New Build for 700$-800$

[rompar]

I'm looking to finally upgrade from my single core old pentium.

Looking to spend around 750$ give or take a little. Only part I don't need is a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.

Looking to buy within the next week or two.
Primary usage = Gaming in MMO's
Current monitor is LED 1080p 1920 x 1080
Was also looking at two different CPU types the Phenom II x6 or the i-5 2500k from Intel.

any input would be much appreciated.

 

[rompar]

A buddy of mine put this together last night - any thoughts?


EVGA GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 01G-P3-1373-AR Video Card
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Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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$59.99
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Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming Computer Case
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Item #: N82E16819103913
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GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 ATX AMD Motherboard
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G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory
Item #: N82E16820231308
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CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W High Performance Power Supply
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[Zero_]

Hi,

The X6 series is not ideal for gaming. You can get an i5 2400 + H67 mobo for the same price and get better results.

Power supply is overkill. You will be fine with a 500W.

You can probably get a HD6870 fro that price and get better performance.

Anyway, take a look at this $800 build.
http://gamingrig.blogspot.com/2011/06/750-gaming-pc-june-2011.html

If you don't like the case, yours is fine.

 

[rompar]

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[Zero_]

Best answer selected by Rompar.

n Glad I can help