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my first custom built amd help 11 months, 1 week ago #9051

hello, i am a new user in this website i am not that knowledgeable in pc gaming builds. this is is the amd gaming build i tried to do if anyone can help me out greatly appreciated.

Cpu-AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8150FRGUBOX
graphic card-SAPPHIRE 100352OCSR Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
motherboard-not sure plz help that will owrk for me.
power supply-Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply
case-Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan
ram-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM
cooler -i heard ati 8150 has some problem with heating if anyone can help me with any other parts i need would be greatly appreciated.

Re: my first custom built amd help 11 months, 1 week ago #9059

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What is your budget?

I would go with the 990FX motherboards like this COMBO with the CPU you linked. If you can afford it, go for one of the enthusiast 990fx motherboards.

As far as heatsinks go, I would ask again of your budget. Nothing less than the Coolermaster 212 or the Havik for air cooling. If you go water cooling nothing less than the H60 or H100.

If you can give me your total budget, knowing now what you like I can put together a build that could help you potentially save some and/or get better parts. Most everything else you linked looks good, I do not know much about the PSU you linked, you might can find a good combo with your case and a power supply, like the Hive series by Rosewill.

You not getting an otical drive or Hard drive?
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Re: my first custom built amd help 11 months, 1 week ago #9061

my budget around 1200 to 1300. i for got about the harddrive. if u can help me thx.

Re: my first custom built amd help 11 months, 1 week ago #9067

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Ok I reworked your build a little, at your budget you can really get a lot in this build.

FX 8150 with ASRock 990FX Motherboard

I believe I already detailed this combo above. You wanted AMD, and this is a good AMD processor. It will also hold you over until the Piledriver comes out, which I am waiting for.

Tuniq Tower 120

This is a great heatsink that should keep you nice and cool. It is a quality after market heatsink. It gets great reviews, and above all, looks good doing it!

Rosewill Thor Gaming Case and Rosewill Hive 650w Modular PSU

I went with the Thor, at your budget, this is a good option. We did a review on it a few months ago. We love this case, and we think you will too. Rosewill does great combos on their Case and PSUs, this one gives you 650w of 80 plus modular power. Your system should not need this much power, so you have room for future upgrades.

MSI 7950 GPU

We love MSI, and you listed the 7950 above, so we went with this one. It is a good deal for a nice GPU.

Corsair 16GB 1600 RAM

I love Corsair RAM. If you find cheaper or better deals, pick them up. We do however suggest using name brand products at all costs.

WD 500GB 7200 rpm Sata III HDD

This is pretty much a storage drive and for those programs that you do not use as much aka not games lol

Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB SSD

At your budget there is really no reason to not get a SSD. I would load the OS and a few games on here, should seriously decrease loading times and prevent the only bottlenecking you should notice in this kinda rig, in the HDD.

LG CD Burner

I wasnt sure if you need this or not, so I just linked it anyways. Spin disks, spin!

This is a great build, if I say so myself. You get all of this and still come in under your listed budget. This should bring you to @ $1270 before rebates, but after shipping. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns
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Re: my first custom built amd help 11 months, 1 week ago #9068

ya looks good but one proeblem is i live in canada. i cant seem the fond that motherbaord combo with amd fx 8150 with motherbaord combo other than then everything looks solid

Re: my first custom built amd help 11 months, 1 week ago #9069

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Have you looked around the Canadian Newegg site yet? I found it, but it is a little more expensive.

FX 8150 / ASRock 990FX Mobo
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