New build

[jde30ster_07]

I plan on building my son a new computer. It will be used in his collage dorm for school work, htpc, and light gaming. Here is a list of components.

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Rosewill CHALLENGER-U3 Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ,comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top ...

Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS PCE-N15 PCI Express 300/300Mbps Transfer/Receive Rate

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6450 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card ( 100322L)

CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

My son already has monitor keyboard and mouse. Any input would be great thankyou

 

[combine1237]

At least upgrade video card to 7770 will be much nicer for games than current card. Also people will be able to help you more if you can list your budget, thus better define what you want the rig to do for what price.

(I am no expert so don't quote me for this.)