discussion My First Build (Lots of pics)

[Tekkin23]

My First Build ever! (Lots of pics)

Hey everyone so I recently bought all this from directcanada (great retailer btw), newegg.ca & a member of overclock.net

So far I have received everything except the motherboard which should be arriving next week. I'll update this thread until its all together but this is what I have so far.

Seagate 500GB 7200RPM with 3 year Mfr. Warranty: $52.55
LG Black DVD+RW 22X8X16 DVD-RW: $26.99
G.Skill 12800 4GB (2x2GB) 9-9-9-24: $97.73
Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 860MHZ 1GB: $190.80
Corsair TX750W: 111.98
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black edition 3.2Ghz 125W AM3 MBOX (C3): $176.87
Sub Total $656.92
Shipping: FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
GST: $33.34
PST: $0 (Alberta)
Total $700.11

Bought a Lian-li Lancool K62 Dragonlord case from newegg.ca for: $136 Shipped
Bought a MSI 790FX GD70 from a reputable member of overclock.net for: $150 Shipped

Grand total: $986.11 Just under budget! :bleh:

Now for the sexy pics.

K62 (Sooo nice)

5770 Vapor-X

Phenom II 955

Corsair TX750W

RAM

Me Testing out the 5770 in my old Dell XPS Gen 5 (Why the hell did I ever buy a dell, overpriced crap that you can't ugprade)

Out with the old:

In with the new:

Harddrive:

LG Drive:

No pics of the motherboard yet as it's still on the way. Will update with pics of it all put together once I get it :thumb:

 

[BootlegUsher]

Looking good so far.

How tall is that RAM by the way?

 

[Tekkin23]

Looking good so far.

How tall is that RAM by the way?

JUST over 1 and a half inches on the tall spikes

 

[sswilson]

Looks like a great build.... so that's what the top of a 955be looks like before you throw IC7 TIM on it..... (I can't read the top of mine at all any more, and that wasn't under the tim for very long.... ).

 

[klsi168]

look like it will be a awsome build

 

[BobbyLou]

Looks like a great build.... so that's what the top of a 955be looks like before you throw IC7 TIM on it..... (I can't read the top of mine at all any more, and that wasn't under the tim for very long.... ).

??

 

[Guest]

Looks like a great build.... so that's what the top of a 955be looks like before you throw IC7 TIM on it..... (I can't read the top of mine at all any more, and that wasn't under the tim for very long.... ).

Yup same all my chips I used it on have wore off. Makes a okay lapping polish.

Nice Build glad to see more and more AMD builds again.

 

[Tekkin23]

I was wondering what everyone thought about my total value.

I did a lot of research finding the best prices.

 

[MarkOne]

I was wondering what everyone thought about my total value..

Nice build, well balanced. You will enjoy that case, I Love it .. For my part I will have take a 640 black , they have 5 years warranty for only few $ more , what are you planing to use as CPU cooler ? I will see a 212+ there, good performance and very good price.

 

[Tekkin23]

I'm planning on just using the stock cooler for now, Im not going to overclock for awhile because frankly I'm a gamer more than a hardware enthusiast and if stock performance does the trick then its fine by me.

I built this computer for battlefield: bad company 2 but I didn't wanna spend TOO much money.