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Hey guys, I need a new system for my brother who wants to play modern games like crysis, battlefield 2 and 3 when that comes out. However we have a limit of $500. So, i looked around on newegg and chose parts. Could someone look and see if they all are compatible and work well together (no bottlenecks)?
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103921
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145328
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161372
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148763
MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157204
CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121120
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817165024

That all adds up to $522, which is just under the limit. However , I'm not sure about the HDD - its really cheap, but will it perform well? He doesn't need more than 80 GB or so, thus the capacity of 120GB is more than enough. Does the mobo fit the cpu? And will the cpu bottleneck the gpu? Thanks in advance.
 
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jerreddredd
Killer Budget AMD Gamer with Modular PSU and free game "Dirt3"

APEX Vortex 3620 SGCC / ABS ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154098
Item #: N82E16811154098
-$20.00 Instant
$54.99
$34.99

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
Item #: N82E16817371016
-$25.00 Instant
$79.99
$54.99

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104221
Item #: N82E16820104221
-$15.00 Instant
$47.99
$32.99

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i would not go with nvidea chipset as they do not even make them now.
mobo, this will be good
ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176 60$

nice choice for putting bucks on gfx horse power, but you are going bad with the psu, go for an antec 500w power supply and downgrade the gpu to a hd 6870.

and is that hdd enough for you, go with the wd caviar blue 500gb which is arround 40

and hd6870, go with the sapphire one which is 174$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948
 
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Killer Budget AMD Gamer with Modular PSU and free game "Dirt3"

APEX Vortex 3620 SGCC / ABS ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154098
Item #: N82E16811154098
-$20.00 Instant
$54.99
$34.99

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
Item #: N82E16817371016
-$25.00 Instant
$79.99
$54.99

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104221
Item #: N82E16820104221
-$15.00 Instant
$47.99
$32.99

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
Item #: N82E16819103808
$119.99

HDD/DVD Combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.679783
Seagate Barracuda ST3500413AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822148701
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Item #: N82E16827135204
-$6.50 Combo
$59.98
$53.48

MB/GPU Combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.665341
SAPPHIRE 100314-2SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP CrossFireX Video Card with Eyefinity
Item #: N82E16814102913

BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813138179
-$15.00 Instant
-$10.00 Combo
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$244.98
$219.98

SAPPHIRE Gift - Dirt3 Game Coupon / Voucher
Item #: N82E16800102004
-$49.99 Saving
$49.99
$0.00
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$516.42 + $13.27 Shipping
 
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You are godsent, this build looks awesome.
 
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Yes, but your MOBO, PSU, and CPU are somewhat outdated/low quality. If you scale down the 6950 to a 6870, you will get the same, if not better results on games, since everything else is good quality. That PSU would probably explode after a couple weeks, and jerred's build looks REALLY solid. I'm going to use that since I've been looking to build a new budger PC too!
 
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The BP 550 Plus is a dated PSU, it is less efficient, and may have less 12 volt Amps than current ones. It is not low quality or likely to explode. It is modular.
I would look elsewhere at $55 though.
 
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The BP550 is a solid buy. The BP550 has 3 x 12v rails which are rated at 444 Watts total which will power a GTX 480 or 580 overclocked. how much more would he need. Its 80+ rate at 85% inefficiency

edited a typo
 
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