$750 Decent Gaming PC

[jordankfi]

First time builder - Looking to upgrade from my current PC for some mild gaming.


APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the week BUDGET RANGE: Max $750

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com

PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD and Radeon, I'm not too picky though

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920 x 1080

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I've been reading throughout these forums for a couple of weeks and decided to see if I've got the system somewhat right. I'm just trying to upgrade my PC for some gaming (World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, etc) and upgrade into Windows 7. Trying to stay under $750 is the main goal while fitting my monitor's native resolution. I'm in Texas so I prefer Newegg for the tax free benefit

This is what I got so far:

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103649

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW SATA CD/DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116677


Total including shipping comes out to around $751 which is the max I'm able to do at the current time. I could probably save some cash with some combo deals but this is kind of a rough draft since items keep going out of stock so quickly.

Thanks for any input.

 

[dndhatcher]

The antec 300 only comes with top and rear fans. I really like having at least one front fan to blow cold air from the front across the HDD and force air currents flowing from front to back. You might want to get at least one 120mm case fan for the front (doesnt have to be an antec fan - can get decent fans for $5).

Those components all look good to me.

Be careful with heat if you are overclocking with the stock heatsink and dont have extra case fans to help the GPU. You can get some overclocking, just watch the heat.

 

[jordankfi]

Got it, thanks for the tip!

Question about the video card I've chosen - I was wondering if I could save some money by going with the 512mb instead of the 1gb 4870. Do you think there'd be a huge difference while running 1920x1080?

 

[WR2]

There is a difference - but not a huge difference. And the cost difference is just $20.
[strike]--> How about a X3 720 & SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4870 1GB combo deal for $20 off? [/strike]

For an idea the 1GB vs 512MB difference look at this article: AnandTech 4870 1GB review be sure to look at the 1920x1200 results, usually in the table below the charts.

edit; The combo deal was for a 4890 GPU.
Your X3 & SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon choices are already $30 less than the combo deal