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Hello. I will tell you right now I am brand new to this whole business and I am looking for some feedback on this build I am looking to buy.

hec Prime Black 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Black Computer Case With 585W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811121065

ECS IC780M-A AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813135240

XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150359

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103681

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284

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

I already have a vista disk to use so that is taken care of. Anything else I am missing to make this a decent build? I intend to use this mostly for gaming so I am thinking I will need a fan. If I royally screwed up on this please direct me on to how I will be able to solve it. Thanks in advance.

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That case and PSU is frankly junk. ECS mobos arent great, get a Gigabyte or Asus.
Good case/ hdd deal http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.273732

Good mobo/cpu combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128394

Repost in this format, youll get more help
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ild-advicee


Message edited by Sonic-Boom on 10-15-2009 at 02:55:01 AM
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I think your build is a bit unbalanced. The gfx card is so powerful the cpu will be a bottleneck .

 

If you are looking for gaming and value then try pricing a system like

 

AMD 720 be
gigabyte 770-UD3P AM3 mb or the asus equivalent
2 x2 gig of low latency DDR3 1333 MHz ram [timings of 7-7-7-20 or LOWER ]
samsung f3 500 gig hard drive
5770 gfx card

 

cases are pretty individual but the antec 300 is a good gaming case and good value esp if you get the models with front fans already installed .

 

dont skimp on a quality Power supply . Generally the ones that come installed in cases are not that good .
Recently the corsair 650 TX has been the best bang for buck but others to check out would be PC power and cooling , seasonic , some OCZ [ good price ] and antec [ but not basiq range ]


Message edited by Outlander_04 on 10-15-2009 at 03:29:09 AM
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