New AMD BUDGET BUILD

Hey guys i plan on building a new system for gaming/burning dvds, i would like to play most games atleast at medium settings, i don't plan on overclocking much, but would like to leave that option open. tell me what u guys think and btw i have a $650 budget. Thanks

ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Xtreme Design w/ GPU NOS, DX10.1, DDR3 1800 OC $ 99.99

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor - Retail $99.99

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $69.99

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3 $77.99

XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card $119

XCLIO Coolbox Advanced Fully Black Finish 0.5mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $59.99

PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS370X 370W ATX12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply$ 44.99

Sony Optiarc DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM

$26.99

total= 597.94

get the samsung f3 500gb hdd and a stronger power supply like the ocz or corsair or pc power an cooling 500watts

Defitely go with the seagate or samsung hard drives as suggested

the xfx 4850 has a good cooler but is very expensive for a 4850 . Other models are $90 and have the exact same performance .

Id spend some of the money you save on a stronger psu . 450 w +

can you link us to the RAM you have selected? Not all ram is created equal and we may be able to help find higher quality items

That RAM has 9-9-9-24 timings . Thats a measure of how many of those MHz it takes to find and transfer a bit of stored data . Lower is better with RAM timings , and so is lower voltage

Id pay a little more for
Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220333

which has lower 7-7-7-20 timings for $83.99

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

The timings are how many clock cycles it takes to access data, so if something has CL 7 versus 8 it takes one less cycle to access the data. Latency is much more important than speed.

you can also get this mobo. i'm gonna use it in my htpc build next week
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130233

rest looks good. have you thought about the cpu cooler? i love my Scythe Mugen 2. good cooler is important especially if you plan to overclock. i find amd stock coolers to be too loud.

thermal paste?

If you plan on OCing it later on, I'd get the cooler now. Otherwise you end up having to pull things apart to swap the new cooler for the stock.

Ok $602.49 after ship less MIR

X3 > the 550. That's a nice combo with that PSU.