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My budget is pretty tight and I'm in the hunt for buying a decent gaming rig for under $1000. I'm not the hardcore gamer, maybe try out some Crysis and COD4 and probably Starcraft 2 when it comes out but I don't play games that often.

Anyway, saw this for $800 shipped and here are the specs:
Case -> ($110, includes PSU below) Antec P180 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154)
Power Supply -> (will not sell separate from case) Antec True Power TP3-430 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103942)
Mobo -> ($80) Gigabyte GA-965SP-DS3 (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2314)
Processor -> ($160) Intel Core2Duo E6400 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004)
CPU Cooler -> ($30) Zalman CNPS 9700 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118020)
Memory -> ($60) 2gb Super Talent (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820609026)
Video Card -> ($225) EVGA 8800GTS 320mb DDR3 (http://tinyurl.com/2hzaes)
Sound -> ($40) Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102006)
Hard Drive 1 -> ($50) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140)
Hard Drive 2 -> ($45) Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300gb (http://www.shentech.com/seba7230sanc.html)
Optical Drive -> ($20) Samsung 18x DVDRW w/ Lightscribe (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151141)
19" widescreen LCD (Samsung 940BW) which runs at 1440x900.
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What do you guys think?
 
I have some reservations about the power supply but it's a good deal especially since it comes with the P180 case and monitor.
 
he said he can OC the processor from 2.13 to 3ghz no problem. i have no experience in OCing, should i ask him to do it?
 
Sure why not? Just makes sure to ask him what settings he changed and how he did the OC just in case you need to set everything back to stock speeds in case of a problem.
 
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