System Build Advice Requested

[scottrick49]

Hi,

I'm doing a system build for a friend. I've done several before, but I always like to get feedback from the experts before I spend a bunch of money. The goal with this system is to build a good gaming system for around $1000 (not counting a monitor). Here's what I was thinking:

GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

XFX HD-585X-ZAFC Radeon HD 5850 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150477

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

BFG Tech GS-550 550W ATX12V Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817702010

COOLER MASTER ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

ASUS Black 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

Total comes to $1,005.91, plus some for shipping. Does that look alright? Thoughts?

 

[banthracis]

No to BFG PSU. ATM, XFX makes has the best PSU deal. $120 w/ $20 MIR for one of the best every made.
965 over 955 is waste of money. Caviar black is worse than the cheaper f3. RAm you want tighter timings than that.

RAM
G Skill Eco $105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231321

Case/Optical
Cm 690 and Samsung $73
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.435592

Mobo/CPU
Ga 890 UD3 and Phenom II x4 955 $275
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.430431

GPU/PSU
XFX 750w and XFX 5850 $275 w/ $20 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.440276

OS
win 7 oem 64 bit $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

HD
Spinpoint F3 1tb $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=f3%201tb

Total: $1004 before shipping and $20 rebates

 

[scottrick49]

thanks for the info; combo deals are where its at i guess