Need Some Insight on General Use/Casual Gaming Pc Build *Details Inside*

threeDguru

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc

General Web browsing and World of Warcraft

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?

$600 shipping included

3) Where do you live?

Texas

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.

Case / Mobo / CPU / Ram / GPU / HDD / Power Supply

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.

Sony DVDRW Drive IDE

6) Will you be overclocking?

No

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?

19-23' Widescreen

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

Next 2 weeks

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.

Nothing Specific

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?

Windows XP Professional
 
CPU/MOBO - AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9Ghz + Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H both for $164.98 ($15 MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.335013

RAM - G. Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3 1600 for $104.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274

CASE - Coolermaster Elite 335 for $49.99 ($10 MIR) w/free shipping
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view

HDD - Seagate Barracuda 500GB for $54.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

PSU - Corsair 400CX for $54.99 ($15 MIR) w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

VIDEO CARD - XFX Radeon HD 5770 for $159.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462

Total: $589.93 + $7.87(shipping) = $597.80 ($40 total in MIR)
 
^ i agree with that,
5770 is a great card, or even a gtx 260
how about a CM storm scout :)
Is DDr3 1600 necessary - 1333 would do fine i think
and isnt it only abit more to go with a quad?
 
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