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I would suggest switching to a Llano chip and FM1 motherboard for this budget. It will give you a decent gpu for your video streaming (6550), and give you a quad-core processor instead of a dual, much better for word processing and applicational work.

Asrock FM1 MoBo: $75
AMD Llano 2.9GHz w/ 6550 integrated gpu: $140

$215 total, yours is $215 total.

No sense on a Blu-Ray player if you dont have the juice to get good 1080p. With this switch, you can get an Antec 750W Earthwatt system for around $60 i believe on newegg right now. Very good psu. This will give you upgrade potential for a 2nd 65xx series card for CFX, and allow for an upgrade to the Trinity Series possibly if MoBo is compatible for power consumption. If you could, upgrade that HDD, to a Hitachi 2Tb drive. i think they sell for around $110, and its 7200rpm instead of 5400. you will see a huge performance difference, roughly 33%. This should put you right around that $600 mark.

Thanks for the fast reply. Those all look good. I was wondering though, would it better in the long run for me to increase my budget to like $750 and get a CPU and MoBo with more power. You seem to think the build wouldn't have the power necessary. Maybe this set?

Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz
ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3)

Total that is about $350

Thanks again.

So I re-tooled it based on what both of you said. It came out to about $615 before rebates. Does it look better? You have both been great help.

AMD A6-3650 Llano 2.6GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU AD3650WNGXBOX

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

GIGABYTE GA-A75-UD4H FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active ...

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm

Then Windows 7 Premium and a Blue Ray Player

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