Parts suggestion for new computer

[Poltergeist]

I looked at the picture, and I think I see what you're talking about on the lower left. It looks like a 4 pin connector? I guess you have to remove the little black cover to get the full 6 pin connector? My current power supply has a 24 pin connector and another 4 pin connector that both go to the motherboard. Is that a definite no go?

Mike, why do you say the memory is overrated for the motherboard? This is what the motherboard says it will support: DDR3 2000(O.C.)//1600/1333/1066 (unless I'm missing something, which is possible).

Thought I edited that before I posted (edited now) it is a 4 pin plug on the MB. Unless your gaming heavily 1066 or 1333 is fine for the memory speed.

 

[JoshH]

What kind of drives do you have? That board supports to channels of IDE. If you have SATA you will be alright to. Buss speed will slow with older ata 66/100/133 speeds though. All the listed bench marks are made with the newest technologies possible as of the time they send out the components.

I have no idea what the disk drives are. They use the ribbon cables, if that means anything. The hard drive is SATA.

 

[z79outlaw]

Ok, anyone who knows about computers. Tell me what you think about these parts. Also, on that video card. It says minimum 450W system power requirement. Is that total system power requirement, which would mean my 520W power source will be ok, or does it need 450W just for the video card?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...PRO/USB3_AM3_AMD_890GX-_-13-131-631-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...D Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...GB)_240-Pin_DDR3_SDRAM-_-20-104-223-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...BD5-PPG_Radeon_HD_5770-_-14-131-327-_-Product

I've got that AMD Phenom, works great, for my app (Civ 5) but the game unfortunately doesnt utilize all 4 cores, for mutlitasking I havent ran into a glitch yet. Seems like a good value for the price. If your planning on any games at all, maybe you should invest a little more in the graphics card, just because those seem to be the things that you always wish you had upgraded the most.

 

[Mike]

Josh, I was looking at the specifications and did not directly see the 1600fsb listed for the Mother Board. Assumed it would be an overclocked speed of up to 2000fsb but yet attainable. As Rob says, no worries.

Here is what I read off the spec. page.

MemoryNumber of Memory Slots 4×240pin Memory Standard DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1333/1066 Maximum Memory Supported 16GB Channel Supported Dual Channel

 

[Mike]

I have no idea what the disk drives are. They use the ribbon cables, if that means anything. The hard drive is SATA.

You're good with SATA :thumb: