Gaming PC For Christmas (tight budget)

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RomEchDelt

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Hey, I'm new to this forum and I made this account solely to get some help with my list of parts I'm looking at for the computer I'm planning on building for Christmas. I really, really want to try and keep the budget at 500$, but I know that's extremely hard for the parts I want and the things I want the computer to do.

Here are some of the parts I'm looking at now:

CPU/MoBo/RAM Combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.308220

Graphics: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133304

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

Thermal Coolant: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

Total: ~559$

I'm not sure if all of those parts work with each other, though, so what I need help with is getting parts of similar quality that will work with each other that cost about the same.

As the title says this is a budgeted gaming computer. I would like to be able to run GTA IV on medium-high settings smoothley, as well as COD:MW2 on high settings. I appreciate all the help I can get, and I need answers by Wednesday because that's when this stuff gets ordered!

Thanks!!

Edit: PSU/Case Ganzey provided.
 
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If it is even possible~ Go get a i7 tough
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Here choose these thermal compound over as5

tinuq tx-2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003
Shin-Etsu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150080


choose this psu...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817702010

This psu is the best one you can get for that price, it is simply awesome, you don't need a 100 dollar psu(80 rebate) for you system, this one will be more than enough for you.


And here choose this video card, this one is better than that 9800 gt...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150369

the 100 dollar one is out of stock, im just showing this one as an example.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...y/compare,1516.html?prod[2844]=on&prod[2817]=
 
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I have a 500-600$ budget.. I'm building an entire computer (or nearly an entire computer), and you want me to get a processor that's a couple hundred dollars? No-go.

If I got that Raedon, wouldn't I need to get different RAM?
 
RomEchDelt said:
I have a 500-600$ budget.. I'm building an entire computer (or nearly an entire computer), and you want me to get a processor that's a couple hundred dollars? No-go.

If I got that Raedon, wouldn't I need to get different RAM?
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No, you would not need different ram. The only thing's that need to be brand compatible are the MoBo and CPU, like AMD CPU needs an AMD Motherboard, same with Intel.

You can use whichever RAM you want, as long as it is DDR3 or DDR2, whichever matched your MoBo. And the Graphics can be either ATI or Nvidia.
 
Would the motherboard fit in that case? And would the combo deal with that PSU be alright instead of the one suggested above?
 
The Antec Three Hundred Case Fatal1tyXx suggested for $55 should fit with almost any ATX or Micro-ATX size motherboard. I would also get the suggested $50 BFG Tech GS-550 550 Watt Power Supply also suggested above.
 
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