Advice on remaining components?

dgod26

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I'm trying to build a good gaming system, I already have a Intel D945GNT Mobo and a Pentium D 820 CPU. I need advice on remaining components ( HD, RAM, video card etc.) i looking to play mostly sports and RTS games. Im on a $550 budget!!!!
 
2GB of ram - $160
7900GT video card - $230 AR
Hard drive 200GB SATA - $100
$60 for peripherals

 
Intel board? so I guess no OC'ing...

HDD: WD2500KS - $80
RAM: OCZ Gold 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667 OCZ26671024ELDCGE-K - $85 after $15MIR
VidCard: eVGA GF 7600GT KO 256MB - $140 after $30MIR
Case: Antec Sonata II w/450W SmartPower PSU - $115
Total: $420

You could spend that extra money on a better video card or more RAM ($160 for 2GB):
XFX PV-T71G-UDF7 GeForce 7900 GT (470MHz) 256MB - $240 after $30MIR

*This was all priced at newegg.com
 
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