New Build Impressions

[colodorian]

I am finally going to hunker down and upgrade my hunk of junk and was wondering if anyone with a similar build was having problems with 1.0. This build won't blow minds but compared to my rig, its a NASA supercomputer.

Processor:AMD FX-4130 3.8Ghz Quad-Core (might go with a slightly slower 6 core, not sure)

Motherboard:ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+

Video Card:HIS Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card

Ram:Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (starting with one thing of ram until I can earn more money)

HDD:Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

My current case and psu is more than enough. Grand total=400 U.S dollars

[KiloJules]

Swell!

As you said, no mind has been blown =) but this is still way better than my rig and I run 1.0 okayish, with medium-high on 1920x1200 so I have to assume this would suffice!

Regarding the CPU: BF2, therefore PR does not support multicores. So if you primarily get this for playing PR, a faster CPU is always better.

[LITOralis.nMd]

Location: New Jersey

Microcenter:
North Jersey / Paterson
263 McLean Blvd.
Route 20 Retail Center
Paterson, NJ 07504

Try this to save some money:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0382952
ASRock 970 Extreme4 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Mother
SKU: 217430

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0408700
AMD FX 4130 Black Edition 3.8GHz Quad-Core Socket
SKU: 300749

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0382101
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800) C
SKU: 211334

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0412806
Diamond 7790PE51G AMD Radeon HD 7790 1024MB GDDR5
SKU: 503490

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0352167
Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
SKU: 212902

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Subtotal $414.95
Tax $14.52
Grand Total $429.47
-$20 rebate
-$10 Memory deal.

= ~$400ish total total.

I also suggest buying a 212 Hyper Evo CPU cooler so you can OC that FX CPU. Costs $22 after rebate when you find it on sale.
not on sale this week at microcenter, but for reference:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/3739 ... CPU_Cooler

[SnipeHunt]

Keep an eye on newegg's rebate center. you can find some good savings there(as long as you don't mind a bit of work processing the rebates).

Newegg Rebate Center

[colodorian]

LITOralis.nMd;1934936']Microcenter:
North Jersey / Paterson
263 McLean Blvd.
Route 20 Retail Center
Paterson, NJ 07504

Try this to save some money:

ASRock 970 Extreme4 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Motherboard 212126 - Micro Center
ASRock 970 Extreme4 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Mother
SKU: 217430

AMD FX 4130 Black Edition 3.8GHz Quad-Core Socket AM3+ Boxed Processor FD4130FRGUBOX - Micro Center
AMD FX 4130 Black Edition 3.8GHz Quad-Core Socket
SKU: 300749

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (Two 4GB Memory Modules) 649528755988 - Micro Center
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800) C
SKU: 211334

Micro Center - Computers, Electronics, Computer Parts, Networking, Gaming, Software, and more!
Diamond 7790PE51G AMD Radeon HD 7790 1024MB GDDR5
SKU: 503490

Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD10EALX - OEM WD10EALX - Micro Center
Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
SKU: 212902

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ORDER SUMMARY ?
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Subtotal $414.95
Tax $14.52
Grand Total $429.47
-$20 rebate
-$10 Memory deal.

= ~$400ish total total.

I also suggest buying a 212 Hyper Evo CPU cooler so you can OC that FX CPU. Costs $22 after rebate when you find it on sale.
not on sale this week at microcenter, but for reference:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Universal CPU Cooler RR-212E-20PK-R2 - Micro Center

Very nice deals here. I'll definitely be looking at the processor. Thanks for the heads-up