Building Gaming Desktop on Budget (Review)

B_Hunt

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Jan 24, 2013
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10,510
Would like to know if everything is compatible and wether or not you believe there is an upgrade below. Remember that i'm on a budget and would like to keep it under $1,000, but can go over if upgrade is significant. Like to use this computer for next 2-4 years without upgrading while at the same time keeping up with future gaming specifications. Thanks in advace for your help.

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Motherboard = $116.30 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CPU = $99.99 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

RAM = $112.74 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

Graphics Card = $115.99 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•MSI Radeon HD 6850 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/ HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card

Hard Drive = $61.18 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•Western Digital Caviar Blue 3rd generation 500 GB SATA

Optical Drive = $56.23 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•ASUS Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray

Power Supply = $39.99 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply

Computer Case = $90.42 + Free Shipping (2-Day) (Amazon Prime*)
•CM Storm Enforcer - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 Ports

Monitor = $169.99 + $8.99 Shipping (Newegg)
•ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 (1000:1) W/Speakers

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Subtotal = $862.83
S&H = $8.99
Total = $871.82