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[Retfarve]

Hello, I have decided build my first PC and was wondering if this is a decent build. My budget is around $800.

Here it is:


Power Supply - Corsair 650TX V2
CPU - AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
Heatsink - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3
Memory - 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws F3 4GB 12800 DDR3
Graphics Card - XFX 5770
Hard Drive - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
DVD Drive - Lite-On LightScribe 24X SATA DVD+/-RW
OS - Windows 7 64-Bit
Case - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

This build puts me at $830, which is just in my budget. Thanks.

[Kiniun]

Looking good, althought I'd just grab a GTX 460 if you can magically find a bit more money.

[Retfarve]

Ok, thanks. I'll see what i can gather up. =)

[Kiniun]

Ok, thanks. I'll see what i can gather up. =)

^^ The 5770 still is a nice card, so it's not worth killing yourself for a 460, but 460 is probably a better deal in the long run.

Nice PSU, CPU, excellent CPU cooler, great mobo, awesome RAM, F3 is a killer of an HDD and yeah, sexy case. I'd say you're ready to go.

[sizzlinsauce]

^^ The 5770 still is a nice card, so it's not worth killing yourself for a 460, but 460 is probably a better deal in the long run.

Nice PSU, CPU, excellent CPU cooler, great mobo, awesome RAM, F3 is a killer of an HDD and yeah, sexy case. I'd say you're ready to go.

You're right it's not a bad card. I myself just played crysis 2 today on a 5750 on very high settings at 1920x1080. i had no issues / lagspikes at all.

only fair warning I'd give you is, if your power supply has more than 1 rail if you crash/bsod try switching which cables are pluged in, sometimes you end up juicing out one single rail on the entire computer itself.

other than that, your build is solid

[Fuger]

Looking good, althought I'd just grab a GTX 460 if you can magically find a bit more money.

A 550 would be better at the same price

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You're right it's not a bad card. I myself just played crysis 2 today on a 5750 on very high settings at 1920x1080. i had no issues / lagspikes at all.

only fair warning I'd give you is, if your power supply has more than 1 rail if you crash/bsod try switching which cables are pluged in, sometimes you end up juicing out one single rail on the entire computer itself.

other than that, your build is solid

Crysis 2 is a bloody console port. I think it is less demanding than Crysis 1.

[HadleyX]

No, the 550 sucks pretty hard. The 4890 is even alot betther than the 5770, if you don't need dx11
If you just want to play wow, a 5770 is more than enough.

[iSythe]

As noone has said it yet, Intel>AMD at the moment, go for a sandy bridge CPU and a P67 board if you want to OC. AMD are just way too far behind until bulldozer comes out to recommend, especially as the current CPUs are old tech already.