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Hello i would like to build a new system in may and this is what i have come up with, first time build i have 19" monitor btw

CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

COOLER MASTER Storm Sniper SGC-6000-KKN1-GP Black ABS Bezel, SECC Body ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
combo- plus was cheaper than 600w combo

$339

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor Model HDZ720WFGIBOX - Retail
ASUS M4A79 Deluxe AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
combo $297

Pioneer Black 8X Blu-Ray DVD Burner w/ Software SATA Model BDR-203BKS - Retail

195.00

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail

$69.99

ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Retail
$6.99

XFX HD-485X-YDDC Radeon HD 4850 XXX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
$149.99
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$79.99

G.SKILL PI Black 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B - Retail
$59.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
$99.99

total$1,203.90

looking to cut costs on uneeded stuff

also planning on adding sound card later on

thanks

Message edited by arandomdumbass on 03-22-2009 at 08:08:10 PM

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plan on using it for gaming, upgrading in december, and the parts i listed were from newegg

Sorry for double post could not find "edit" button

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Xigmatech HDT-S1283 cools as well for about 1/2 the price.

An HD4830 would be plenty for that monitor.

The PSU is massive overkill, although it is a good deal. The VX450 would be plenty of power.

+1 for theAnimal's suggestions

If you can afford to upgrade to the 940BE then do it, it is only $20 more in the same combo deal with the mobo.

This might make it more affordable:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] skill%20hk

If you play Crysis then keep the GPU you have, otherwise the 4830 is plenty.

That case you chose is awesome, but unless you have a lot of hot hardware (and you don't at this point, I'm talking 4HDD's, OC'd CPU and 2 GPU's) then you don't need it's cooling power, this would be fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.176939
or even this if you really wanted to cut back:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.176613

Message edited by xthekidx on 03-23-2009 at 10:58:20 AM

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If you're planning on upgrading in december you may as well buy a cheap i7 setup, then at least it will be compatible with future upgrades.

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