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Hey guys. I 'm building a new gaming pc. I have around an $800 spending limit and for reasons, can only use tigerdirect.com.
I would really appreciate some feedback. Changes, suggestions, downright different builds.

So, well here's what I had in mind:

Motherboard - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Memory - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Processor - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Video Card - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Case - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

So that's what I have thus far. Some feedback would be awesome. Like I said if you can come up with something better I would be very grateful and thank you in advance. If you think this is good but needs some changes please tell me and post some links please.

Note: I don't know which power supply would go good with this system that will keep me under budget and still provide all the necessary power I need.
The hard drive and disk drive have been excluded because I took them out of my old pc. Both are sata drives.
Maximum money to spend $820ish but if you can come up with a cheaper build please do, that's more money for me.

Games I plan to play on ultra:

-The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
-Battlefield 3
-Dungeons and Dragons Ebberon Unlimited
-Grand Theft Auto IV
-other upcoming games...









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All of those look good, except kick down your RAM to 8 GB. That's all you need and you can save some money to put toward your power supply.

This was recommended by TigerDirect on the page for your case:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

It's a good brand and 650W is all you will need.

If you find yourself with a little extra money to spend, consider getting an SSD for your boot drive.

And don't forget you'll need an OS. And an optical drive.

Great tip. This brings the whole rig cost to $810.
- Your power supply + corsair vengence 1600 ddr3 (2x4gbs)

I would like something a little less pricey so that I can purchase my favorite games but if no better suggestions come up I will definetley role with this so thank you.

If you wanted to save $25 on the mobo, try this one out:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

I think that would still have everything you need.

If you don't plan on overclocking your CPU, you can go with this version and save $10:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

And if you want to save almost $100, you can go with a very nice CPU that's great for gaming:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Here's a review of it:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-overcloc...
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Wow I didn't even know processors like that even existed. Switching processors has brought the whole rig down to $715 which is very nice. I was super impressed with its performance after watching multiple youtube videos of this little processor running games on ultra without a probem!
Thanks for the help thus far. Still open to suggestions.

To recap where the rig stand right now:

Processor: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Memory: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Video card: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Power supply: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Still open to suggestions. But if nothing better arises I will be very happy with this :) 



steelhero said:
I would go with this gpu the msi twin frozer 2 becouse its' over clocked as well it has a custom cooler http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...


wow that msi twin frzr is $5 cheaper then the evga and has been benchmarked as faster and running at cooler speeds without overclocking yet! Great advice will stay with.

The rig is standing strong at $710.

Any more platinum suggestions like this are highly appreciated!
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