Recent Build

I have built several computers since I became interested in technology. I was surprised when a friend asked me to build him a computer. I was even more surprised when he said we had a $1000 budget for parts. Well, here is what I came up with.

These parts....

ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4170FRGUBOX

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9G 

 HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

XFX Double D HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

osewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader 

Rosewill RNX-N300 IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless-N 2.0 PCI

stuffed into this case....

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

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