[Locked] New Build

Recently my computer of five years "blew up", so I am shopping for some parts for a new one. I already gotten two different builds picked out and ready to buy but..... I dont know what to get.

The first build contains a

FX 4100-unlocked Black Edition
Asrock 970 Extreme 3
720 Watt PSU
32gb SSD
AMD HD 6770 1gb DDR5 pci 2.0

For the second build everything is the same except for two things they are being replaced by a

Phenom II X6 1100T-unlocked Black Edition
Biostar TA990FXE AMD+ ATX

But the only problem is that I cant afford th 32gb SSD. So I'm asking would it be worth it to wait to buy the SSD or to go ahead and buy the first build. Or just scratch the SSD from the first build and get a AMD FX 6100-unlocked Black Edition

IMO scrap the SSD and go for dat Phenom II, if that is an option, Bulldozer...sigh

1) You do realize that among high-end CPUs Intel is right now so much better than AMD that it's not even funny? Bulldozer was all in all a disappointment for the gaming community (for servers it's a different story, but you're not building a server).

2) Why would you buy that stupid 750W piece of shit? Since all you wrote was wattage, I assume you're thinking about buying a "bargain" model... Go ahead if you want to fry your whole system, otherwise read these:

https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?p=2819934#2819934
https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?p=2390589#2390589

Bottom line: Just get a lower wattage, but reliable PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

450W tends to be enough for anything, but if you must insist on whatever reason for a high wattage one, at least buy a reliable one like the ones I listed. There's a reason they start to cost almost a $100 as it's not that easy to deliver that much power. Those $30 models? At best they can deliver 1/2 of what's on the sticker.

^that, though often the reason for building an AMD personal computer is often because of cost. I want to know, are you forced to go for that build, is it like a package sold on Newegg or Tiger Direct? Because honestly the difference of taking out the SSD could enable you to go for a Sandy Bridge. I would rather choose my own parts to put in my computer, unless the DIY build given on Newegg is absolutely perfect to what I want.

In other words, if you want to stick to AMD, go ahead, just lose that PSU and go for a much more reliable one. SSDs are much too expensive for the supposed benefit they give, so I would just go for a regular 1TB HDD. And if you are gonna get AMD...lose the Bulldozer. Stick to Phenom II. Best case scenario would be to go Intel, and since it doesn't look like you are looking for super high performance, you could save some money by getting the i5 2500 rather than the 'K' version.

https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=60708#1896889

Well for the PSU I just read for the minimum power wattage for the graphics card was 620 I think, so I wanted to be sure I got the right parts for it. Also for the amd I am getting $40 off for the motherboard and I saw some of the motherboards for intell were pretty damn expensive and I only have $500 to work with. But if Intell is the best way to go what are some parts I could get? I absolutely need a new Motherboard so I need a new Cpu, also I need a new Psu and case as well. I wanted to get a Cpu fan and some Arctic silver thermal compound. I have a Amd HD 4550 DDR3 already but I also wanted to get a new graphics card too but its not a need to have, but I do want to play some new games that are comming out but I dont know if it can handle it.

p.s. I already have a 1tb hard drive

I have a Phenom II 1090, and I've been very impressed with its performance. God knows I probably haven't actually used more than two cores, but it's a 3.4GHz processor per core, which is a nice speed. I kept wanting to go i5, but the AMD prices kept me coming back. I'm a sucker, I know. That said, if you go AMD/ATI it (seems) that the components work better together than when I mixed an AMD processor with GeForce graphics. Maybe the same goes for GF and Intel, but I doubt it.

Other than that, as posters above stated, don't go bargain brand PSU's. Get something decent. Nothing messes up a computer more than when a PSU goes bad. (Bought a coolmax "GREEN POWER" PSU. NEVER AGAIN.)

Also, I recommend Thermaltake cases. Lots of fan holes for lots of fans.

Thats the case I first looked at, I was set on it at the start

The story about Intel/ATI cards not working well together is pure unadulterated bullshit. Frankly it doesn't matter whether you combine Intel/AMD with ATI or Nvidia they all work fine.

...as for the "minimum wattage": that's also bullshit. Since ppl keep buying shit tier PSUs which deliver about 1/2 of their nominal wattage, graphic card manufacturers have taken to grossly overstating the specs by a factor of two to compensate.

use a 500 gb hard disk is better than just 64 and you can store more data
it isnt as quick as a ssd but its fast enough for your specifications