Finished ordering parts. Opinions?

aceman862

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Hello,
I finaally received spousal consent to build a new computer to replace our Dimension 2.8Ghz P4. The most taxing applications for the new system will be playing Diablo 3 and Rift at medium settings on a 20" monitor. Here are the components that I'll be using (after taxes, shipping and MIR's):

Case - Rosewill Blackbone $35
CPU - Athlon II X3 3.2Ghz $65
Motherboard - ASrock M3A770DE $65
Memory - Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600 (2x2GB) $35
Graphics - PowerColor HD 5670 1GB, DDR3 $69
Storage - Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB, 3Gb/s, 16MB cache $42
Power Supply - Antec EarthWatts 500 EA500D Green $54
Rosewill 74-in-1 internal card reader $10
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit $100

I borrowed quite heavily from the Sept $400 SBM build, but modified a few components based on some pretty good deals. I'm thinking that I overdid it on the PS a bit, but it gives me some room to upgrade other parts later on. Just wanted to get some feedback on my first-time part selection. I'll queue up the Looney-Tunes music for when I'm ready to try to assemble this.

 

eloric

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