Budget AMD Build

[Phaseshift]

Lets see what you guys got! Budget is 600-700, I live in california so be aware of tax and crap this state charges us californians. To better calculate the price here is my zipcode 90292.

Parts I don't need:
- HDD
- Monitor
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Case
- OS

Parts I do need:
- Mobo
- Cpu
- Ram
- PSU
- GPU
- Heatsink

Things to keep in mind:
- Must have modular PSU
- I prefer blue colored mobo/ blue or black ram
- Will be crossfiring/sli in the near future (this should help with GPU selection)
- I'd like to be able to run Crisis 2 on high (after the crossfire/sli)
- also I'm not too anal about gpu but I prefer Nvidia over AMD (puts on tin foil hat)
- Will also be overclocking the CPU to ATLEAST 4.0 ghz

RELEASE THE KRACKEN!!

[BeepBeep2]

Biostar TA890FXE 890FX motherboard $140
955 BE + HIS AMD HD 6950 2GB $440, $420 after MIR
G.Skill RipjawsX 2x2GB DDR3-1333 CL7 $55
XFX Black Edition 750w 80 Plus Silver (Seasonic M12 platform) $130, $100 after MIR, + 10% off with promo code

$765 without shipping / MIR, I realize this is over your budget but these are the best parts I could find while trying to squeeze into this price range
$705 with MIR and promo code for PSU

You could easily go with a lower GPU, or for an alternative take a look at the Nvidia GTX 560 Ti, but you wont be able to do SLi on AMD without the hack.

If you unlock the 6950 to 6970 shaders (in hopes you'd recieve a reference card) I doubt you would need crossfire.

Of course, you could easily go for 1055T, or even a dual core (chance of unlock as well) if you feel the need.

Heatsink, you cant go wrong with the Thermolab Baram imo

[Baam]

This build is not as good, but decent for under 700.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=13155591

mobo and cpu combo.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.609197

$685.88 in cart with the zip you posted with $30 off in MIR's

[Kobaltrock]

You can also get the 890fxe for $109 after $10 coupon at tigerdirect.

[endlesszeal]

It seems like you have a microcenter about 50 miles from you. Frys is a good spot to get some deals too. Anyway, you can get a mobo free with an AMD purchase from Microcenter.

http://www.microcenter.com/specials/...ndlePROMO.html


AMD 1055T + ASUS M4A88TD-V = $244 ($10 MIR)
-Microcenter
Corsair CAS 7 DDR3 1600 (2x2GB) = $70 ($20 MIR)
-Frys
PowerColor 6950 2GB = $260 ($30)
-newegg
Corsair TX750 V2 (possibly new Seasonic platform. The 850 is) = $110 ($10 MIR)
-newegg

= $746 including tax
= $676 after mail in rebates.

I know people hate rebates but if you keep a copy of every submission and certificate of mailing, you get all the rebates back. Ive been buying computer parts with rebates for 7 yrs and NEVER not got one back. True, there are some that you have to hassle and get on (looking at you MSI, Biostar, anything to do with my411rebates), you end up getting them if you have all the paper work. And by far, corsair is one of the easiest and best to get back because of their excellent computer rep.

Note: yeah, i think rebates are legal thievery too, but if you dont like it, dont deal with it.

[BeepBeep2]

You can also get the 890fxe for $109 after $10 coupon at tigerdirect.

Update to my post-


Biostar TA890FXE 890FX motherboard $120 - $110 after coupon
955 BE + HIS AMD HD 6950 2GB $395, $365 after MIR
G.Skill RipjawsX 2x2GB DDR3-1333 CL7 $55
XFX Black Edition 750w 80 Plus Silver (Seasonic M12 platform) $130, $100 after MIR, + 10% off with promo code (I highly suggest this PSU for how well it performs)

$700 without shipping / MIR, I realize this is over your budget with tax/shipping but these are the best parts I could find while trying to squeeze into this price range
$620 with MIR and promo code for PSU
You could easily go with a lower GPU, or for an alternative take a look at the Nvidia GTX 560 Ti, but you wont be able to do SLi on AMD without the hack.

If you unlock the 6950 to 6970 shaders (in hopes you'd recieve a reference card) I doubt you would need crossfire.

Of course, you could easily go for 1055T, or even a dual core (chance of unlock as well) if you feel the need. If you do want crossfire, 890FX is the way to go

Heatsink, you cant go wrong with the Thermolab Baram imo

AMD 1055T + ASUS M4A88TD-V = $244 ($10 MIR)

Running crossfire on 880G?

[endlesszeal]

Running crossfire on 880G?

thanks for that, i didnt even realized it. i just saw that it said it supported Xfire, but the 2nd pci-e is actually only electrically 4x but with physical 16x slot.

but for $36 you could get this:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0330615

anyway. i just thought it was a great deal for a thuban combo.

[AbortRetryFail?]

PhII955BE/HD69502GB: $395 (before $30 rebate)

Asus M4A79XTD EVO 790X: $99 (before $15 rebate)

Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750w: $110 (before $20 rebate)

GSkill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333: $47

So much pretty, pretty blue ....