buying a new pc

Hill Billy Stomp · **Joined:** Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:14 pm **Medals:** 41

starting from scratch except i already have a hard drive and graphics card.

my budget is middle of the range, not cheap n nasty and not top shelf either.

i pretty much don't know where to start so any help would be good

ie what watt power supply do i need?
do i go with intel or amd?

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ICE · **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:01 pm

Firstly you will need a power cord

Hill Billy Stomp · **Joined:** Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:14 pm **Medals:** 41

orly

case: ?
power supply: ?
motherboard: ?
cpu: ?
memory: ?

Hill Billy Stomp · **Joined:** Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:14 pm **Medals:** 41

CPU $ 195,00 AMD Phenom II X4 955
MOBO $ 245,00 Gigabyte 790FXTA-UD5
RAM $ 155,00 G.Skill 4GB 1600 DDR3
PSU $ 109,00 OCZ 600W
CASE $ 163,00 Coolermaster HAF 922

any thoughts on this selection

blakcat · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:07 pm

thats one expensive mobo.. cost ya an arm

AussieTemplar · **Joined:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:35 pm **Medals:** 63

Gigabyte GA-790XT-USB3 AMD 4xDDR3, PCIE, RAID

for $159 and you wouldn't be missing much.

P00peyes · **Posted:** Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:14 pm

Motherboard - ASRock X58 Extreme - $214

CPU - Intel Corei7 930 @ 2.8Ghz - MSY $387 / PCCASEGEAR $388

RAM - G-SKILL Ripjaws F3-12800CL8T-GBRB $221

CASE - CoolerMaster HAF 922 Case $155

PSU - CoolerMaster GX 650W PSU $129

Total $1107

I have a soft spot for pccasegear.com.au these days. The way they advertise their products are good and the price is pretty competetive too!

What graphics card will you be using?

Hill Billy Stomp · **Joined:** Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:14 pm **Medals:** 41

9800 gtx plus

greenstuff · **Joined:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:07 pm **Medals:** 53

Hill Billy Stomp wrote:

9800 gtx plus

I got that card, and I have been quite satisfied with it.

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