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Kentronics

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Hi I do not know a lot about computers and recently I thought building a new one in the near future. I am kind of on a budget between 500 - 600 USD to create this new one. What are some parts you guys would recommend me?

I am not a hardcore gamer and I already got a mid level GPU in the Radeon 6850 so I can take a GPU off my list of items I need to get.
Would a AMD processor be better or intel?
 
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Damn montosaurous and ohyouknow thanks man! I will definitely keep that somewhere. Some of my friends told me it is better to go for a WD HDD instead of Seagate. Should i just do that?

montosaurous

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I've had nothing but bad experiences with ASRock, so I find it hard to recommend them. I would go with this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($94.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.13 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Green 530W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.04 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $534.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-10 01:14 EDT-0400)
 

Kentronics

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Sep 28, 2012
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Damn montosaurous and ohyouknow thanks man! I will definitely keep that somewhere. Some of my friends told me it is better to go for a WD HDD instead of Seagate. Should i just do that?
 
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