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Talking $800 Budget Gaming Build
Can you guys help me with a Budget Gaming Build? If you guys have any other suggestions to other parts, I'd appreciate your input. Also, I prefer Quad-Core processor and a monitor included.

Here are the parts I've picked out so far, tell me what you think:

Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
RAM: 2 x 2 GB DDR2-800 G.Skill
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-650TX
Hard Drive: Western Digital 320GB SATA II
DVD Burner: Samsung DVD Burner
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5
Monitor: AOC 20" Monitor
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Total: $862.89
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eVGA 8800 GTS 512
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Seagate Barracuda 250GB		 Sound Card
Onboard		 Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling 610W		 Case
Gigabyte 3D Aurora
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what mobo

i would sugest going pII 720 be x3 its a super fast cpu and only about 20 bucks more

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OCZ XTC Vista Upgrade Edition OCZ2VU8001G 4x1gb 		Graphics Card
nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (p356)
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Samsung spinpoint f1's 2x320gb raid 0		 Sound Card
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Sunbeam NUUO SUNNU550-US-BK 550W		 Case
Ultra Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case - Black
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Just a few suggestions:
1)DDR3 is just as cheap as DDR2 nowadays, so go AM3
2)For gaming, Propus is a decent choice, but Callisto or Heka are much better suited simply for gaming. If you wait a few more weeks, a Phenom II x2 555 will release with C3 stepping that overclocks much better, should be able to unlock due to early batches for demand, and clock memory/nb frequency a lot higher.
3)I would not recommend the 9800gt at this point in GPUs. I don't know what else you could get, but surely something better exists.
4)You also don't have a motherboard listed. Grab a 785g or 770 AM3 board that is reasonably priced.
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i would sugest going pII 720 be x3 its a super fast cpu and only about 20 bucks more
$20 more for a tri-core? I don't know about that.

I found a motherboard, but it only supports DDR2.

How about this motherboard? Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3

Either a 9800 GT or should I spend the extra $10 and get a 4850?
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Onboard		 Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling 610W		 Case
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there is your tri core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103649

with this mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128395

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Phenom II x4 720 3.6 @ 1.3v		 Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H		 Memory
OCZ XTC Vista Upgrade Edition OCZ2VU8001G 4x1gb 		Graphics Card
nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (p356)
Hard Drive
Samsung spinpoint f1's 2x320gb raid 0		 Sound Card
stock		 Power Supply
Sunbeam NUUO SUNNU550-US-BK 550W		 Case
Ultra Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case - Black
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Windows Vista 64bit business		 Monitor
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I'm not sure what mobo you're using, but you don't have one included in there. Is that the reason for the DDR2 memory purchase? Anyhow, I would bump the psu down to something like this 400W Corsair and upgrade the videocard to something like a Radeon 5770. 650W is far overkill for the system.

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I'll be doing a lot of video encoding so I'm trying to stick to a quad-core. Will that 785G play up-to-date games at 1680x1050? I'd like to play Starcraft 2 and some newer games.

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I'm not sure what mobo you're using, but you don't have one included in there. Is that the reason for the DDR2 memory purchase? Anyhow, I would bump the psu down to something like this 400W Corsair and upgrade the videocard to something like a Radeon 5770. 650W is far overkill for the system.
Yes, DDR2 because the mobo I picked only supports DDR2. Unless you guys have other suggestions for mobo and ram, preferably 4GB. If that power supply is enough, then I guess that's fine.
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Seagate Barracuda 250GB		 Sound Card
Onboard		 Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling 610W		 Case
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Ok, so tell me what you guys think about this build.

Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
RAM: 2 x 2 GB DDR2-800 G.Skill
Video Card: HIS Radeon 4850
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-400CX
Hard Drive: Western Digital 320GB SATA II
DVD Burner: Samsung DVD Burner
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5
Monitor: AOC 20" Monitor
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Total: $816.57
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Intel E8400		 Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4		 Memory
2x1gb Ballistix Tracer 		Graphics Card
eVGA 8800 GTS 512
Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 250GB		 Sound Card
Onboard		 Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling 610W		 Case
Gigabyte 3D Aurora
CPU cooling
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme		 GPU cooling
Stock		 OS
Windows XP		 Monitor
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well with the tri you can unlock to quad and i have mine oced ot 3.6 right now lol

System: ghettosgamer
CPU
Phenom II x4 720 3.6 @ 1.3v		 Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H		 Memory
OCZ XTC Vista Upgrade Edition OCZ2VU8001G 4x1gb 		Graphics Card
nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (p356)
Hard Drive
Samsung spinpoint f1's 2x320gb raid 0		 Sound Card
stock		 Power Supply
Sunbeam NUUO SUNNU550-US-BK 550W		 Case
Ultra Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case - Black
CPU cooling
kingwin xt-964 push pull		 GPU cooling
stock		 OS
Windows Vista 64bit business		 Monitor
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you should go ddr3

and get a better processor... e6300s on special 74$ shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116091

or get AMD Phenom II X2 545 90$ shipped:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-694-_-Product

or AMD Phenom II X4 945 166$ shipped:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-696-_-Product

and this HIS hd 4850 100$ shipped:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-297-_-Product
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