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I've recently discovered PC gaming (been on a Mac since I was 12... I know) and decided to get into it. I know building your own is the cheapest/best way to go about obtaining your own rig, but I don't really know much about doing so. I went to a system build site and *this* is what I got (I pretty much just googled what was good in each category). There's no OS choice on there because I get a student discount on Win 7 Professional so I'll be buying my OS straight from Microsoft.

I guess my main questions are: Will this run most games at good settings? Is it overkill (I like games like Dragon Age, Kingdoms of Amalur, Skyrim, KOTOR, etc)? Is everything compatible? Will it last at least a couple years? My budgets ~1800 so if you have any suggestions for swapping out parts please keep that in mind.

Thanks!
 
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Everything is really well balanced, but a 850W psu is overkill for the rig. If you want modular, go for the HX650W or Seasonic and Antec have a few good modular psu as well, you may want to check that out. The money you save on a cheaper psu can be used for a higher end card such as a 570/6970 OR even a 7950. BTW, I don't see any hdd. You're not getting one?
 
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I took your advice and downgraded the PSU to HX650 and upped the card to a 6970.

Should I get an HDD in addition to the SSD I already have? I didn't know I could even do that. Would I still get the speed of an SSD?
 
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Thats build looks good but heres a few changes i would make. The cpu cooler is over kill you can $50 by gettings they hyper 212. It is just as good for $27.

The RAM is fine but if you want something just as good that matches the board. Take a look at the kingston hyper x. I got the asus pro-v board and it looks great.

The psu is over kill for two 560's. I would grab a 750w. You dont need 850 unless your going to sli two 570's.

You can also save a few bucks by getting a lite-on dvd writer. There only about $20.

Other than that it looks great.
 
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You can set your SSD as the boot drive/OS drive so that the system will become more responsive and applications will load faster and you can set the HDD as a storage drive for other files(audio, video, etc..).

I am a big fan of the D14 although not many people like it. Maybe if it's too big or pricey, you can get a thermaltake frio which is almost as a D14 but is around $50. I do agree with your choice to go for the D14 anyway, since it'll give you plenty of headroom for overclocking and still keeps your cpu temps well within reasonable range
 
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The best way to go about doing it, is just get you SSD for windows and a few games/apllications you use the most. Then store the rest of them on an HDD. Like i got skyrim, bf3 and assassins creed on my SSD, because they all have decent load times and there the main games i play. When im dont playing ill just move them to my HDD.

If i were you i would pick up a crucial m4. You get 128gb for $175 and there one of the best names in SSD's. Theres really no need to get anything bigger because most games dont really take advantage of a SSD. Skyrim does because of all the loading screens, but other games dont because you get a loading screen then you play a level, then dont see another until its time to move on. It would make more sense to grab the crucial, which would give you room for almost 20 games alont with your OS. Then grab a 1tb or 500gb HDD like seagate or western digital for everything else and the games that really dont need to be on an SSD.

It would save you some money and you could use that money to probably grab yourself a better graphics card.
 
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