Final Review for My First Build (Gaming)

I would not get that PSU/Case combo. First, Raidmax makes bad PSU's. Second, that case has bad cable management.

There's a bunch of things that we can change around though.

What is your budget?

Well the total amount for everything listed is an outcome of around 880$ and that is already high for me, so I unfortunately can't spend any more   I mean I can always go for a good PSU and a cheap case, but I mainly chose the case for the looks haha So I guess I can suffer on the case.

Please fill out the template in the first sticky on this forums.

i3 - 2120: $125
Asrock H61DE/S3: $68 (Don't get turned off by the low reviews. It's mostly people complaining its inability to use all 4 RAM channels at the same time. Not an issue for you).
G-Skill Ripjaws 8 Gb (4 x 2 Gb): $47 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... Here's the links since there's quite a few of them
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb: $80
Asus DRW: $17
Cooler Master Elite 430: $50
XFX Core Edition Pro 550W: $75
HIS IceQx Radeon 6870: $170

Grand total right now is $643 not including taxes and shipping. You have about $150 more for your monitor and other peripherals ($230 if you target 880 again).

I agree integrated PSUs are usually low grade. Don't buy one.

Here is an i3, 6950 @ newegg (note combos)

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Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136769
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$10.00 Instant


$84.99
$74.99
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ASRock Z77 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813157297
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$20.00 Instant


$119.99
$99.99
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Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-550 550W Continuous @ 50°C, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V ...
Item #: N82E16817182068
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm ...
Item #: N82E16811147153
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$30.00 Instant
-$20.00 Combo


$159.98
$109.98
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SAPPHIRE 11188-22-20G Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (OC Edition)
Item #: N82E16814102987
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
Item #: N82E16820233144
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
-$55.00 Instant
-$10.00 Combo
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card


$304.98
$239.98
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AMD Gift - Dirt3 Game Coupon - OEM
Item #: N82E16800995114
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$49.99 Saving


$49.99
$0.00
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AMD Gift - Battlefield 3 coupon
Item #: N82E16800995118
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$59.99 Saving


$59.99
$0.00
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Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
Item #: N82E16819115078
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Item #: N82E16827135204
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$2.00 Instant
-$11.00 Combo


$138.98
$125.98
Subtotal: $650.92

Your Mobo comes with wires and should work unless your hard drives are old.

Here under 880$:

Intel Core i3-3225 Intel HD 4000, Best Price/Performance Sweet Spot CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CM Hyper 212EVO Performance CPU Cooler, I own it, its sicker than jesus on the cross and off.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Gigabyte Ga-Z77X-D3H, Great Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Asus HD 7770 2GD5, Recommended to any midrange gamer, any game high, except crysis 3, some on high.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Corsair Vengeance 8gb DDR3 1600 RAM, Best RAM Ever, Black Edition for MOBO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Corsair CX600M Hi Performance PSU, I own it, it never crashes, freezes, or stutters.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 64MB 7200RPM Hard Drive, Best Bang for the buck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Antec Eleven Hundred Black Super Mid Tower Computer Case, AWESOME.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

If you need SSD Go for Vertex 4 128gb, its 897$ included.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


Hope it helped, btw I'm 12   so don't criticize me if you will.