Build advice ($800 budget)

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So my current desktop is running on its last legs so I was hoping to get a new build and giving the old pc to someone else

Parts I was looking at

Mobo: ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX $130
Proc: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb $170
Ram: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800 $86
Video Card: XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 1GB $125

Which leaves me some money to work with regarding power supply, harddrive and case which I still need.

I'm open for suggestions it has been a while since I have built a computer and I havne't kept up with hardware at all. So if you have better builds that fit my price range or cheaper feel free to tell me. Or if I need to wait a couple weeks for better/cheaper parts.


Here are the answers to the sticky questions

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
gaming, CAD, matlab/mathematica
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
~$800 and I would like to include shipping/tax in that price
3) Where do you live?
States
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Full Build
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
mouse/keyboard/backup hard drives; pretty much need the full build
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Monitor: 22" 1680x1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Don't really need extra features though more than one pci slot would be nice
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
planning on using windows 7 RC upgrade to Windows 7 later on/ nix

 
 
Thanks for the replies I forgot to mention that I had DVD drives. Is it reasonable to buy power supplies by companies like antec now? Last time I built a computer that was a no no.

Also that motherboard says that 1600 ddr3 is oc does that mean I need to do extra work to make the ram compatible?
 
No, it will downclock itself, but if you want to overclock, you ram could be taken to the limit of the board.

Recomended power supplies, yes. All antec PS, NO.
 
Bull -- Antec's Earthwatts and the New TruePower series actually have good PSUs.

Avoid any Antec PSU that comes from the Basiq line or is not 80 Plus certified, and you'll be fine. Conversely, you could also check out Seasonic, Silverstone, Corsair, or Enermax for other quality PSUs.
 
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