$500 Budget Phenom BF3/SC2 Build

[samuelspark]

Approximate Purchase Date: In about a month

Budget Range: $500 After Rebates (but not like $100 in rebates)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (BF3,SC2), Watching SC2 commentaries on Youtube

Parts Not Required: Keyboard (standard), mouse ($20 logitech mouse) , monitor 23 inch LG , Windows 7 Ultimate woot woot , recycling the DVD drive from my old emachines once I figure out how to remove it.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: microcenter, newegg, amazon

Country of Origin: United States of America

Parts Preferences: minimum 1 TB HDD , nVidia GPU since BF3 seems to be a nVidia fann

Overclocking: Yes , unlock to 4 cores and OC to 3.8 GHz

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe , only if I get desperate

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I want a quiet PC with a upgrade path.

Phenom II x2 560 ($47.99)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0347369

Asus M5A97 EVO AM3+ ATX AMD ($119.99)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0366622

Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 1.5TB SATA 6.0 GB/s 7,200 RPM ($49.99) ($59.99 w/o MIR)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0366709

ADATA 8GB DDR3-1333 MHz ($39.99)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0361035

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w PSU ($49.99) ($74.99 w/o MIR)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301547

Sentey Extreme Division GS-6000R ($59.99)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0357141

Gigabyte GTX 460 Overclocked ($99.99) ($129.99 w/o MIR)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0343140

Cooler Master Aftermarket CPU Cooler Hyper 212+ ($27.99)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0315397

TOTAL = $496.92 ($65 rebate) ($595.32 with tax, before rebates at Microcenter)

I just wanted check with my wise Tommy buddies. Is there anything I can do to improve this build? Also, would this be easy for a first time computer builder to make? I have some basic experience like installing the RAM, changing the CPU, adding in a GPU. The only thing I'm worried about is cables. I don't know which will go into which and which ones you need and which ones you don't. Any help is appreciated thanks guys.

***EDIT**** I just switched out the 1600 mhz for 1333 mhz and got a Hyper 212+ instead of 101. Can I just overclock the 1333 to 1600?

 

[samuelspark]

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