Mid-Level Rig

[BlackwaterMerk]

what would be a good mobo to go with this processor i was looking at?

Phenom II Black Edition
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGIBOX

 

[Trotter]

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

 

[BlackwaterMerk]

is this a good deal?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Intel&#...ndle/9635499.p?id=1218135439827&skuId=9635499

 

[Trotter]

Link doesn't work, but I found the one you were talking about.

Nope. Here's the parts on NewEgg, total = $325.

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I5750

Newegg.com - Intel BOXDP55WG LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

[BlackwaterMerk]

thankyou trotter. So I found my old dual core rig at my parents house so now I dont have to buy a case or cd drive. Today im going to fry's and buying my cpu, next week ill get a mobo.

and then after that its just a new hd, gpu, and ram

 

[BlackwaterMerk]

UPDATE
I was able to make a Win 7 Professional x64 usb bootdrive, so theres $300 less I need to spend "Yay!!!"

With the money im saving on my OS I think im gonna get this sick case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=limited_edition_amd-_-11-119-212-_-Product

 

[BlackwaterMerk]

will this ram work with this mobo? it says it supports DDR3 1866(OC)/1333/1066

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

the speed on the ram is 1600

NVM I found the same ram at 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274