First time build, need some advice on my setup

[FordFan1987]

for the most part i am going to be using this rig as a gaming machine. also i am going to be playing at 720p on an lcd televsion. was thinking about a core i3-2100 series and a radeon 6850. would this be overkill for most games at 720p? any other recommendations for a good pairing?

Thanks!

 

[FordFan1987]

well i figured it would i just wasnt sure about the processor at that resolution, because from what i have read the cpu is usually the bottleneck at that low of a resolution. would it be better to maybe shell out for the core i5 and drop down to a lesser graphics card such as a 6770?

 

[geofelt]

If you will be playing just one game exclusively, then look for benchmarks of that game at your resolution.

Past that, few games use more than 2 or 3 cores, making the i3-2100 an excellent gamer, and a quad will not be that much better.
My rule of thumb is to allocate twice your cpu budget to the graphics card.

Read this article on <$200 gaming cpu's:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120.html
The tests were done with a strong graphics card, a 7970.