$700 GAMING RIG

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godsgift2dagame

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I built a new PC on newegg.com and I would like to hear your comments, people!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.176613
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.164899
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106287
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236056
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128387
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126017
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209

TOTAL IS $716.50

Any good?
 
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megamanx00

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I have the same motherboard and it's great. I'm not sure if it supports the 720BE out of the box though as it's going to depend on the BIOS version they shipped yours with. 250GB is a little small now with games taking up 10GB. You should spend a few dollars more there to invest in more HD space since 500GB and 640GB SATA drives are not too much more. For the DVD burner I would say get the retail version as it comes with Nero and extra case screws which are always handy. As for the 4830 I'm not too crazy about the cooler on it, but the Antec 300 case you picked has good ventilation so it should be all right.
 
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vegettonox

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How about a little more power and a little more style.


Try this one on for size.

LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS122-04 - OEM $22.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106287

RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WG Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $41.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156224

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262

ASUS VW192T+ 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236056

ASUS M3A78 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131340

(I did check for you and the motherboard does support the phenom 2 x4 920 processor as of bios version 804 you can look for yourself from this link http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=5pvgDAXJUV2orYzn )

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770

RAIDMAX AURORA 2 RX-600F 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready LED Power Supply - Retail $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152031

Logitech 967973-0403 Black PS/2 Standard Deluxe 250 Desktop - OEM $12.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126017

OCZ Fatal1ty Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2F10664GK - Retail $45.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227364

AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDX920XCGIBOX - Retail $164.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103472

Subtotal: $727.91


10 dollars more but the kicker is....... 50 dollars in mail in rebates


The big points of this build are. a quite substantial boost to processor and video card performance. A (in my opinion, better looking case)

There was really no reason to change anything else in your build. but i would highly highly recommend these core parts rather than your original build. Thanks for reading.


P.S. Remember to build outside of bundles if you can. Several times these are buying gimmicks and you wont end up saving anything in the long run.
 
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That psu you have in your build isn't worth the shipping cost if newegg was giving it away for free. I can't say much for that case either.
 
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vegettonox

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You probably have had bad experience with them. everyone does with certain products doesnt mean the whole line is bad. Ive had several raidmax psus in my systems and they all performed flawlessly. The case i could care less about it was just a midly interesting looking one that didnt cost 130 bucks. Next time instead of turning down someone elses why dont you make a recommendation as well. makes you look less qq.
 
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I'm making an assumption and assuming you primairly want to game on this. If not you can just drop the GPU altogether or something cheap like a 4830.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.172783 Phenom 9600 and Biostar 790GX board $150 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 2x2GB Corsair DDR2 800 $20 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=48&Description=&Type=&N=2010380048&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&OEMMark=0&PropertyCodeValue=679%3A40678&PropertyCodeValue=683%3A20729 1GB 4870 $170 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136152 LG DVD Burner $25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074 WD 320GB AAKS $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817611006 Tuniq 550W $40MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 Antec 300 case $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003 Xigma $27 MIR (AMD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020 Artic MX-2 Thermal Compound $7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009151 Acer 19" Widescreen Monitor $120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126041 Logitech Keyboard and Mouse $25

699 after MIR. No OS, No speakers included. The rest is quality stuff. The 9600 kinda blows for single threaded stuff, but anything thats multithreaded it works great. You'll also have to learn about disabling the TLB patch to get the most out of the CPU.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.165025 Upgrade to the Phenom II 720 for $35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121288 512MB 4870 Save $35.
Double your HD space for $25.
Get your case locally and it'll normally save you 20-30 on shipping.
 
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