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AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor Model HDZ550WFGIBOX

HIS H487FN1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDe..


Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Rosewill RP550-2 550W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..


RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WU Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..


SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Ok now i have two choices for the motherboard.


GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

or

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

any suggestions will help. i think the 2nd board supports dual video cards so that would help in the future if i ever decide to buy another one. also i heard you can unlock all four cores on the processor.

I will mostly be playing 1.6 and WoW.
so just let me know anything i should change or add.
thx

This comment was edited at 09/20/2009 6:28 AM
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that PSU only has one six pin connector for your GPU, but your GPU needs two six pin connects, so you can either buy another PSU or buy an adapter (recommended)

go with the am3 770 ud3-p mobo since you can unlock all four cores with it, don't know about the other one. you're better off just buying a new card later on that upgrading to SLI since a 6870 will be better than 4870 in SLI.

i'd suggest raidmax smilodon for the case since it's a pretty common case, a lot of space, nice air flow, etc
|AMD 955 3.2GHZ|GIGABYTE 790GX|XFX 5770|4GB DDR3 G.SKILL|ANTEC 300-i|TP-650W|WD 750GB BLACK|
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The card comes with the 6-pin adapter.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.a..

I'd go with this case too, since it has a bunch of fans:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..


Go with this hard drive, it's much better.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

This comment was edited at 09/20/2009 6:38 PM
GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it
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what about the motherboard? i kinda want to dual video cards later on.
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Well if you're going to go with the 790X don't forget it only supports DDR2 memory
GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it
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yeah i know but would it be a better investment to go with the 790? which one has better performance?

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