Help Build Gaming PC

[josephu]

This is my current "shopping cart" and everything seems to be acceptable. I'm a little new at this and I just want to ask the community if I have made any errors in any way before I buy the parts. I also have another $500ish to spend on top of this also and if anyone see's any opportunities for a substantial performance upgrade I would be very appreciative.


1) Processor:

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX ===== $189.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913


2) Motherboard:

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard ===== $209.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644

3) RAM:

[Kingston HyperX 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3/4G] x2 = $20.99 x 2 = $41.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104244

MUST OVERCLOCK TO 1600

4) Hard Drive:

HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721075DLE630 (0F13179) 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive ===== $109.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145532&Tpk=HITACHI%20Deskstar%207K1000.D%20HDS721075DLE630%20%280F13179

5) Video Card:

[Gigabyte GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual DVI, HDMI, DirectX 11, SLI Ready] x 2===== $234.99 x 2 = $469.98

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7192161&csid=ITD&body=MAIN

6) Case:

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED fan, 1x 140mm rear fan, 1x 230mm top fan, and 1x 230mm side fan ===== $149.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

7) PSU

CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply ===== $164.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

8) Monitor

ASUS VE258Q Black 25" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Display Port & Speakers 250 cd/m2 50,000,000:1 ASCR ===== $259.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236123

 

[longpig]

What's it for? Gaming, video editing?
Just dubious about the 6 core.
Maybe this mobo for future upgrade.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131735

But with your budget everyone will tell you to go i5 2500k

 

[Somebody_007]

Forget amd. You want an i5 2500k.