Looking into first gaming PC

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InVeritas

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Basically this is just copy pasted from a recommended gaming computer website, and its fairly cheap at around 500-550$ so i was wondering if there were any flaws in this build or any other tips because ive never done this before :o I would like to run the majority of games on high, obviously not crysis and stuff but yeah


Motherboard
Asus M4A88T-V EVO USB3 Motherboard ($85)

CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor ($120)

RAM
Kingston KHX1600C9D3B1 4GB DDR3 RAM ($29)

Video Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti ($127)

Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ($55)

DVD Burner
Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS Internal 24x CD/DVD Drive ($25)

Case
Cooler Master RC-310-RWN1-GP Elite 310 Mid-Tower Case ($40)

Power Supply
OCZ ModXStream Pro Power Supply 600-Watt ($60)
 
there are some better power supplies out there but that will work. look at the samsung f3 1tb or a western digital caviar black 750gb, first is faster than that and second faster than the samsung. and also look at getting an am3+ board so your upgrading path will include the zambezi line coming out soon, but they cost more so no need to look at them now.
 
You would be surprised on what the 550TI can do in terms of games. The 550TI is comparable to my GTX260 192 core, except that, the 550TI has opengl 4.1 and DX11. I am able to play Crysis on High settings. My specs are below:

Phenom IIx4
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2x2GB, 4GB)
GTX260
WD 7200 HDD
 
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