good setup?

[Dimmy]

LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model GH22LS30 - OEM - $25

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $75

Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V Power Supply- $40.99

OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR10664GK - Retail $78.99

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ASUS M3N72-D AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
AMD Phenom 8750 Toliman 2.4GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Triple-Core Black Edition Processor Model HD875ZWCGHBOX - Retail - $219

i wanna play games and be able to play hd movies i figured this seemed like it can do it and its under $500
this was off of newegg

 

[Dangman]

Not a good setup for two reasons:
- Piss poor PSU
- Expensive RAM that does not provide a single ounce of performance increase over $40 4GB DDR2 800 RAM sets. So I recommend getting this RAM set instead:
G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM - $40

Before I recommend a new PSU, what video card will be you using? Is that video card part of the $500 budget?

 

[Dimmy]

it said there was onboard video (geforce 8) and looked like was an vga adapter that plugs on the board from the pictures in the accessories picture with the cables

can someone verify that? i was about to order this stuff, and the powersupply i dont want to send to much money on what would you reccomend?

 

[Dangman]

Ooops, my bad. Thought that HDMI port was a eSATA port. Anyway yeah it does have onboard video. Hope you have very low expectations when it comes to PC gaming on that onboard video.

Ok I recommend this alternative setup:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 CPU - $83
MSI Neo3-F Intel P43 Motherboard - $85
G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM - $40
XFX PVT96OSDFH 9600GSO 768MB PCI-E Video Card - $78
Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $75
Samsung SH-222F 22X DVD±R SATA DVD Burner - $25
BFG Tech LS-550 550W PSU - $67
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Total: $446 plus tax and shipping.

It's just $13 more than the AMD setup you chose but you will get VASTLY and SIGNIFICANTLY superior gaming ability with my setup than with the onboard video of that AMD setup. In addition, you get a significantly better quality PSU than the shit Thermaltake PSU.

 

[engiNURD]

... It's just $13 more than the AMD setup you chose but you will get VASTLY and SIGNIFICANTLY superior gaming ability with my setup than with the onboard video of that AMD setup. In addition, you get a significantly better quality PSU than the shit Thermaltake PSU.

Indeed. I agree, completely.