Planning on buying new Gaming PC need help from the Chartz

[ph4nt]

Ok,

If your budget is $800 i'd suggest ditching the 4890 and going for a 4870. Still a very powerful card, but the 4890 is overkill for what you are trying to do.

I'd also suggest an intel core2duo e8400 or e8500 seen here.

e8500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036
e8400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

keep in mind you need to get an intel compatable MOBO if you switch to these, make sure it has at least 2 PCIe x16 slots.

your RAM is perfect, 4 gigs is plenty for anything right now.

overheating will never be a problem unless you overclock all of your stuff, so you are fine in that respect.

I don't see any problems with the DVD dive or hard drive, really nothing too different for those.

I would personally go to a 500w PSU, just for insurance and incase you want to upgrade to something that eats up a lot more juice in the future.


Now when it comes to actually building your machine, if you have never done it before you have to make sure you have a manual, when i buy all my parts from newegg they automatically ship one with it, i'm not sure about the site you are on.

Basically putting it together is a lot like matching the right shaped thing to the right shaped hole, there is a lot of crap to connect and it could be a little overwhelming to someone who has never done it before, but it is not impossible, most of the stuff is pretty simple to figure out, or it's very obvious where to put it.

Keep in mind you also have to buy your operating system (not sure if you already have one).