Recent content by Michael Zhang

Would prefer cards that are readily available from Newegg or Microcenter

I think it only fits single slot cards less than 8 inches in length. Preferrably under 7.5 inches. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112227 Anything better than HD 7750?

As long as it's not MMO, I recommend Deathadder.

I'm not sure but I don't think an SSD improves performance enough to be worth it over spending the money on a better graphics card.

If you wanted to use it for gaming you could get an Athlon II x4 ($65) and a Radeon HD 7770 ($70) together for the same price and it would perform much better.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1lIGF This build is $65 cheaper and should be faster. Use an AMD A Series processor if you're not getting a discrete GPU Edit: If you have to use Intel you can do this. That's a pretty good deal for an HD7770 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1lINO

How about this power supply instead? http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m is 500 watts enough

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1lHNu Does this look okay or is one component going to bottleneck the others? If so, what do you suggest I get instead? I originally wanted to get an AMD FX 6300 processor but had to go with an intel one since they don't make AM3+ mITX boards. If someone could...