HELP NEEDED new gaming build

[tobyevers]

Hey guys, just want some advice on a gaming computer im building for a mate on an AU $900 budget
He wanted something with a decent amount of power, it will be predominately used for gaming, games like SC2, BFBC2, and Dirt 2 and will be running dual 1920x1080 monitors. Got this build priced for $881, just wanted some advice on alternative pieces maybe, or possible compatibility issues

Seagate SATAII 500GB 16m Cache
CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II Silver Tower Case W 500W PSU
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T(2.8GHz)
Gigabyte ATI HD5850 1GB OC Edition
GSkill 4G(2x2G) DDR3 1333 PC10600
ASRock 880GM-LE AM3 M/B

 

[Twoboxer]

For gaming use a quad, probably an X4 955 Black:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu-upgradable-processor-phenom-ii-x6,2731-3.html

unless you want to give up a little gaming for multi-threaded apps. Check ranking in table here, and earlier in the article:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu-upgradable-processor-phenom-ii-x6,2731-6.html

Depending on pricing in your area, or preference for a specific mfg, there are other vid cards that might give better value:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gts-450-radeon-hd-4850-gpu,2732-5.html

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB is a faster drive, but dont know price/avail in your area:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...pinpoint_f3_hard_drive-_-22-152-181-_-Product

 

[sir philus]

i think he chose that cpu for a reason, dont start giving out the wrong advice twoboxer, read this article http://www.anandtech.com/show/3877/asrock-890fx-deluxe-full-review-and-an-investigation-of-thuban-performance-scaling, hel just have to get that as rock motherboard, the x6 1050T is brilliant, just the x6 1090T is bad price vs performance, i agree with the samsung hdd though