How does this mid level build look?

jacobxtyler

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My budget was $550, and it quickly turned to $650 once i started researching GPUs
my reasoning behind not geting the 2500k is the $30 price difference, and i dont plan on overclocking the CPU, only the GPU and slightly at that.

I'm basically trying to build the best for the least amount of money.
 

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The PSU is about 14 bucks extra in the end, any specific reason other that the 50w increase?
 

Nice. That is a great deal.
 

Agreed - it will run this build just fine, but if you're upgrading to a higher-wattage card down the road, then definitely replace the PSU with something better - this one will support a mid-range gaming card, but I wouldn't test it with something hungrier - and XfireX and SLI are out of the question.
 

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sweet, i dont plan on upgrading anytime soon, and if i did i would do some more research. i dont plan on doing any SLI either, pretty much just running it all stock until i get a little courageous and overclock the GPU a bit. dont plan on overclocking the CPU any time soon, if at all.