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HomeGrown

My PC has become a slow freezing mess. It's about five years old so it's time to upgrade. TW rate these items before I buy them please!

CPU:
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X2 545 Callisto 3.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Motherboard:
Newegg.com - ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards

Memory:
Newegg.com - PQI 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model MFC46GUOE-X3 - Desktop Memory

Video Card:
Newegg.com - Galaxy 98TFF6HXXEXZ Low Power Edition GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Case:
Newegg.com - RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEBP 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case With 500W Power Supply - Computer Cases

Hard Drive:
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

CD/DVD Drive:
Newegg.com - Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - CD / DVD Burners

I'm also getting Windows 7 32bit builders edition for 104.99.

Is 500W power supply that comes with the case enough to handle this?

Grand total: $710.15
 
- don't get an amd processor
- either get a better video card or a worse one depending on whether you're going to play games
- download windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
- don't buy a cd-dvd drive
 
Why wouldn't you just go for the 64bit Win7?
Hell, they come in bundles, 32 and 64 bit discs, so you can pick.

The PSU technically could handle the power consumption, but most OEM PSUs that come with cases kinda suck, from my experience.
 
mjoe said:
- don't get an amd processor
- either get a better video card or a worse one depending on whether you're going to play games
- download windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
- don't buy a cd-dvd drive
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Yeah I plan on playing games. I'll take a look at a better video card.

Intel is the way to go these days?
 
Xcursion said:
Are you retarded? 32bit will not make all 6GB available to use. With the videocard, you'll at most have 3.5GB of ram that can be used.
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Yeah I know I was going to get Windows 7 64 bit, but like I said it was too expensive. I forgot to change the amount of ram. I'll just keep the 6 gigs and download Windows Ultimate 64 bit like mjoe said.
 
HomeGrown said:
Yeah I know I was going to get Windows 7 64 bit, but like I said it was too expensive. I forgot to change the amount of ram. I'll just keep the 6 gigs and download Windows Ultimate 64 bit like mjoe said.
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Please tell me what the price difference between these two are:

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - Operating Systems

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - Operating Systems

You are a retard, aren't you?
 
mjoe said:
- don't get an amd processor
- either get a better video card or a worse one depending on whether you're going to play games
- download windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
- don't buy a cd-dvd drive
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AMD Phenom II's are far better than the Phenom I's. Price/performance for them is spot on for a budget gaming rig.

The vid card is fine for the price range. You can't really find much else that runs as well for the same cost.

Download it, sure if you want.
Or buy pro x64 for 30 bucks if you have a .edu email.
It's worth the buy, for once.

No CD/DVD-RW? What? Are you dumb? What reason is there to not buy a DVD burner? They're freaking 30 bucks. Dirt cheap.

Also ---------------\/ He's right. Worth it for $40 bucks, way better card.
 
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yeah but what are you going to do with a cd/dvd drive? the only reason i've used mine is to put the windows 7 burned iso on there because i didn't have a large enough flash drive
 
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