Building a gaming rig...

[Tweezy]

My budgets fuckin fine. I have many more important things in life to devote money too rather than my CPU. I just wanted to give myself a minor upgrade, and I think $400 is plenty to do that. I understand the GPU I picked my be lacking, so I may bump budget slightly to get a 256-bit card.

 

And maybe give a reason why I need a better PSU? The 450watt I have right now is only a few months old, and with the setup I listed most people are saying 450 is fine. But if you have some more detail rather than "GET A BETTER PSU", I would like to hear it.

 

Thanks for everyone's input, I took the Thermal Compound off the list, and I am looking at a diff GPU.

 

Scrap that GPU you were looking at and try to get this;

 

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100316L Radeon HD 6790 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

 

Also, if you do get that I know it comes with the required power adaptors, but I'm not too sure if your PSU is powerful enough to handle your new specs, I would like another view from someone else, but I think you might have to get around a 500/600W PSU.

[trakaill]

I said that because even if its enough which I doubt it will or your PSU will give it all it has.. You might be lacking pcie plugs and/or molex..

[Veggie]

You would be better off getting the ati/amd 5770 1gb which is a full size card or the 5870 if you can afford it.

[Zealot]

You would be better off getting the ati/amd 5770 1gb which is a full size card or the 5870 if you can afford it.

 

The 6790 is the 5770 replacement with newer technology/better performance. A 5870 is 95% of his budget so no.

 

Get a GTX 550ti, out performs any low end AMD card atm for about $150. MSI cyclone version ftw.

[SpaZMonKeY]

The 6790 is the 5770 replacement with newer technology/better performance. A 5870 is 95% of his budget so no.

 

Get a GTX 550ti, out performs any low end AMD card atm for about $150. MSI cyclone version ftw.

 

Ya the 5770 is do-able and newegg has the GTX 550ti which I can fit in budget-wise. And ya the 5870 is a bit more than I am willing to spend on a gpu right now. I am just building a base upgrade cpu right now. I will get way more RAM in the next few months as well as a faster GPU.

 

Thanks for the info so far fellas.

[RaDiuM]

If you wanna save some bucks get

AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz

Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX

 

overclock it and unlock the dormant cores (get the correct mobo that lets you do this)

 

quad core for the price of a dual