BuildOrBuy - AMD FX Bulldozer Build Specification Recommendation

BuildOrBuy Group Network
[ www.buildorbuy.org | www.buildorbuy.net ]

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 Bulldozer 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. 10/12/2011

			By Joe Whinery		1/04/2012		Directron	NewEgg
		If I were going to build a system today, I would use:

	Change	Item	Brand	Model		Approx

1	x	Case	-->	Ranger<--		$69.99	Amazon	NewEgg
			Rosewill	Challenger-U3			Amazon	NewEgg
				Future			Amazon	NewEgg
2		Case P/S	CoolMax	CU 700B		$60.00	Directron	NewEgg
3		BD Writer	LG	WH12LS30		$90.00	Directron	NewEgg
4		DVD+-RW	ASUS	DRW-24B1ST/BLS/B/AS		$20.99	Directron	NewEgg
5	x	CPU - AMD FX	FX 8150	FD8150FRGUBOX	$269.99		Amazon	NewEgg
			FX 8120	FD8120FRGUBOX			Amazon	NewEgg
			FX 6100	FD6100WMGUSBX		$159.99	Amazon	NewEgg
			FX 4100	FD4100WMGUSBX			Amazon	NewEgg
		AMD Phenom II	X6 1100	HDE00ZFBGRBOX			Amazon	NewEgg
			X6 1090	HDT90ZFBGRBOX			Amazon	NewEgg
6		Fan	Included with Retail Box CPU
7		Hard Drive	Seagate	ST3500413AS 6GbS	$42.00	$89.99	Directron	Amazon
8		Hard Drive		ST500DM002 6GbS	$42.00	$89.99	Directron	Amazon
9	A	Keyboard	Logitech	EX-100 920-000879		$24.99	Directron	NewEgg
	B		Microsoft	Digital Media Keyboard 3000	$19.99		Amazon	NewEgg
10		Memory 4GB	Corsair DDR3 1600	CMX4GX3M2A1600C9	$30.00		Directron	NewEgg
11		Memory 8GB		CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9	$47.00		Directron	NewEgg
+	x	Memory 16GB	>	CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9<		$104.00	Amazon	NewEgg
		Memory 32GB		CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10	$249.99		Amazon	NewEgg
		Memory 8GB	DDR3 1866	CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9R	$79.99		Amazon	NewEgg
		Memory 16GB		CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R	$159.99		Provantage	NewEgg
		Memory 32GB		CMZ32GX3M4X1866C10	$527.65		Amazon	NewEgg
12		Monitor	Monitor Personal preference, Check stores locally.				Directron	NewEgg
13	A		ASUS	M5A97 EVO	$116.00		Directron	Amazon
	B	MotherBoard -->	-->	M5A99X EVO<--		$144.99	Directron	NewEgg
	C		Gigabyte	GA-970A-UD3	$114.99		Amazon	NewEgg
	D			GA-990FXA-UD3	$149.99		Amazon	NewEgg
	E			GA-990FXA-UD5	$189.99		Amazon	NewEgg
	F			GA-990FXA-UD7	$234.99		Amazon	NewEgg
14	A	Mouse	Logitech	Included in Wireless Desktop
	B		Microsoft	Comfort Optical Mouse 3000	$8.75		Directron	Amazon
15		Operating Sys	Windows 7 x64	Professional OEM		$138.99	Directron	NewEgg
16				Home Premium OEM	$90.00		Directron	NewEgg
17	A	Speakers	Cyber Acoustics	CA-3001RB		$17.99	Directron	NewEgg
	B		Altec Lansing	VS2621	$36.99		Directron	Amazon
18	x	Graphics	ASUS	ENGTX550-Ti DC/DI/1GD5		$130.00	Amazon	NewEgg
			Sapphire	100315L Radeon HD 6850	$149.99		Amazon	NewEgg
			ASUS	EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5	$187.49		SuperBiiz	NewEgg
			ASUS	EAH6950 DCII/2DI4S/2GD5	$287.99		SuperBiiz	NewEgg
		Total				$1141.91

19	HD_	Mobile Rack	Kingwin	HD-KF-813-BK		$23.99	Directron	Amazon
20	x	Backup Software	Easeus TODO	Backup Free V2.5.1		Free
			Acronis	True Image Home	Code: UGNL1211		UGR Special
		Total
21	x	Front USB 3.0	Biostar	USB 3.0 Cable Bracket	$19.99		Amazon	NewEgg
23	x	Cable Extender	NZXT	CB-8P	$4.99		Directron	Amazon

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

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

Additional PC Build Considerations & Information: