Hey all I'm really just wondering if all these work together. Thanks a lot if you can help.


Motherboard http://msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=3131 $79.00

CPU http://msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=1464 $166.00
RAM http://www.pcgogo.com.au/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=22478
HARD Drive http://www.pcgogo.com.au/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=4304
GFX http://www.pcgogo.com.au/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=15980

And i was probably gonna go crossfire with the graphics card.
Thanks anyway.

if you know anything thats better just post it up please if its not to much trouble.

Edited twice, last edited 6/1/11 - 2:00pm
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It's all compatible, however I would recommend you use www.pccasegear.com.au instead.

Also if you can afford it get an 890 mobo especially if you want to xfire preferably Gigabyte or ASUS, Corsair RAM and modular PSU and either a Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 or Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB HDD.

The link for what i'm assuming is the graphics card did not work.

P.S. What is your budget? (once you tell us your budget it will be much easier to help ) Do you need peripherals? What will you be playing on it?

1000 is the most I would spend. New vegas and crysis 2

GFX card is finished.

um why would you get that gpu on a $1000 build?

Get a better motherboard. asrock are entry level.

from PCCG

here you go

Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H Rev2 Motherboard $165.00
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition $165.00
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C7 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 $105.00
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HD103SJ $69.00
HIS Radeon HD6870 1GB $279.00
Thermalright Venomous X Black CPU Heatsink $99.00
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM $119.00

Sub-Total: $1001.00

if you already have some parts, eg, hard drive, grab one of these for windows instead of the 1tb

LINK

wtf is that gpu lol..

Karma did all your work for you

except you shouldn't need to spend $99 on a cpu heatsink/fan if you are not overclocking.

i only allowed for the cooler as he said 1k max

and the gpu's are fine, theyre all reference anyway

Thank Karma that is a much better build than mine

Core i5 2500
www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=187_346_1184&products_id=16403

Gigabyte GA-H67MA-D2H
www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_711_1183&products_id=16406

i5 760 beats the 970 then the new i5 range beats the 750 by leaps and bounds for the same price as the 750
www.hardcoreware.net/intel-sandy-bridge-performance-review/6/

Drop the cpu cooler and the difference of $25 is negated.

$165 + $165 = $330
$229 + $124 - $100 = $253

Use the excess to get a mouse and pad or something.

I was looking a amd system cause there cheaper.

I just explained how it's better and cheaper.

What is wrong with your head? Do you hit it on things really hard really often or something?

Yus I hut me hud on grund very hard repeteredly many daiiiis age

Get one of the ASUS boards as they have UEFI. Don't get H67, get a P67 even though they are a little bit more.
www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=416&products_id=16414

Although with the H67 chipset and the i5 2500, you are limited on your overclocking.

I have read that the H67 chipset does not support crossfire/sli which is what you are after.

In other places, I have read that it can. PCCG are selling H67 boards that support crossfire but the PCI express lanes run slower, therefore making a crossfire setup wasteful.

If you are going to run crossfire, then stick with the AMD build. You aren't limited to your overclock and you can run crossfire without a major bottleneck.

Alternatively you could spend a little more on getting a P67 board with the i5 2500 and all your problems are solved. You will run crossfire no worries at all if you buy the right board.

Link for P67 board - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_711_1183&products_id=16387. $219

Both Pci Express slots run at 8x when running crossfire.

Either Karma's build or l_w_88 will both serve you well. Now just a choice of whether or not you can afford to get a more expensive board so that you can to run the i5 2500 whilst being able to use crossfire. If you can't afford this, then don't waste your money, stick with the AMD build.