Advice AMD gaming ($800-1000)

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next Week (could try be patient sometime later this year) BUDGET RANGE: US: $800-1000

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, surfing the internet

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Mouse, Keyboard, speakers, LCD Monitor

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD CPU

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, Crossfire Maybe sometime in the future

MONITOR RESOLUTION: Current 1680x1050, sometime in the future planning to upgrade to 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I currently mainly play a MMO game (FFXI), but mainly building a new system for future games Diablo 3 and Final Fantasy 14, at the time I don't know the system Requirements of either games, hoping I don't have to do some major upgrade for when this games do come out.


SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151188

GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128378

OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3RPR16004GK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227320

Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004

Combo
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100269VXLE Radeon HD 4890 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.237359

Combo
Antec Nine Hundred Two
AMD Phenom II X3 720
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.233383

Combo
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] 22-136-319

Grand Total $981.85

You've got a solid build there, just a few suggestions that might get a little more out of it for you.

Using the same PSU/GPU combo, OS/HDD combo, Optical, and HSF, here's the other parts I'd pick instead.

Antec 902 without the combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129058

Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1333 CAS 6 4gig kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148227

AMD 945 x4 w/ Asus 790GX AM3 mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.239851

Total delivered is $1018 - $60 mir is you calculate them in also.

As for D3, thats slated for Dx9 graphics if memory serves me, so the 4890 will dominate the game, even after a monitor upgrade for you. Not sure about FF XIV.