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Seireitei

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I just want an opinion. I can get the following for $650 cash and was wondering if it's worth it.

AMD FX 4100 Quad-Core CPU @ 4.6 GHz
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ USB 3.0/SATA 6.0GBs Motherboard (Supports new 8-Core CPU's)
EVGA Classified GTX 560ti 448 Core 1.25 GB Video Card
16GB G-Skill DDR3 Memory @ 1800 Mhz
OCZ Agility III 120 GB SSD SATA 6.0 GBs Hard-Drive
Ultra 1600 Watt Fully Modular Power supply.
Corsair H100 Fully enclosed liquid cooling system
Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower case.
ASUS 24X DVD-RW Drive
 
The only thing worth any money are...

$109.99 - AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz
$184.99 - ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+
$287.55 - EVGA 012-P3-2078-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 448 Cores
(Not sure which model RAM it is, so I selected the cheapest 16Gb kit @ 1600Mhz which there are 5 of them this price)
$89.99 - G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
$109.99 - CORSAIR H100
$279.99 - Corsair Obsidian Series 800D

Total: $1,062.5

Therefore I would say that yes, that rig for $650 is worth it assuming the person you are buying it from will help you out should you need any warranty work.

I've never even heard of an "Ultra 1600 Watt Fully Modular Power PSU" therefore I would change this out with a better unit ASAP. Something in the 650W range should be sufficient.

I would also try to get rid of that OCZ SSD, just because OCZ as company isn't very loyal to their customers; not to mention the SSD is based on a Sandforce controller that's got a known, random BSOD issue with Windows.
 
If you was to buy those parts right now at newegg, then yes. I also didn't include the optical drive since they are less than $20.
 
Seireitei said:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2007/08/24/ultra_x3_1600w_power_supply/

That's the PSU. Got HARDOCP Gold award.

So $1,062.50 without counting the PSU and OCZ SSD?

Sound pretty good then. I just needed another toy to play with. My i7-940 9800GT system is not cutting it anymore.
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Also, your proposed SB build doesn't need anywhere near 1600W. In fact, with the other components in your build that system will draw at most only about one-third of that PSU's maximum labeled output, which means that the PSU will draw a bit more wattage from the wall than many lower-wattage PSUs. Remember, PSUs are at their most efficient in the range of 50 to 70 percent of full load.

On the other hand, the Agility 3 is one of the slower current Sandforce-based SSDs due to its use of asynchronous NAND flash memory. The faster but more expensive Sandforce-based SSDs use synchronous NAND flash memory. With SSDs, you pretty much get what you pay for.
 
Seems like a good deal as far as the price. Not sure if this is a friend but I'd be careful, almost too good to be true. You could turn over some of these parts and make a good buck.

One thing though to consider is going from i7-940 to the FX4100 will actually be a downgrade. I'd recommend selling it and getting a FX8120 and OC it.
 
Yeah I don't think I'd trade an i7 920 for that cpu/motherboarc combo. What I would do is sell both the i7 920 and the amd setup above and aim for a 2600k setup or even one of the 2011 CPUs. Depending on what you intend to do with the system.
 
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