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Putting together a new computer, need some advice on the parts and anywhere to go to get the parts for a good price. Here the stats and please respond.



ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard


ASUS EAH5570/DI/1GD3(LP) Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support

AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit

I'm not sure about the hard drives, I'm looking at either WD greens or the Blacks, any suggestions?

The case I got is the CM 690 II awesome case, I'd been looking at the 690 but found the new update, will be posting pictures in the case section this weekend.

Also anywhere I can get a cheap copy of Windows 7? Have a baby on the way this July so I can't go hog wild. Thanks
 
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Please answer the stickied "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST" so that we can help you better.
 
regarding HDDs, for storage, green, for os/apps, black or blue.
win7 cheap on the forums, or if you're a student, the ultimate steal promo or via your university.
please answer the sticky for more help regarding your build.
 
$600 for the budget

gaming
internet use
office programs
tv/video/music
looking to play around with some vm as well

no raid
at least two hard drives

no overclocking at this time

sorry about missing this information
 
enginurd said:
regarding HDDs, for storage, green, for os/apps, black or blue.
win7 cheap on the forums, or if you're a student, the ultimate steal promo or via your university.
please answer the sticky for more help regarding your build.
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is there any lost in transfer rates with using the greens, also i may switch over to ssd when the prices drop so would i be better to just get greens now since i'm looking to go with ssd?
 
You didn't answer questions 4, 5, 7, and 8. Please go back and answer them.
 
green drives shutdown every so often to save power. so while the drive will do fine when transferring a large file, it will seem like it takes forever to do anything else. despite your plan of upgrading to an ssd later, it would still be better to get a blue or black caviar now, to use in the meantime, instead of a green.
 
Danny Bui said:
You didn't answer questions 4, 5, 7, and 8. Please go back and answer them.
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4. have all the features i need on the motherboard i picked

5. took care of this one, no overclocking

7. Done my research, now looking for suggestions from all you fine folks out there in tv land

8. thought i did that...again looking for suggestions and advice on the parts that i picked
 
4) That was more of answer to question 9. So I'm gonna assume that you need CPU, Mobo, RAM, GPU, and 2 x HDD. Fair enough?

5) Ok, no point in recommending or giving advice on any parts if I don't know what PSU you have. Hence question 5 and its subpart about the PSU. How am I suppose to know or advise as to whether or not the parts you chose is

7) Again, can't comment on the video card if I don't know what resolution you're planning to play at. With that said, gonna give you a pass on this one since I can tell you one thing: The HD 5570 is a piss poor card for the performance. You can get the faster HD 4850 for the same price as that HD 5570:
$90 - Powercolor AX4850 512MD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCI-E Video Card

8) The only thing I found in your posts relating to this question is the "No RAID answer" in post #5. Is that all you're looking for in a motherboard? There's a ton of features on that Asus mobo, did you really need/want all those features? So again, can't give you advice if I don't know EXACTLY what YOU are looking for in a motherboard.

BTW, if you're dead set on that mobo, at least save $15 and get it from this combo deal:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.349605
 
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