Joe Whinery's BuildOrBuy - AMD FX 6300 Build Spec Recommendation

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If I were going to build a system today, I would use:

Joe Whinery's List of Excel Spread Sheet - PC Build Specs: (Compare Prior Build Specs).

AMD FX 6300 Build Specification Recommendation

Please Note: Due to the current short life cycles of Chip Sets and GPUs (from 3 to 6 months), Motherboards and Graphics cards are going obsolete quicker than I can evaluate the new crop. The same thing is happening to DVD-RW drives. Therefore, don't be surprised if your supplier suggests a different part number for some recommended device. Check the specs and it they are the same or very similar, run with it.

Item prices are for reference only and were in effect on the day of publication. 06/13/2013

			By Joe Whinery		6/13/2013		Directron	NewEgg
		If I were going to build a system today, I would use:

	Change	Item	Brand	Model		Approx


1		Case	Rosewill	Challenger-U3			Amazon	NewEgg

2		Case P/S	CoolMax	ZU 700B - 140mm		$70.00	Directron	NewEgg
3		BD Writer	LG	WH14NS40		$68.00	Directron	NewEgg
4		DVD+-RW	Lenova	DRW-24B1ST/BLS/B/AS		$15.00	Directron
5		CPU - AMD FX	FX 6300	FD6300WMHKBOX		$118.00	Directron	NewEgg
6		Fan	Included with Retail Box CPU
7		Hard Drive	Seagate	ST500DM002 6GbS		$57.00	Directron	Amazon
8		Hard Drive	WDC	WD5000AAKX 6GbS Blue		$56.00	Directron	NewEgg
9		Keyboard	Logitech	MK550		$65.00	Directron	NewEgg

10		Memory 8GB	DDR3 1600
			Mushkin	997043 PC-12800		$70.00	Directron	NewEgg
11		Monitor	Monitor Personal preference, Check stores locally.				Directron	NewEgg
12
	A	MotherBoard -->	ASUS -->	M5A99FX-PRO-R2.0		$140.00	Directron	NewEgg
	B		Gigabyte	GA-970A-UD3	$114.99		Amazon	NewEgg

	C			GA-990FXA-UD5	$189.99		Amazon	NewEgg

13		Mouse	Logitech	Included in Wireless Desktop

14		Operating Sys	Windows 7 x64	Professional OEM		$139.99	Directron	NewEgg
15				Home Premium OEM	$90.00		Directron	NewEgg
16	A	Speakers	Cyber Acoustics	CA-3001RB		$18.95	Directron	NewEgg
	B		Altec Lansing	VS2621	$36.99		Directron	Amazon
17	A	Graphics	ASUS	ENGTX550-Ti DC/DI/1GD5		$130.00	Directron	NewEgg
	B			GTX650-TI-O-1GD5	139.99		Directron	NewEgg


		Total				$1,007.94

18		Mobile Rack	Kingwin	HD-KF-813-BK		$23.99	Directron	Amazon
19	A	Backup Software	Easeus TODO	Backup Free V2.5.1		Free
	B		Macrium Reflect	Reflect Free		Free
			Netgear	WNDR3400-100NAS		$70.00	Directron	NewEgg
		Total
20		Front USB 3.0	Biostar	USB 3.0 Cable Bracket	$19.99		Amazon	NewEgg
21		Cable Extender	NZXT	CB-8P	$4.99		Directron	Amazon

22		Better Keyboard
		www4.dealtime.com/xPO-Logitech-MX3200-Cordless-Laser-Desktop for keyboard

Note: AMD Eyefinity support requires monitor #3 must support DisplayPort.

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