my budget crunching pc build

[dave c]

after pricing some stuff up this is what i went with

brand new amd fx 8320 135$'s
the mobo was supposed to be a asrock 880gmh
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/880GMHU3S3/?cat=CPU
but i accidently ordered an asrock 880gm 42$'s
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/880GM-LE%20FX/?cat=CPU

the 8320 isnt officially supported by this board but apprently it works with this board ill know for sure when it arrives on tuesday
in the event it doesnt work im going to buy an http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/980DE3U3S3/ for 62$'s or i may spend a lil more and go for a mobo with multiple pcie x16 slots

corsair liquid cpu cooler new ebay 39$'s
antec 750w psu 109$'s

the rest of the parts were basically free since i had them laying around
i.e atx case, drives, burners etc and already have 6gb of ram

the plan is to fill the pci slots with 2 zotac gt430 i already have and stick a ati hd 7790 in the pcie slot , i still need to purchase an hd 7790
the mobo i ordered also has hd4250 onboard so i may be able to get that crunching as well
the fx8320 will be pushed to just over 4.0ghz

should be a nice upgrade over my amd a8-3800 pc or my other p4 2.8ghz machines

if i end up not using the first mobo i ordered i will prolly buy an fx 8120 and build a second cruncher out of it

if u guys have any suggestions on different mobo's incase the first one comes in and my cpu wont work with it or videocards im all ears ,
the reason i chose those asrock boards are because they had ide controllers which cut back on my cost for optical drives

[Fire$torm]

Don't forget to post some pics of the finished build.

[dave c]

i found my dvd , now the task of making sure i get all the updates and installing everything i need

[Mumps]

Ouch. You could have had an eVGA 750W PS for less, with a 10 year warranty and 80Plus Gold certified.

[dave c]

Don't forget to post some pics of the finished build.

will do guys just better not laugh at the case im using , its olddddd put it this way i just stripped the athlon 2 slot cpu and mobo out of it, i need to get the holesaw out and cut some holes for a side and top case fan in it

Ouch. You could have had an eVGA 750W PS for less, with a 10 year warranty and 80Plus Gold certified.

link? if i dont use the first mobo i ordered ill have to order another psu cause i will use that board and build a second machine with an fx8120

[dave c]

something has to be wrong , ive got all 8 cores running now at a stable 54*c , but in order to do it i had to drop the cpu to 3.1ghz and drop voltage slightly
im about to pull the coller off my a8 cpu and see if it will fit and if it makes a difference

[dave c]

well my water cooler needs to get here , stock amd fan and heatsink arent worth a dam , runing 5 cores at 100% and im at 58*c aparently max safe temp is 62* for the fx 8320

[Mumps]

FourOh first brought it up here in this thread:

http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php...scussion/page2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817438017

And there was a $25 rebate on it until today... But still about your same price without it, and up until this Rebate started, it had a $20 rebate before that. So it'll probably come up on rebate again by the time you know you want it. Just keep an eye on it. EVGA is a good brand for GPU's, so I'll guess having a 10 year warranty implies they have faith in their PS line as well.

[dave c]

FourOh first brought it up here in this thread:

http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php...scussion/page2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817438017

And there was a $25 rebate on it until today... But still about your same price without it, and up until this Rebate started, it had a $20 rebate before that. So it'll probably come up on rebate again by the time you know you want it. Just keep an eye on it. EVGA is a good brand for GPU's, so I'll guess having a 10 year warranty implies they have faith in their PS line as well.

thanks ill keep that in mind if i end up building a second machine

[dave c]

well thats odd , i reset a few things and now its running cool as can be, i ended up turning up the freq and things are running a good bit cooler now, go figure