New gaming PC

[carlkipps]

Hey, I am just about to order my new gaming PC. My budget is kind of low, $800-900$

Here's what I'd like to ask you guys

- Is everything compatible?
- Is there anything that you would change ( considering my budget)


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Budget Range: ~850


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Games, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver


Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.ca / directcanada.com

Country of Origin: CANADA


Overclocking: No


SLI or Crossfire: No


Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
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Antec Three Hundred Black Computer Case $69.99



LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 $20.99



Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply $89.99



AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor $140.99



G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory $80.99



Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -Bare Drive $71.99



ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 ATX AMD Motherboard $114.99



PowerColor Radeon HD 6850 AX6850 1GBD5-DH Video Card with Eyefinity $166.49



Grand Total: $756.42

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Thanks.

 

[striker410]

Ok so here's the deal. Right now, it's sandy bridge or bust. If I were you, I'd get a i5-2400, A ASRock Extreme4 Mobo, and a Sapphire extreme 5850. The mobo and CPU are more money, but they are much better too. The 5850 is cheaper and better. That PSU is a bit overpriced, you might wanna shop around on that.
Another note, the HDD is very expensive, the samsung spinpoint f3 is only $60 on amazon and it's a 1tb drive.

Those are my thoughts, I'll throw you some links in a bit.

 

[mlcaouette]

I second the sandy bride build. But if you really want to go AMD than at least get a board that can support am3+ socket so you have a future upgrade option.

I am not sure if the newegg promo's are the same in Canada as they are in the US, if they are the WD black 640Gb was on sale with a promo code and Corsair TX650 was also on sale.

Update: I just checked and the promo is different so don't bother looking for those two items on sale

 

[Outlander_04]

As you can see here
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/102?vs=363

the Phenom is pretty competitive with the intel and wins many of the benchmarks . It is slower in games though ... not that this is important once you hit 60fps .

But the real problem with the phenom is that AMD are about to release a new processor line called Bulldozer in a few weeks .
If I was buying AMD today Id make damn sure I had an AM3+ capable motherboard [ which yours isnt ] and I'd probably buy a cheap Athlon x3 processor knowing Id replace it in a few months

 

[carlkipps]

Ok so here's the deal. Right now, it's sandy bridge or bust. If I were you, I'd get a i5-2400, A ASRock Extreme4 Mobo, and a Sapphire extreme 5850. The mobo and CPU are more money, but they are much better too. The 5850 is cheaper and better. That PSU is a bit overpriced, you might wanna shop around on that.
Another note, the HDD is very expensive, the samsung spinpoint f3 is only $60 on amazon and it's a 1tb drive.

Those are my thoughts, I'll throw you some links in a bit.

Thanks for the 5850 advice !!!! =D