How do I know which compnents work best together?

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mike1990

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I will not have trouble actually putting the components together when I build my own pc. My problem is that I have no idea what products are the best bang for your buck. I would rather spend $700 on a pc than $1000 and get the same results.

I am looking to build myself a pc no more than $700 (few hundred less will be great!). The motherboard must have an HDMI port as I will be using my 40 inch HDTV as a monitor. I would like a graphics card that will be able to handle computer games. They do not need to run on the highest settings because I am not a hardcore pc gamer, but something that wont make my eyes bleed. The games must also run smoothly! Also something that is easily upgradeable.

I am not really asking anyone to do a build setup for me, but just to point me in the right direction of compatibility!
 
For your budget range, you will want to go AMD as processor. Socket AM3. Obviously this makes your mobo AM3. If you can, get sata 6gb/s and USB3. Something lik0e the GTX460 would be good. Seems to be a pretty good bang for the buck card.

DDR3 1600 RAM is probably what you will end up with, 4GB of it. 500GB or 1TB HDD. 1TB is only about $10-15 more, so I'd get that. I'd say 550W as a minimum, if it is high quality. otherwise 650W. Cooler Mast Storm Scout is a fantastic case. I'm sort of biased to it though, I had it and loved it.

Any optical drive will suit you fine.

Hope this is what you were looking for!
 
 
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Thanks for the guidance. Would that build be able to run pc games smoothly? Also, does the mobo have hdmi output?
 
The motherboard won't need HDMI because the graphics card has HDMI.

One note, DDR3 1333mhz CAS9 is slow for DDR3, you want 1600mhz CAS9 minimum, preferably CAS8 or CAS7 (these are timings, or how quickly the RAM responds. The lower the timings the better)

Other than that everything will do nicely (and is compatible)
 
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