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after 3 days of researchl lurking the pc forums and reading reviews i think i have what i want.

XION Solaris XON-403 Black with Green LED Light Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 54.98$

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard 59.99$

A-DATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600GB2G9-AG 98.99$

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model ADX620WFGIBOX 99.00$

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive 54.99$

LG DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model GH24NS50 24.99$

XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply combo deal 154.98$

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders 104.99$

 

new total 652.91$

Been shaving off things here and there as i need a monitor (23in asus for 169$ at best buy) mouse and keybored lol

But over all how does this look?



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Better than what i have.



@gurlesletch will i be okay with this build in your opinion? playing ME ME2 WoW and the likes?





From what I see, everything looks fine, and that'd be a really decent gaming rig. I'm not really a fan of AMD myself, but still, that's a great processor, especially for the price. The graphics card will do you great for a long time to be honest, and it's nice that you get a new PSU with it, lol.

You know what, enough of me talking anyways, that's a pretty good PC you'll have there, so I say go for it!



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I bought the same processor. It's really not the fastest out there, but it's very good for the price.

I bought a slightly more expensive case (90€ - would translate to around $90) and I am VERY happy with it. Toolless operation of just about everything, great thing to have, and easy to mount and remove HDD slots mounted sideways for better access. Also very cold (too cold, I can't have it next to me because I get cooled down by the fans...).

I'm pretty sure the graphics card won't be powerful enough in a year or two, but for now I think it will do. As long as you are not planning to play any of the most demanding games at high settings. Myself I went for the XFX HD4890, but then again that cost almost twice as much as yours back then. I'd buy the HD 5000 series today. Cooler and smaller, and supports DX11. But as I said, that would cost you a pretty penny.

I have the exact same harddrive as my system drive. It fits all of my steam games, and a couple of my retail games. So that's great. It's great value for money.



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Can you stretch to an HD5770? That'd give you a pretty decent performance boost and it would support DX11.



If you were to get a new case, I'd suggets something in this vein:
http://www.3dgameman.com/reviews/1126/cooler-master-690-ii-advanced-case

It would be $30 or so more, but I would personally think it worth it, if only for the easy installation and removal of Harddrive disks. Really, check it out.



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Killergran said:
If you were to get a new case, I'd suggets something in this vein:
http://www.3dgameman.com/reviews/1126/cooler-master-690-ii-advanced-case

It would be $30 or so more, but I would personally think it worth it, if only for the easy installation and removal of Harddrive disks. Really, check it out.

lol that case is amazing but i hate blue and i dont have 100$ to burn on it :/ which sucks >;[



keywe666 said:

lol that case is amazing but i hate blue and i dont have 100$ to burn on it :/ which sucks >;[

That's really sad, because it's a great case that you could use for years and years and years. Most likely anyway, who knows what new standards will come in the future. But as long as those standards are there, that case would serve you well.



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