dukeblue

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About to buy parts for a new computer, and while I am pretty sure everything is good I thought I should double check.

Processor:
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz Socket AM3 125W+ a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler-----$140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103924
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002G1YPH0/?tag=pcpapi-20

Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard------$89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

GPU: SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6870--$169.99
http://www.amazon.com/SAPPHIRE-Radeon-6870-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B005C8RTTU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1341527438&sr=8-6&keywords=6850

Power Supply:CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply--$60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

RAM: Kingston 4 GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1333 (PC3 10600) --- $ 20.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820139046
Or
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB---$48.99 not sure if it is worth the extra $30ish or not.
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-240-Pin-Platforms-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_c

Case: NZXT Source 210 -Inches ELITE-Inches Midtower Case --- $ 49.99
http://www.amazon.com/Technologies-Source-210-Computer-Black/dp/B005869A7K/ref=sr_1_11?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1341518888&sr=1-11&keywords=case

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB --- $ 84.98
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000DM003/dp/B005T3GRNW/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1341771910&sr=1-2

I plan on buying in the next couple of days, and Thanks ahead of time for the help!
 
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Get the 8GB of DDR3 1600. Its worth the extra money if only to make sure you have enough RAM. Besides, that'll ensure you won't need to upgrade more in the future. Just make sure you have 64-bit OS installed for it to use all 8GB of RAM.

phyco126

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Get the 8GB of DDR3 1600. Its worth the extra money if only to make sure you have enough RAM. Besides, that'll ensure you won't need to upgrade more in the future. Just make sure you have 64-bit OS installed for it to use all 8GB of RAM.
 
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