Is this build good?

[Panncho]

I'm building my first computer and I would like some insight as to if I did a good job. I want to keep it under 750 and I already have an Operation System. Thanks in advance for your help!

Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TWsh-_-1_34___

Power Supply - Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153023

RAM - PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

Graphics - EVGA 01G-P3-1351-KR GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130663

Hard Drive - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

Wireless Adapter - Rosewill RNX-G300LX Wireless Adapter Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128bit WEP WPA WPA2 802.1x, 802.11i, AES, TKIP with 2 dBi Antenna
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166021

Case - Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153

Monitor - ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TWsh-_-1_19___

CD/DVD - ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

[vesseblah]

Considering your budget there isn't much wiggle room, but you'd get better gaming computer with the following changes:

- P67 motherboard (AsRock)
- Intel i3-2100 CPU
- 2x2GB RAM

Price would remain pretty much the same but you'd get 50% higher framerate in WoW.

[taekvideo]

It should do reasonably well in wow, though as vesseblah pointed out you'd do better with an intel sandy bridge cpu for cpu-intensive games like that.
And for any graphics intensive games.. the gts 450 won't cut it. I'd recommend at least a 6870 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102948 $155) if you want to play games with good graphics now or in the future.

[Panncho]

Alright thank you guys so much, I'll look into those asap.

[Deleted]

Considering your budget there isn't much wiggle room, but you'd get better gaming computer with the following changes:

- P67 motherboard (AsRock)
- Intel i3-2100 CPU
- 2x2GB RAM

Price would remain pretty much the same but you'd get 50% higher framerate in WoW.

I wouldn't TBH. Z68 motherboards cost about the same and are better if you plan on buying SSD in the future. Also, 2x2GB RAM is bad, keep the 2x4GB. You will probably not need all 8 at the moment but 4 is cutting it pretty close or even running short on times and it future proofs the RAM requirements for years. Not to mention 2 and 4 GB sticks cost isn't that different and RAM is cheap anyways.

[vesseblah]

I wouldn't TBH. Z68 motherboards cost about the same

In theory yes, but in practice they cost notably more. And if you want to cut price getting P67 instead is totally valid way for it in a gaming computer. It's still compatible with OC later and nothing significant is missing.

and are better if you plan on buying SSD in the future.

Nope. SRT is totally useless feature if you buy big enough SSD as the sole system disc. There's nothing in Z68 boards that average gamers need.

Also, 2x2GB RAM is bad, keep the 2x4GB. You will probably not need all 8 at the moment but 4 is cutting it pretty close or even running short on times and it future proofs the RAM requirements for years. Not to mention 2 and 4 GB sticks cost isn't that different and RAM is cheap anyways.

Point was to reduce cost, as 2x2GB is enough for all games today. Sure 2x4GB is better if it fits into budget, but plugging in more RAM later is easy and cheap so there's no real need to buy it "just in case it's needed in two years" when you can buy it cheaper in two years if you really need it and install in five minutes.