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giantlawn

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31. December 2009 @ 12:09

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Hi all, Ive been researching this for a couple days and i think i have a decent setup, but im not sure about compatibility between the parts, and any tips on alternate parts/additional parts would be appreciated. Im also curious if this PSU is going to be enough juice. The plan is to use this system for making/viewing blu ray backups on my 1080 lcd, and adding a 5770 video card when it comes on sale.

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor + ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Combo - $195.00
Newegg.ca - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!

Antec Two Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $45.00
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LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Reader SATA Model iHOS104-06 - $70.00
Newegg.ca - LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray Reader Model iHOS104-06 - Blu-Ray Drives

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model $100.00
Newegg.ca - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK - Desktop Memory

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $95.00

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail - $65.00

Plus a HD from my old comp

Total Price $570.00 CDN

Going to add:

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready - $188.00
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Any info you guys could give me would be great! Thanks

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krj15489

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2. January 2010 @ 13:42

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Everything looks good. The cpu motherboard deal is no longer available so here is the motherboard that I would use

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128411

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sammorris

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4. January 2010 @ 16:51

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Everything is fine except for the power supply. Antec Basiq units are not built to the same quality as their other products and are sometimes unreliable.
This will do fine:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
(Don't be fooled by the lower wattage, this unit is actually MORE powerful than the other unit)

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krj15489

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4. January 2010 @ 17:59

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Yes, I agree with sam. I did not look close enough and I though it was an antec earthwatts series which are better.

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