My First PC Build - Please Give Advise and Info

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gamingpc123

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Hi this is my first pc build and it will be used for gaming, please tell me to change something or if something else is better to use. Thank you.
P.S. Would it be better to use a smaller PSU? Although I may Cross-Fire another 5850 in the future.

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
Mobo: MSI 790FX-GD70
GPU: ATI Radeon Sapphire 5850
PSU: OCZ 700w Modular Power Supply
Memory: G.Skill 2x2gb 240-pin SDRAM DDR3 1333
HDD:Seagate 500gb 7200RPM
Optical: Liteon DVD r/w
OS: Windows 7 64bit OEM
 
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That's a great set up.

The only item I might look at is the graphics card. Have a look at the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB. It's a great card that matches the HD5850.
 
gamingpc123 said:
is it better? and do you think that power supply is too big, or just right.
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Benchies i've seen suggest that the HD5850 performs better than the GTX 460 at high resolutions. I can't say it's better but it will perform on par with the HD5850 and is a little cheaper.

But the PSU is fine for your build you'll be able to scale multiple GPU's with it in the future.
 
Here's a pretty good review of the 1GB GTX 460.

I was looking at all kinds of cards for my upgrade and this review has made me think a little. It's the price of the card that makes it so tempting.
 
Get the HD5850, although the GTX460 does well in benches, it's only just come out and there is a distinct lack of reliable reviews on it's gaming performance. I agree with daisy about the Mobo, though his link is broken - it just leads to Newegg. (Unless it was meant to be like that :) ?) As to the OP, all looks good, with the Exception of the RAM. Buy it@1600Mhz - it's very slightly more expensive (~10)
 
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