$750 AMD Gaming Rig - Suggestions and advice?

mattius92

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Estimated purchase date. 2-4 weeks

Budget: $750-800

AMD-based.

Include OS and Monitor.

I plan to be playing Bad Company 2 and Crysis.

My current build.


CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor HDX925WFGIBOX

MOBO: ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.548312

Combo: $174


GPU: XFX HD-583X-ZAFV Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity

PSU: XFX P1-650X-CAH9 650W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.553618

Combo$209.98


RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop

$62

CASE: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case CAN A 5830 FIT IN THIS CASE?

$55

HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

$43

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

$99

CPU Cooler: ZALMAN CNPS10X Performa 120mm Long life CPU Cooler I DO PLAN TO OC

$30

Monitor: ASUS VH198T Black 19" 5ms LED Backlight LCD Monitor 1600x900 Resolution, know any better for price

$125


Total $810


I don't want the price to go up, I have looked into triple core CPUs also, might go with a Phenom II x3 Heka BE, but I dont want to loose my ability to eventually go Crossfire.

-M
 

Atotalnoob

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ASUS VH236H monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236059&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID= ~ 189.99

it is 1080P, but more expensive...
 

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