My PC Overview (With Links & Pictures)

This is a post dedicated to the haul of components for my custom PC build (2011) after a hard drive failure.

Current Specs:

• Windows 7 SP1, AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 GHz, 16GB RAM @ 1333 MHz, SanDisk 128GB SSD (OS & Games Only), Western Digital 1TB HDD (All Other Files)
  

The products purchased by me for my current PC build (including accessories) are:

• ASUS M5A97 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS - $95 (Currently Discontinued) (Newegg)
  
• NZXT Crafted Series Tempest 410 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $60 (Newegg)
  
• Acer S231HLbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI LED-Backlight LCD monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1) - $140 (Newegg)
  
• Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset - $45 (Newegg)
  
• SanDisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-128G-G25 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for Notebook - $100 (Newegg)
  
• Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - OEM - $75 (Newegg)
  
• Logitech C615 HD WebCam - $60 (Newegg)
  
• Logitech M510 Black 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Mouse - $35 (Newegg)
  
• Microsoft ANB-00001 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Slim Keyboard 600 - $15 (Newegg)
  
• Gamestop Xbox 360 Controller (Wired) (Black) - $25 (Gamestop)

Products not mentioned including my RAM, video card, and CPU were gifts from my boyfriend. Those products can be found on Newegg as well.

• Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-R695D5-2GD-B Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (discontinued)
  
• RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-16GBXL
  
• CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

Overall, my system has handled every game I've played on the highest settings like a boss. Games I've played include:

• The Sims 3 (Origin)
• Portal & Portal 2 (Steam)
• Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (Steam)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Steam)
• Darkspore (Steam)
• Darksiders (Steam)

The only upgrade in the near future is a new motherboard so I can take full advantage of the USB 3.0 port in the front of my case. This is the motherboard I'm thinking about getting:

• ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard with 3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support and UEFI BIOS - $220 (Newegg)

Overall I'm very happy with my PC build and upgrades. In the future I hope to take advantage of all the newest graphic cards and CPUs to make my gaming experience as awesome as possible.

Until next time friends, peace, love, and green tea <3

~ Domo ~