Building my first computer (gaming)..HELP

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Khonsu

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This is what I am going to order. My friend put it together and I just wanted to get some thoughts on it.

-Cooler Master 912 Case
-Cooler Master 200mm Fan
-MSI 970A-G46 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 970 Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA III (6Gb/s), RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, SLI/CrossFireX Ready
-Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready, Unbuffered
-Razer RZ01-00151400-R3U1 Deathadder 3500 High Precision Gaming Mouse - 3.5G Infrared, Right-Handed
-Hitachi 0F13178 Deckstar 7K1000.D 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 500GB, SATA, 6GBps, 7200 RPM, 32MB, OEM
-Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-GP Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - 120mm, LGA 1366, 1156, 775, AMD AM3, AM2+, AM2
-Lite-On iHES112-04 12X Internal Blu-Ray/DVDRW Combo Drive
-AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition AM3 CPU HDZ965FBGMBOX - 3.40GHz, Socket AM3, 6MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MT/s) FSB, Retail, Processor with Fan
-Corsair CMPSU-650TXV2 Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 Power Supply - 650 Watts, ATX, 140mm Fan, 80 Plus Bronze, SLI Ready, Active PFC
-Razer RZ03-00390100-R3U1 BlackWidow Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
-ASUS ENGTX560TIDCII/2DI/1 GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual DVI, HDMI, DirectX 11, SLI Ready
 
It is good, but I would make a few changes.

Motherboard: Go to a 990FX. It will allow 16/16 SLI if you choose to in the future. On the 970 chip you are limited to 16/4 and the 4 is on the southbridge, so it is slower.

Hitachi is a bad idea. They are some of the worst hard drives on the face of the earth. There is a reason why the industry knows them by deathstar.

If you can, up the graphics card. A 6970 or GTX 570/580 would be better. Of coarse you will be good if you can not afford to.
 
wolfeking said:
It is good, but I would make a few changes.

Motherboard: Go to a 990FX. It will allow 16/16 SLI if you choose to in the future. On the 970 chip you are limited to 16/4 and the 4 is on the southbridge, so it is slower.

Hitachi is a bad idea. They are some of the worst hard drives on the face of the earth. There is a reason why the industry knows them by deathstar.

If you can, up the graphics card. A 6970 or GTX 570/580 would be better. Of coarse you will be good if you can not afford to.
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Which Hard drive would you recommend that would fit a $1000 budget
 
Khonsu said:
Which Hard drive would you recommend that would fit a $1000 budget
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The one I linked to, or a cheaper Seagate drive. Just make sure you get a Seagate or Western Digital drive which spins at 7200 RPM and has a 32MB or 64MB cache buffer.
 
Where are you buying from, what's the total cost w/shipping for the parts you listed, and since no OS is listed you probably already have that?
I ask because there may be room to upgrade a couple things while staying in budget.
 
Benny Boy said:
Where are you buying from, what's the total cost w/shipping for the parts you listed, and since no OS is listed you probably already have that?
I ask because there may be room to upgrade a couple things while staying in budget.
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I am buying from Tigerdirect.com because i dont have to pay tax
 
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