First Time Builiding a Computer

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#1Woodson

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
A) Minimal gaming (madden, and maybe moder warfare 2 if my friend is able to get me into it), but mostly for movies and web browsing.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
A) 800-900, maybe a 1000

3) Where do you live?
A) Around Green Bay, WI

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
A) CPU, RAM, case, motherboard, cooling fan, optical drive, power supply, hard drive

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
A) open to any

6) Will you be overclocking?
A) most likely not, but just maybe sometime

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
A) 32 inch LG 1080p tv

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
A) next week or so

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
A) Yes

Processor-AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

Motherboard-ASUS M4A78T-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1366&cm_re=asus_m4a78t-_-13-131-366-_-Product

Cooling Fan- ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._re=zalman_cooling_fan-_-35-118-046-_-Product

Optical Drive- ASUS 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model BC-08B1ST
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...03&cm_re=blu_ray_drive-_-27-135-203-_-Product

Now all the stuff i listed above were from newegg and I hope to purchase most of my other stuff from where I work (Best Buy), so for the next items feel free to leave your opinions because I know that many times Best Buy dosent have the greatest stuff, but my discount is too good to not be used :)

Case-Thermaltake - V9 Black Edition Mid-Tower Case
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Thermal...Case/9423233.p?id=1218102737213&skuId=9423233

Power Supply- Rocketfish™ - 700-Watt ATX CPU Power Supply
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Rocketf...=8800693&st=rocketfish powersupply&cp=1&lp=12

the rest i will put in the hard drive and RAM, havent picket it out so if you guys have any preferences please let me know. But other than that I have most of the stuff picked out so just let me know if im making good decisions or bad decisions.

Thanks
 
Ditch the Rocketfish PSU as it is a low quality PSU:
http://hardocp.com/article/2008/05/13/getting_best_buy_on_power_supply/5

Ditch the Zalman as there are significantly cheaper HSF that performs about the same cooling wise:
$30 - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus HSF for LGA 1366 and LGA 1156

Honestly, that CPU + mobo seems a bit overkill for just movie watching, web browsing and very little gaming.

I'd go this setup instead:
$100 - AMD Athlon II X4 620 CPU
$80 - Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 Motherboard
$94 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$100 - XFX HD-567X-YNFC Radeon HD 5670 512MB PCI-E Video Card
$90 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$40 - Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W PSU
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Total: $504 plus tax and shipping

The X4 620 is a tad overkill for just watching movies but might as well get it for better multi-tasking. The HD 5670 can provide bitstreamed audio via HDMI (meaning awesome audio quality) as well as pretty decent gaming performance. The Antec Neo Eco 400C PSU is more than enough for the above setup. The Samsung F3 1TB is one of the fastest 1TB drives available.
 
ditch the v9 case for the antec 300. the v9 is Cheaply made and is thin. the antec 300 is 69.99 at bestbuy and is WAY better made + Solid.
 
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