Hello! Thanks in advance for takin the time to look over what I have planned for my first building experience. I'm gettin a bit of money back from my tax returns and decided that I would try my hand at this. I have already purchased a gtx 460 video card that I am currently using, and i also have a 550 watt power supply. I had orginally planned on gettin the i5 sandy bridge but due to the recall ive decided to go another route as I dont wanna wait til theyre available again. My budget is roughly 450 bucks and with what i'm goin to list i'm at around 480 which is fine.
case - Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153
mobo - ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMDhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647
cpu - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
memory - CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260
all that plus a copy of windows 7 64bit will be a grand total of $487, which is a little more than I want to spend but im ok with it. I was also intending on re-using my old hard drive. any tips or suggestions would be most appreciated!
case - Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153
mobo - ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMDhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647
cpu - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
memory - CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260
all that plus a copy of windows 7 64bit will be a grand total of $487, which is a little more than I want to spend but im ok with it. I was also intending on re-using my old hard drive. any tips or suggestions would be most appreciated!