I'm beginning a new build with the GA-970A-D3. Have you any good advice for me?

[soarwitheagles]

Well, I suppose the subject in my title says it all:

I'm beginning a new build with the GA-970A-D3.  Have you any good advice for me before I assemble this new system??

Just wondering if anyone here has used this specific MB, and if yes, have you any good advice before I assemble this new system...

Here's my proposed new build:

AMD 1055T
GA-970A-D3 Motherboard
Corsair CX 600 PSU or Corsair TX 750 [which do you recommend and why]?
OCZ DDR3 RAM 1600 8GB
ASUS DVD Burner
R7770 or GTX 650 [which do you recommend and why]?
Patriot Pyro SE 120GB SSD SATA III

Thank you,

Soar

[autotech]

The psu is either or whichever suits you. The 750 is better if you plan on ever upgrading to crossfire and need a stronger 12v rail but the builder series i actually have one built and ready to go using the 500 builder series and it works great with the 3850 i put in it and since it will never use crossfire it was all i needed.

My thought is i bought the 500 for about 45. after rebate and it wasnt 2 months later i could of bought the 600 for the same price after rebate. If you have the time keep your eyes open for the rebates.

[soarwitheagles]

The psu is either or whichever suits you. The 750 is better if you plan on ever upgrading to crossfire and need a stronger 12v rail but the builder series i actually have one built and ready to go using the 500 builder series and it works great with the 3850 i put in it and since it will never use crossfire it was all i needed.

My thought is i bought the 500 for about 45. after rebate and it wasnt 2 months later i could of bought the 600 for the same price after rebate. If you have the time keep your eyes open for the rebates.

AT,

Thanks for the reply!

Well, I already have both power supplies [Corsair CX 600 PSU and Corsair TX 750].  I am trying to decide which one to use.

I think I will take your good advice and use the Corsair CX 600 because the rig should not need anything more than that.

I did find a good deal on both these PSU's over the last few months:

Corsair CX 600 - $29 AMIR

Corsair TX 750 - $39 AMIR

Great deals when they were on sale!

Thanks again for some excellent input!

Gosh, no one here at this forum that is using the Gigabyte GA-970A-D3...that is not a good sign!

Well, the good news is that there are a lot of good reviews at New Egg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521&Tpk=Gigabyte%20GA-970A-D3

Amazon's reviews were even better!

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-970A-D3-AM3-SATA-Motherboard/product-reviews/B0056G10WK/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Is there anyone here at Gigabyte Forums that has this specific mobo and would like to comment on it?

Soar

[autotech]

You are most welcome just wish i could be more help on the other.  Will upload info you are looking for so u know what time it is tomorrow night.

As for the card they are really close spec wise but since you are using amd chip id go with the 7770 a little slower clock on ram but only 400mghtz off and it has 640 stream processor and i have always found amd video cards work better with amd processor before they ever came out with the code name dragon and so forth i was already building them that way either or you wont suffer. Both are 128 bit and that is what matters most i only use at the least 256 bit cards .