yet)
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770
OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) (10666)
Samsung F3 500
LG DVD Burner
Corsair 750TX
XFX 5850
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
Dell S2409W
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

as for SSD i was thinking

PQI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141420
Super Talent: http://cgi.ebay.com/New-SuperTalent...C_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3ca9d8d1e3
 
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right and i saw that but im concerned about 40gb of space. my budget on a ssd has to be set at 200 or under. is the PQI any good?
 
4LC4PON3 said:
is the PQI any good?
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Not really. The PQI doesn't have TRIM support which means that it has a shorter lifespan as well as performance degradation over time.

Not sure about the Super Talent SSD though. I think it's Idinilix based and has TRIM support but don't quote me on that.

Oh and no need to upgrade your CPU. The X3 720 is still plenty fast for a HD 5850. Upgrade your mobo is you want better overclocking performance.
 
Your mobo supports core unlocking, any luck with that? If not selling the X3 720 and going for a X4 955 wouldn't be a bad upgrade. I do agree as previously mentioned though that the X3 720 will run the 5850 fine. Just something to consider.

I'm not well versed with SSD drives so no comment there. Do post as to what you decide on. :)
 
ok everyone the Rig is finally Complete (almost). Im ditchign the antec 300 for a Haf 922 wich will be here on a few days but here is the Rig Done with the antec 300. Thanks for all your help

New Rig: Antec 300 - Phenom II x3 720 (2.8GHZ) - OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) (10666) - GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P 770 - Samsung F3 500 - LG DVD Burner - Corsair 750TX - XFX 5850 - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus - Dell S2409W

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i havent overclocked yet, i just got the rig up and running. plan to overclock in the am :)
 
could use alittle help here. sometimes when i go to power up my Rig from a cold boot i wont have any display. i gotta turn off the PC by holding the power button then turn it back on and it works.

im not sure if this is caused by the 10.1 drivers bad video card or bad mobo and im not sure where to start.
 
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