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Profile: stranger
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This is my under $1000 gaming computer build. This is my first computer that I am building instead of buying from Dell, with loads of help from this website. Am I missing anything here? Does any of this not make any sense? I'm especially unsure about the motherboard...I'm don't think I'll be doing anything with dual video cards and don't want to spend $200 on just the motherboard if I don't have to.

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RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB530P Black 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case
530W Modular LED Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit


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Profile: Ancient Poster
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I would never get a PSU unless I knew the make/model.
Consider an Antec Sonata III to get a decent PSU if you want a combo.


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Oh, and Go for the ATI 4850 instead.
Its definitely faster now and will be MUCH faster as soon as DX10.1 starts making it into games.


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Profile: stranger
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thanks for the feedback, I'll check out that card

Profile: old hand
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If you need to, downgrade to the E7200 so you can get a decent PSU.

Profile: stranger
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Well, I'll probably just wait for a good one to go on sale, but yeah, I'll get a better one. Anyone have any feedback on the mobo?


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