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DreamGuitar's First Build: MSI Z77A-G45 - Intel Core i5 3570K - AMD HD7950
Components
MSI Z77A-G45 LGA1155 Intel Z77 ATX Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QWI9TY/
Intel Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA1155 77W Quad-Core-Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SZ0E1K/
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 with Boost
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPLI74S/
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 RAM
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085IZRSO/
Western Digital Green 2 TB 3.5" SATA HDD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YAHW6I
Corsair GS600 Non-Modular 600 Watt Power-Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMLKA84
NZXT Phantom 410 Mid Tower
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QQ464C
Already Owned
Hitachi 120GB 2.5" SATA HDD
Hitachi 320GB 3.5" SATA HDD
Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 @ Mac App Store
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion - App Store
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
Microsoft Windows 8 Website
Comments
My selection to buy the MSI motherboard is reasoned by the best value for money. The USB 2.0 Ports are all working, the USB 3.0 Ports are also recognized by OS X but I didn't test them so far, Sata ports are as far as I know all controlled by the Z77-Chipset. At the moment I'm also still using the stock/boxed Intel cooler but I'm thinking about getting another cooling solution for the CPU. I'm also thinking about buying a graphics card for my system as soon as I have the money for it because I also want to use it as a gaming machine in Windows.
Edit #1: I did some editing on the text and the pictures.
Edit #2: new Case, new HDD
DreamGuitar's First Build: MSI Z77A-G45 - Intel Core i5 3570K - AMD HD7950
Components
MSI Z77A-G45 LGA1155 Intel Z77 ATX Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QWI9TY/
Intel Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA1155 77W Quad-Core-Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SZ0E1K/
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 with Boost
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPLI74S/
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 RAM
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085IZRSO/
Western Digital Green 2 TB 3.5" SATA HDD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YAHW6I
Corsair GS600 Non-Modular 600 Watt Power-Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMLKA84
NZXT Phantom 410 Mid Tower
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QQ464C
Already Owned
Hitachi 120GB 2.5" SATA HDD
Hitachi 320GB 3.5" SATA HDD
Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 @ Mac App Store
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion - App Store
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
Microsoft Windows 8 Website
Comments
My selection to buy the MSI motherboard is reasoned by the best value for money. The USB 2.0 Ports are all working, the USB 3.0 Ports are also recognized by OS X but I didn't test them so far, Sata ports are as far as I know all controlled by the Z77-Chipset. At the moment I'm also still using the stock/boxed Intel cooler but I'm thinking about getting another cooling solution for the CPU. I'm also thinking about buying a graphics card for my system as soon as I have the money for it because I also want to use it as a gaming machine in Windows.
Edit #1: I did some editing on the text and the pictures.
Edit #2: new Case, new HDD
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