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Rewview of my 750$ rig

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Alright well i put this build together so i can mainly play newer games and surf the web, music etc...

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

XFX HD-487A-ZHFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC

AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDX945FBGIBOX

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM

Just let me know what you guys think of this build it comes out to 740.87$.
Im going to use my 1280x780 res montior till i can get a better one later on, I am open to any suggestions thanks :) 

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I'm not sure if your plan to upgrade your display is certain, but the 4870 is a bit overpowered for that reso? Maybe a 4850 or even a 4770 would do?

Also, I'd stay away from that Seagate model. Why not a Caviar Black instead? :) 

yea i got the 4870 because i plan on getting a nice display in a month or two,
and about the hard disk i didnt think there was a major difference between seagate and WD isnt just a matter of preference the quality is the same isnt it?
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Seagate had horrible quality and firmware issues with the 7200.11 series of drives. I'm not convinced that they've fully fixed the issues with the 7200.12 series. Seagate also recently reduced their warranty from 5 years to 3, which doesn't impress me. I'm going to avoid Seagate until they earn my trust back. You can't go wrong with a Western Digital Black drive.

The black drives are the performance drives. They have a 32MB cache and 5 year warranty.

The blue drives are the mainstream drives. They have a 16MB cache and 3 year warranty.

The green drives are designed to be very quiet and use less energy. The platters on the green drives spin slower, so the drives are slower than the blue and black drives. These make great storage drives or HTPC drives, but are a little too slow for a main system drive IMO.
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