Building First gaming computer 1000 Budget

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Fentoozler

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Hello, I am building my first computer and I am a little confused. This is what I have so far.
Newegg.com - 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 - CD / DVD Burners

Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Newegg.com - ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Newegg.com - MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade

I will mainly be playing games like Wow and possibly Diablo 3 in the future. I am not sure if this build is optimal or if it will work together. I was also considering picking up an intel sandybridge because it doesn't require a graphics card but I have heard that the graphics capabilities are not all that great. Thank you for your time. Help would be much appreciated.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727
 
I would look in to a bigger hard drive as the difference in price between a 320GB and a 1TB isn't that much anymore and is well worth the investment. That link from New egg on the bottom didn't work for me, not sure if it's just me...

Oh, and unless you have a previous copy of Windows that is UNREGISTERED, you are going to need the full version of Windows, not that upgrade. You can't just take the old copy from your old computer if it's store bought, if it's a full version, then you'll be fine...

The rest of it looks pretty good for doing WOW in particular and should be fine for D3...
 
No problem. Just checking, but do you have cables to connect that hard drive? The one that you picked out doesn't come with any. The size is good though, plenty of room to grow in to... :)

As for the PSU, a 650-watt, especially a Corsair should be able to do all this and more just fine. The graphics card I'd go with the N460GTX Hawk instead of the Cyclone. $5 more, but you get a higher core clock and shader clock. Plus, with the rebate it comes out to be quite a bit cheaper.

One other general note that I do in my towers is to have 2 hard drives that are separate. That way if I need to reformat Windows, I have all of my data on the one hard drive and can reformat Windows with the least amount of inconvenience as possible. (I currently have 2 1TB drives which is a little overkill for my needs, but hey, when the price is right, the price is right! :))

On the graphics card, I would probably go with this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130567 Should give you about the same performance as those MSI cards while being about $20 - $25 cheaper... Oh, and I have an EVGA right now, and it works great. That card should be good enough to run almost anything that comes out for the next 3 years or so...
 
 
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NONONONONONONO, good thing i looked, that win7 will not work, has to be the oem builder series disk, that one upgrades but does not contin many of the basics of the widows framework or something like that, and the oem starts at 99.99 for i think that same version so get it not that.
 
Thank you Jonnyp11, haha yea I realized that too right before I ordered. But DCIscouts when you said "No problem. Just checking, but do you have cables to connect that hard drive?" Can you link which cables I should get cause I'm not quite sure and can I put some up at radioshack or walmart or anyother store so I dont have to make another order off newegg? If anyone else know's too please respond. Thank you
 
You need SATA cables, but your motherboard comes with two, which you'll need both for your hard drive and disk drive.
 
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