$500 Recreational Gaming Rig. Considering Mini-ITX build.

[veganzombie]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ~4 months (Waiting to see MW2 system requirements.)

BUDGET RANGE - ~500 USD.

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming. This will become my gaming rig.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Everything will need to be bought.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com, Frys.com

PARTS PREFERENCES: I am an AMD/ATI lover, though I'm open to switching to Intel/Nvidia. I've been looking pretty hard at the Phenom X2 III 720. Also considering a Radeon 4770/4850 for the video card. I've been taking a look at the Silverstone Sugo SG05 case, and I've been hearing that it's a pretty good case for gaming with, and since I won't be taxing it too hard, it'll save a lot of desktop space and such.

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: Would depend on monitor.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The current PC I'm running for gaming is an AMD 64 X2 4200+ Toledo on a Asus M2AVM mobo, with graphics from an old ATI X1600 Pro. So it's pretty obvious I'm more of a recreational gamer. I'm hoping to build it as a Mini-ITX system, but if there's enough reason not to, I'll go with a Mini-ATX. I've never OCed before, so I'm open to that as well.

 

[Proximon]

I think perhaps you don't really know what mini-ITX is? None of them support an X3 720 I think. Plus you will pay too much.


You want a 780G board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157154

I doubt you'll be able to afford the X3 720 to start. Maybe the X2 250. Hard to say when it's 4 months away.