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So, I'm thinking to myself, I want a great gaming rig at a low price, seems I found it when toms crew came up with their $650 gaming computer, but they seemed unhappy with some items and mentioned they would like to upgrade if they had the added cash for the build.

So taking the $650 build tom made during the SBM ( Stats found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2427.html

What would you personally decide to add/tweak with this build if you had another $50 bucks? To make it a better gaming machine?

Message edited by savage308 on 10-03-2009 at 06:18:56 PM

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Phenom 720 X3 black edition, which is only $10 more now than the dual core they used.
And it is a bit of a stretch over your $50 limit, but I would get a single 5850 for around $259.
I am not sure how much "better" that would really be, but I would at least go for the triple core CPU, and if you can swing it, you have DX11, and a new generation card that you can add another to later down the road for crossfire. Thats my 2 cents anyway.

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I agree changing to the Phenom II x3 720 BE would be an improvement. Also, I would switch out your hard drive to either the Western Digital 640GB Black or Samsung Spinpont F3 hard drives. Both are a lot faster than the one in the build. Switch the Case to the Cooler Master RC-690.

Here is the list... Plus $49 dollars over the Tom's $650 build...

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