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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? Etc
I will be using it for gaming.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I have a budget of 700, maximum of 750.

3) Where do you live?
Lowell, Massachusetts

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Case, Mobo, RAM, CPU, hard drive, video card, 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.
BenQ 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model DW1655 LightScribe Support – OEM

6) Will you be overclocking?
I don’t usually overclock

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I’ll be using a resolution between 1680x1050 to 1920x1080

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Firewire, but not necessary.

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



Thank you in advance!!
 
 
lt_shiro said:
XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W ATX12V 2.2 / ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power ... and G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM Combo $180

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $55

GIGABYTE GV-R583UD-1GD Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $200

COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN3 CM690 II Basic Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $70

GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard and AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX Combo $280
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Very good build. Link for your first combo is broken, here's the real link.
 
Agreed. Not much to add to that. Maybe go with a Phenom II 955 and use that $40 towards a 5850. A 5850/955 would offer noticeably better gaming performance than a 5830/1055.

Love the new XFX power supplies.
 
noticealbly yes but not the $90 more for 5850, right now 5830 is best value for 1080p gameplay.

with x6 1055t keep in mind more games are taking advantage of multi-core PCs. BC2, NFS Shift come to mind and more games like crysis 2 which run its physics engine on the CPU. While 1055t may not increase FPS in general, it does help keeping min FPS higher than 4 core cpu in some games.
 
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