Would also like some help with a build

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Noah

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At first i didn't want to spend over 500, but i figured i'd up it to about $800ish now, and i'm not the best at setting up builds, so if anyone could possibly help me out, it'd be awesome.

I'm going to gear the computer more towards gaming and such, so any help would be awesome.
 
Not at the moment, no. I'm going to eventually probably get a 22 inch widescreen Dell LCD, but that'll come way later, i have everything i need to get setup as of right now, just looking for the tower and everything in it. :]
 
I've always been an AMD type guy, they've just always seemed to have been my preffered brand. I'd probably like to stay on the AMD route, but if i can find a deal with intel that is a better bang for the buck, then i'm willing to take it heh.

thanks for any replies. :]
 
Case: APEVIA X-Navigator ATXA9NW-BK/500 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
~100$

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
~95$

Proccesor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
~190$

Graphics Card: EVGA 256-P2-N636-AR GeForce 7950GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
~200$

Memmory: Mushkin Mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
~120$

Power Supply: Cooler MasterCOOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 550W Power Supply 115/230 V Nemko, TUV, cUL, CE, BSM, FCC, CCC - Retail
~70$

Optical Drive: Lite-On LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 1.5MB Cache SATA Combo Drive - OEM
~26$

NO HDD or OS.

Alternative GPU (I dread ATI but meh, seems to be better bang for your buck):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102067R

~ Open Box: SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card - OEM
~170$(GPU Review.com has it listed as 1000 more on the 3dmark comparison.)
 
Awesome, thanks guys.

Also, what would you all say is the best type of RAM out there? I've always thought corsair but only because it was just what i was told to always get.

Is corsair the best company?
 
hard to say who the best is...corsair..mushkin..patriot..all good reliable brands im sure there's a couple i failed to mention but you get the idea
 
I have seen G.Skill being used in quite a number of builds here... because of the lower price compared to Corsair, Mushkin, Patriot, etc... not sure about the quality though as I have no direct experience of using it...
 
Yeah, nice call on the XMS2, good stuff there. I saw some in the paper(Fry's) at a reasonable price. Probobly better in the long run.
 
 
G skill isn't terrible its better to go with a well trusted name brand though in my opinion but if you're short on cash beggars can't be choosers. I wouldn't buy any RAM that didn't have a recommended use of high performance or gaming.
 
 
Awesome, thanks guys. Would i be able to play next-gen games smoothly with that rig? if not, what would i need to improve?
 
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