2010-08-23, 12:18 AM
Chewy Wrote:AMD Athlon II X4 635
MSI 770-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
The 870 revision is a little cheaper, It's pretty much the same board with an updated north bridge.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.asp...-_-Product
Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.asp...-_-Product
Gskill ECO's are pretty much the cheapest bang for buck kits for the AMD platform. They perform extremely well and are capable of reaching speeds up to DDR3 2000 with a good integrated memory controller.
COOLER MASTER HAF 932
EVGA 01G-P3-1370-TR GeForce GTX 460
That's what I have so far. As far as I know, all of those are from well known brands. What do you think? A lot of your stuff is more expensive. If after I still have some money left, I guess I'll get what you recommended instead of some parts.
Also, I have a question: what does 6gb/s mean?
In bold.
Answer:
The AMD 710 SouthBridge can only read up to speeds around 3 GB/S. A 6GB/S controller allows RAID arrays and high performance SSDs to exceed the limits opposed on the board. It's pretty much useless right now unless you're dealing with a couple SSDs in RAID0. Standard mechanical hard drives only churn out 120 MB/S or 1.2Gb/s.
example:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.asp...-_-Product
The hard drive above is listed as 6.0 GB/S, but it's only capable of around 1.2GB/S as is. Pure marketing BS right out of WD lol