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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: December-January BUDGET RANGE: No more than 800 Before Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, internet, movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor (i have a 20 in wide)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg or tigerdirect

PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD is fine.

OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Not sure

MONITOR RESOLUTION: I already have a 1600x900

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I dont care about noise. I would like a decent motherboard because I dont want it to break on me.

Thanks for any help!

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AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103674

GIGABYTE GA-MA790GPT-UD3H AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128398

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

XFX HD-487A-ZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150436

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] f3%20500gb

Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371025

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827118030

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116754

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Reply to jbakerlent

^Good build.

To OP: if you don't plan on upgrading the monitor resolution, then jbakerlent's power supply is not needed because you won't need to crossfire/sli. So you can save a few bucks on the power supply

Other than that, his build is great for your needs

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Reply to overshocks

^+1, and you could also drop down to a 770 board if you are not going to crossfire.

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Reply to jbakerlent

Unless my math's off, your build is way over budget. Could save alot by dropping down to a Phenom dual core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

And a cheaper PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

That should shave 100 off the bill.

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Reply to 1st duke of marlborough

I assumed 800-600 really meant 800-900, which is about the price of my build.

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Reply to jbakerlent

Since you are not building for at least another month you should keep checking for deals. You can usually find a really good combo deal every once in a while and save money that way. I'm sure there will be plenty of deals on black friday as well.

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Reply to cory1234

^i don't think black friday offers a lot of computers deal or even any.
for sure cyber monday will have a lot of deals on computer parts.

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Reply to overshocks

Are there any other ways I can shave off some of the price to get it down to around 700? I really have never overclocked so that doesnt matter to me. The only things that matter for me are a good motherboard and graphics card.

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