A cheap gaming PC.

I just wanted to see if this build is decent for the price, also was just wondering if I should change anything (Ex: PSU)

I'm going to be using Windows 7 RC until I actually buy an OS or Windows 7 comes out.

SeaSonic SS-500ET 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151069

COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119115

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128372

XFX GX260XADJF GeForce GTX 260 Core Edition Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150361

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115206

OCZ Blade Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227420

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151171

or
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136152
(Since the Samsung is out of stock...)

HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145215

XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233003

Total: $667.91

Also, I was hoping to play Crysis on high settings, or something like that.

Looks like a very good build. Seasonic are very good psus. They actually make the internals for many Corsair psus.
I'd get this hard drive instead. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136218
It's a faster drive and a little bigger.

If you go that route however, you might want to change the PSU to a 550w-600w PSU just for efficiency and PSU lifespan's sake.

Except for the ones that CWT makes.

Hey animal did you see we got your thead stickied?

Yeah you are right, I forgot how easy the 4770 really was on power, I was thinking of how its close in performance to the 4850...brain fart. That Seasonic would work fine.

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX $99.99 ($69.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate ) Free Shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139005

If you want to play crysis on highest settings, your best option is going with 2x4770 if you will get a bigger monitor.

The GPU's cost $12 more after rebate, the MB costs $5 more after a rebate, and you get +30% FPS in games.

The rest of the build looks fine, but I would prefer WD to Hitachi drives.

Yeah rebates are kinda hit and miss, its a $10 and $15 rebate...I have about a 50% successs rate with rebates, so maybe add $15 to that for a conservative estimate of how much more it will cost you. Still definitely worth it IMO.

Just for the record, will that power supply be enough for the GTX 260?
And I'm looking into the E8400 xP

I read an article the other day about a $500 PC that can run crysis at 40 FPS. If your interested go here - http://www.maximumpc.com/article/f [...] page=0%2C0

Is his build mainly for gaming?

if it is then drop the E7400 and P45 motherboard for a Biostar 790GX AM2+ motherboard and a 7750 BE with a Titan fenrir or V8 etc.

It will do just as well in games and save you a bit of money, might get an extra two cores aswell if your lucky.

Well a few people managed to get the two cores unlocked.

the first one which hit the headlines came out with ACC and was 3ghz with 4 cores and in cpu-z said the phenom FX 7750, another one did the same thing but it was 2.7ghz with 4 cores and said amd engineering sample.

yeah in the same comments section I think 8 people tried it and 1 succeeded, a couple of the others were trying out different BIOS'es to see if that made a difference.

but yeah, a quad core for £50

Because the 4870 is one of the most power hungry GPU's on the market, and Rosewill PSU's are just about the worst PSU's on the market. A 500w PSU from a reputable company would be on the limit of acceptable, a 500w unit from a fifth tier company is not even close. I would never use a rosewill PSU if it could be helped, but if I had to I would only trust it to run integrated graphics at the most, no overclocking of the CPU. Rosewill PSU's blow up, and having a powerhungry GPU sucking power from it just makes that more likely. The PSU is one of the most important components in a system, you should never go cheap on a PSU.

Heh, oh. That settles that.