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Hey guys, Here is a build I hope to try out. Planning to use it for everything but I do alot of gaming..what you guys think? Any suggestions? By the way this is my first build so I'm willing to take any and all good suggestions!!

OGISYS Computer Area 51 CS51WBK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply-37
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Processor- 100
MSI K9N6SGM-V AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - 50
EVGA 256-P2-N765-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported- 170
pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory- 60
80gb harddrive - 37
DVD-ROM and CD-rom drive- 18


For a budget build to play games and do everything what you guys think??

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General not too bad. What is your budget total? ~$475? I would use a different PSU, if I were you. Here is probably the minimum that I would use for your build. Look at both links.
8800gtx on 380w Antec PSU!
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1452/

PSU - $49 shipped! $38 with google chekcout! Can power 8800gtx and an OC’d e6600! See link above for proof!
Antec Earthwatt 380W P/Satx 12V v.2.2 80MM P/S2 Fan 80-Plus Certified - EA380
http://www.buy.com/prod/antec-eart [...] 77214.html


You know the 8800gt's and 2950's are coming out soon, right? Not sure when your buying, but right now I'd wait a few weeks to see how things pan out. Possible price reductions on current GPU's could happen, thus giving you more $ for other parts or better parts.

Reply to lunyone

My budget is about 500...and you saying I should go for a 8800? or wait for them to come out to get a price reduction on the 8600?..plus I dont understand..if the PSU with the case is 450W why go with a diffrent one that puts out about 380w???

Reply to TuaRal

^ and even if i dont need the full 450w..its cheaper to go this route..

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