Yet another noob with build advice help

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SuperNooberTroop

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Need a computer that can play games like Rift/starcraft 2/WoW on medium-med/high settings that isnt gonna choke during heavy online interactions of the sort
First time building and this is what i came up with so far

SApphire Vapor-x Radeon hd 5750 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102865

Coolermaster Haf 912
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233

BIOSTAR A770e3 AM3 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138179

Power Supply: Antec 500watt quality
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._-na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=hudoo05h8a4

AMD Phenom x2 555 Black Edtion CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817154026

GSkill DDR3 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190

Sony DVD/CD rom Drive SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031

Those parts together run about $410 US Give/Take for rebates and shipping and are all from NewEgg, and i just wanted to know what u guys think and if there were any tweaks or advice anything on what you would change, i really wanna keep it under $500 and closer too $400 since i dont have a HDD or an OS with this yet (damn you windows for being expensive)

With revisions now sitting at about $430
 
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Looks like a pretty solid build. I think for a PSU I would stay with antec, cooler master, corsair etc. I haven't heard much about the Apex brand PSUs.
 
linux992 said:
Looks like a pretty solid build. I think for a PSU I would stay with antec, cooler master, corsair etc. I haven't heard much about the Apex brand PSUs.
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ill look into that

The sapphire website that i needed at least a 500W PSU for that Video card and thats what i have but is it to small to power my cpu and the GPU? i dont know if there are any watt calculations when throwing parts in and such
 
Agreed with above either go with this:

Antec 300 illusion case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129066

or

Coolermaster Haf 912
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233

Ram: for a bit more and at cas latency 7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104243

Power Supply: Antec 500watt quality
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...71035&cm_re=antec_500w-_-17-371-035-_-Product

Otherwise everything looks great and its a good board for upgrade ability, you might even be able to unlock the processor who knows.
 
SuperNooberTroop said:
Went with that coolermaster case and the PSU suggested and updated my list

That RAM that etzelr listed doesnt seem combatable with this mobo according to the biostar website
http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/memory_report.php?S_ID=450

is there another brand or a certain spec i should be looking for with RAM?
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The RAM is compatible.

When it comes to buying RAM, you can't really go far wrong with any of the well known brands. Crucial, G.skill, Corsair, OCZ, Kingston etc all make good memory modules. You just need to make sure you get the speed and the voltage right when selecting.
 
Spesh said:
The RAM is compatible.

When it comes to buying RAM, you can't really go far wrong with any of the well known brands. Crucial, G.skill, Corsair, OCZ, Kingston etc all make good memory modules. You just need to make sure you get the speed and the voltage right when selecting.
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sweet that opens up alot of options, why wouldnt the website list it though? is it an incomplete list or just the RAM they would like you to use?
 
Spesh said:
They just list RAM that they've tested and know works.
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Yep, there's too many of them to test(costs$), that's why more isn't on the list.
Don't get OCZ tho, They had mem. problems and went out of the mem biz.
I too would go with etzelr's Kingston 1333 C7
 
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Definitely agree with what others have said about DDR3 OCZ RAM. Stay away from it.

I would take a look at the below motherboard. Gigabyte makes some great quality motherboards.

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3 Socket AM3 ATX Motherboard - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ckTab=true&Keywords=(keywords)#scrollFullInfo

You are also missing a Windows installation disk and a hard drive.

Take a look at this speedy hard drive:

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320 gigabyte 7200 RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive - $50.30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=samsung_f4_spinpoint-_-22-152-244-_-Product
 
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