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Hello all,
I am a novice at home builds to be honest. I built my first and only one about 3 years ago and now it is all outdated 
I have been going through piecing my upgraded home build together for less than $450.00. This machine will be used for mainly mid to high level gaming.
I only need to replace a few items of which these are my chosen upgrades:
Motherboard: ASRock K10N78 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 ATX AMD - $64.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157159
CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HD995ZXAGHBOX - $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103291
PSU:hec X-Power Pro 600 600W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - $44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817339025
RAM:WINTEC AMPO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AMD2800-2G2K-R - x2 = $45.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820161172
Video card:HIS H485QS1GP Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported IceQ4 Video Card - $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161245
I have: Case, HD, Floppy and Disc drives.
This will not be in a crossfire set up.
As I stated earlier I am a novice at this. I think I have everything matched up correctly, but is there anything I am missing? Are there better upgrades that are cheaper than the items I have posted that will still all be compatible? In your opinion will this technology still be relevant over the next three years for when I make my next rebuild?
Thank you all very much in advance for your patience with me as I embark upon this process 
Message edited by Coop197823 on 07-06-2009 at 09:04:04 PM
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gkay09
from what I have read that is right. Looking at those boards, they are a bit out of my price range though
I would liek to OC this chip. Is there a complete list of programs out there somewhere of the test I need to run to check stability/temp? A list that I can also download the program so I make sure I get the right ones? Thanks!
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