Hey guys, I'm planning on making a new build from scratch. I will say I'm a gamer, and that's exactly pretty much what this PC will be used for, with some word procession on the side for schoolwork. Any different suggestions or findings of better deals regarding the following hardware I plan on purchasing would be greatly appreciated. Budget's around $800-900. (Hardware total listed below is $752) Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-M750SLI-DS4 ATX AMD Motherboard CPU AMD Phenom 9950 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Video Card EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SSC Edition 640-P2-N829-CR Video Card Memory G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Power Supply OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W Power Supply DVD Drive ASUS Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E818A3T Case RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEB Foldout MB Computer Case With Side Panel Window
Welcome to HWF This is a nice rig you're planning there. However I would recommend to get a Geforce 9 series (9800) if it fits into your budget. If not, then the 8800 GTS should do just fine And a word of advice; because you got 4 GB of RAM, it's recommended to use Windows Vista x64 (64-bit) as Operating System, because the 32-bit version of Vista and Windows XP only recognise/use 2-3 GB of the current RAM.
