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[justks]

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[attackllama]

looks good to me.
couple thoughts:

-8gb is truly more than you need for gaming. I would start with 4gb and add 4 later if needed. this will free up some space in your budget as well.

-That video card will not crossfire, just pointing our because you said maybe in the OP. you should get something a bit more powerful especially if you want to play newer games. check out the radeon 6450 or 6550, these are fresh in
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600083901&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

edit: for something that will crossfire, you will need to spend ~$150
NVIDIA has lower priced cards that will SLI such as this gts 250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150513

 

[justks]

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[attackllama]

if you still have room in your budget, it might be a good idea to get an even better card. What sort of games do you play?

 

[justks]

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[attackllama]

A better video card. Knowing what types of games you play will help (ex. If you play MMOs usually nvidia cards will work better.)

edit: also add an aftermarket CPU cooler such as the coolmaster hyper 212. The stock CPU fan will get noisy and temps will run higher.

 

[justks]

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[attackllama]

A gtx 460 or radeon 6850 would be good choices

 

[justks]

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[attackllama]

Wouldn't trust that card, it has too many bad reviews. This one looks like a much better bet but it's 10$ more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127510

 

[mrhoshos96]

A sandy bridge build will be a wiser choice.

Gpu+free game: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.620377

Cpu+Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.631838

Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253

Psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

Hdd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

Odd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118040

Subtotal: $657.88

Sandybridge review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833.html

Sapphire hd 6850 review: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3600/sapphire_radeon_hd_6850_1gb_video_card/index.html

 

[mlcaouette]

The HD 5850 just came back into stock at 139 and it is a better card than the HD 6850...

If you do go AMD you might want this board instead, it is a little more money but I believe asus had a press release saying it would be AM3+ capable:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631&cm_re=asus_890gx-_-13-131-631-_-Product

 

[justks]

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