So this is what i've come up with.

[Nonconformist]

I'm getting tired of trying to play things on my vpcf136.... it works for a while until a massive amount of "units" start appearing on the screen. It's also starting to overheat and randomly turn off on me so I thought it was time for a new computer.

Build:
-Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower 58.95
-MSI 890FXA-GD65 AM3 AMD 890FX 149.99
-HIS IceQ X Turbo H685QNT1GD Radeon HD 6850 174.99
-COOLER MASTER GX Series RS650-ACAAE3-US 650W 79.99
-AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition 169.99
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB DDR3 1600 2x4 51.99
-Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 59.99
-ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS 58.99

Cost: $804.88 (Not including monitor/mouse/keyboard obviously)

Just hoping you guys could give suggestions on what you think I should change for better at around or below the same price. Also..... fan/heatsink and WLAN? I had no idea what to get which is why I don't have them posted. xD
Anybody know of a better mobo for around or cheaper than the one listed or as previously stated anything on the list.

I actually kind of wanted to spend between 600-700. =/

 

[djiang87]

Personally i wouldnt get a mobo from msi, havent heard the best things about them. Also that mobo's sata ports directly faces the hard drive cage. This may give you very little room when trying to plug/remove the sata cables and it could make this job a pain in the rear end (my mobo has its sata ports in the same position so i know from experience)

try this mobo ive heard good things about it - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131655

Also im not sure about your choice of psu as im quite unfamiliar with that model. However as you seem to already be over budget its hard for me to recommend you something without pushing u further over your current budget.

Another thing is you said your pc is for gaming, so do you really need the 8 gigs of ram? if you dont 2 gigs would suffice and you could save some $$$

 

[jonnyp11]

change to these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf 912

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894 (only fsx uses more than 4 cores at this point and i'd stick the left over $ to a new cooler and overclock this baby)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703026

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139023

and also there is a 750gb wd caviar black for 5 more i think, so may as well grab that too.