Fred's New PC

[Fredulus]

So I'm going to buy parts for a new PC soon. I've tentatively (as in, by the time I have the money this probably won't be what I've decided on lol) decided on these parts.


AMD Phenom II X6 Black Edition Processor
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler (I'm going to overclock a little so I got this to be safe)
MSI 890FXA-GD70 Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaw Series 2x4GB DDR3 RAM
Radeon 6870 Graphics Card (Not sure about this but it looks good for the price)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (The difference in price between a 1TB and something like a 500GB is so small there's no reason not to get 1TB)
USB Add-on Card (Hey, it's $10 and USB is cool, why not)
Corsair 600T Case
Corsair AX850 850W Power Supply (I don't need 850W now, but eventually I might and this way I won't need to buy a new PSU)

Now I think all of this together is like $1154, which I'm very happy with, but I'm being stopid and want to spend too much on the monitor:
Acer 32" Monitor. It's not the highest quality, but it's 32". Oh my god that would be great. Unfortunately it's more than I'd like to spend on a monitor...

As for keyboard: Logitech K800 Wireless Slim is what I've settled on. Mouse I'm not really sure, but for now I've chosen Logitech M305 Wireless.

On NewEgg I'll get $45 off in mail-in rebates.


I'm going to be doing a lot of work in Photoshop and similar programs, so the six-core processor will help there (Photoshop can take advantage of lots of cores, unless I have been misinformed). 8GB of RAM might not be totally necessary but it's not super expensive so what the hell. If anyone knows of any monitors I might like that are cheaper than $350 then please, PLEASE tell me lol. I don't want to spend that much on a monitor but 32" would be amazing to use. I'll probably watch movies and things from across the room so that'd be nice. Also if anyone can suggest a nice wireless mouse, preferably Logitech so I can use 1 USB dongle for keyboard and mouse.

Ways I might try and save money:
Buy a smaller PSU, I don't need 850W and who knows who long it'll be before I do (though it's worth saying the corsair case/psu are a combo deal, you get $30 off so I'm already saving a little)
Buy a cheaper monitor
Buy a cheaper keyboard/mouse
Buy the motherboard open box
Those 4 ways could potentially save me quite a bit of money. What do you guys think?

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[breadboy]

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[Night Fox]

You know I know nothing about what you said because Im a mac but I still like PC congrats

Macs are PCs, but with a brand name attached to them.
Your argument is invalid.

[breadboy]

Macs are PCs, but with a brand name attached to them.
Your argument is invalid.

I beg to differ....                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44

[Night Fox]

I beg to differ....                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44

I'm having trouble deciphering what you mean.

[breadboy]

I'm having trouble deciphering what you mean.

Me too.

[Sheath]

Your argument is invalid.

There was no argument. Stop causing fights.

[Righteous One]

Don't spend that much on a power-supply. You shouldn't really aim for over $110. As far as budget CPU coolers go the Hyper 212+ is easily the best, I suggest you get that instead.

There really is no need to spend that much on a motherboard unless you to tend to do some serious over-clocking it is a fantastic one though (I actually own one...). That case doesn't really seem like the best one you could get at that price point but it's alright. Newegg doesn't seem to have an Sandy-bridge motherboards back but if you can find one you should definitely get it over the current one you chose.

[Fredulus]

Don't spend that much on a power-supply. You shouldn't really aim for over $110. As far as budget CPU coolers go the Hyper 212+ is easily the best, I suggest you get that instead.

There really is no need to spend that much on a motherboard unless you to tend to do some serious over-clocking it is a fantastic one though (I actually own one...). That case doesn't really seem like the best one you could get at that price point but it's alright. Newegg doesn't seem to have an Sandy-bridge motherboards back but if you can find one you should definitely get it over the current one you chose.

The Hyper212+ looks good, I'll go with it :P
As far as power supply, I'll look around for a cheaper one.
Motherboard, though, I don't really know much about... could you suggest one? I want to do a little overclocking, I'd like to get my processor to 4GHz (people say the X6 can easily go to 4GHz). And I thought sandy bridge was just an Intel thing, was I wrong?

edit: also for the mobo I might, in the future, want to run 2 graphics cards, so yeah

[Night Fox]

There was no argument. Stop causing fights.

An argument is not an argument, and argument is an argument.