Help finishing off my new build

[SavageWhiteDude]

I'm going to go with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121419 for a video card.
This http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073 for the CPU.

That's pretty much all I've got. This will be used for graphically intensive games but I'm on a budget of around 700 dollars, give or take. I saw this combo deal but motherboards are an area I'm pretty illiterate in so I'm not sure how this would work for gaming...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.634257

That would get me in my ballpark of 700 dollars(that's 700 including the OS. Cheapest I've found windows 7 has been 99 dollars).

Any input would be greatly appreciated! I have virtually no knowledge in the area of HDD's, but I figured 4 gigs of RAM would be sufficient. Case suggestions would help too. Having never built a computer myself I'm not sure how much room will be needed to fit these components in.

edit: Apparently I fail at hotlinking on this site as well. For that I apologize.

 

[k1114]

You don't need url tags, just post the link and it turns into a link automatically. Raidmax psus aren't too good so I wouldn't get that combo. The 5850 is better than a 6850. How's the rest of the build look?

■Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm ...
■Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
■CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 CMPSU-430CX 430W ATX12V Active PFC Power Supply
■G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
■MSI H61M-E33 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
■Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52400
■Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1-Pack - OEM
■Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME 1 GB DDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100282XTREME
TOTAL: $704.92 Shipping Included. Before MIR.

Here's Tom's guide for building a pc. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274745-31-step-step-guide-building

 

[SavageWhiteDude]

Thanks for the quick reply and advice. I wouldn't have guessed the 5850 to be better but I guess bigger numbers and higher prices don't always mean better performance.

That all looks pretty good. I have to ask, why the change from the i5-2500 to the i5-2400? Was that simply to fit the posted budget or are you really not gaining much going with the 2500?

 

[k1114]

It's .3ghz for $20, I guess you could go with the 2500 if you'd like.

 

[SavageWhiteDude]

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