Generation wrote

Bradbed wrote

Generation wrote - Went the Intel route - check.

- Did not skimp out on PSU - check.

- Nice 560 ti video card - check.

Everything is compatible and good, it's just the overpriced Gigabyte board does not split into full 8x 8x when you eventually SLI the GTX 560 ti in a few months / years and that is a concern since you will lose performance ( some games don't scale well and at most you'll gain a 20% increase ).

My suggestion would be a MSI G43 Z77 board - it's a Z77 board but it splits into full 8x 8x which is ideal. It also has a nicer color scheme. The MSI board also has an 8pin CPU power connector compared to 4 so it can increase overclocks ( not applicable to i3-2120, but still good to have ).

Go for it.

ok so i should use this mother board [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

That's what I'd go with.

ok thas what ill use. and then im buying my graphics card last so if i put the whole thing together without the graphics card would i be able to use it for the web or would i need a graphic card?

Bradbed wrote

Generation wrote

Bradbed wrote

Generation wrote - Went the Intel route - check.

- Did not skimp out on PSU - check.

- Nice 560 ti video card - check.

Everything is compatible and good, it's just the overpriced Gigabyte board does not split into full 8x 8x when you eventually SLI the GTX 560 ti in a few months / years and that is a concern since you will lose performance ( some games don't scale well and at most you'll gain a 20% increase ).

My suggestion would be a MSI G43 Z77 board - it's a Z77 board but it splits into full 8x 8x which is ideal. It also has a nicer color scheme. The MSI board also has an 8pin CPU power connector compared to 4 so it can increase overclocks ( not applicable to i3-2120, but still good to have ).

Go for it.

ok so i should use this mother board [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

That's what I'd go with.

ok thas what ill use. and then im buying my graphics card last so if i put the whole thing together without the graphics card would i be able to use it for the web or would i need a graphic card?

The board comes with a HDMI, VGA, and DVI output so you're all good.

Generation wrote

Bradbed wrote

Generation wrote

Bradbed wrote

Generation wrote - Went the Intel route - check.

- Did not skimp out on PSU - check.

- Nice 560 ti video card - check.

Everything is compatible and good, it's just the overpriced Gigabyte board does not split into full 8x 8x when you eventually SLI the GTX 560 ti in a few months / years and that is a concern since you will lose performance ( some games don't scale well and at most you'll gain a 20% increase ).

My suggestion would be a MSI G43 Z77 board - it's a Z77 board but it splits into full 8x 8x which is ideal. It also has a nicer color scheme. The MSI board also has an 8pin CPU power connector compared to 4 so it can increase overclocks ( not applicable to i3-2120, but still good to have ).

Go for it.

ok so i should use this mother board [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

That's what I'd go with.

ok thas what ill use. and then im buying my graphics card last so if i put the whole thing together without the graphics card would i be able to use it for the web or would i need a graphic card?

The board comes with a HDMI, VGA, and DVI output so you're all good.

Ok thank you so much for the help i really apreciate it

ninja_bunnys wrote Assuming it's a standard ATX case...

CPU: AMD FX-4100 4-Core 3.6GHz $117
MotherBoard: Asus M5A97 970 $95
Ram: G Skill 4G(2x2G) DDR3 $32
Graphics card: Power Colour ATI HD 6850 $145
PSU: OCZ Fatalt1ty 550W $69
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB $77

$535 AUD

I think it should be good for what you want

You have to add another CPU because you have to update the bios for the FX Bulldozer to work.

Your CPU will bottleneck the rest of your computer. Get a faster HDD(6mb Cache). Not a great motherboard. Expeensive RAM. You also need a case.

That is just my 2 cents.

Giants wrote Your CPU will bottleneck the rest of your computer. Get a faster HDD(6mb Cache). Not a great motherboard. Expeensive RAM. You also need a case.

That is just my 2 cents.

An i3-2100 is not going to bring down the build by any means. It's faster than an AMD 965 / every single FX CPU and brings great FPS in games since most games don't even use more than 2 cores ( and this is a 4 threaded CPU ). You will never notice the difference between that unless you're running AS SSD and DiskMark 24/7. $45 for a kit of 8gb's of RAM in dual channel is not expensive - the standard if anything. Meh, the MOBO is OK but a MSI G43 is a better board for what you're paying.

I would get a cheaper graphics card and get the INTEL i5 2500k.Then when u get more money uprgade the graphics card! Correct me if im wrong.