Building my first gaming pc

toptyler

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I'm finally going to try and build my very own gaming pc but first i need to ask some questions and need a little guide. First off, I'm planning on selling my current desktop (just a Dell Inspiron 560) and my PS3 with it's accessory's, and because I'm 17 with no job(working on getting one :D) this is my only way to make money. How much should I be selling my current desktop for? And for my PS3 I know I can get a good $350-$400 for it. If I sell both of these would I be able to afford a good gaming pc that can run games like Diablo 3 and Crysis 3? Diablo 3 and Elder scrolls online are 2 main games I would be playing (along with WoW I guess but hell I can run WoW on this thing) and I would like to be able to play them on a high setting.

Well now to the pc, what should I be buying, I'm somewhat familiar with pc's but if you started naming a bunch of things off to me I can get lost very fast. I also am not sure if it would be easy to put together, because I really don't want to mess things up. Don't want to get to far into it because I don't even have the money yet, I just would like to know if this is going to be possible or not.
 

redheat2010

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KTLJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KTLJ/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KTLJ/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($91.80 @ Compuvest)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($175.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer ($25.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $633.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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